I laughed out loud at this, so I figured I’d give y’all a chance to do so, too: Dear Cynthia, Here is your horoscope for Friday, February 13: You’re the black cat that crosses everyone’s path, purring all the way.…
Toxic Masculinity
When shadowkatt and GothC went out for a walk last night, the brats practicing skateboard tricks were annoyed at being ignored. When the girls were coming back in, the boys called out various epithets—bitch, whore, and something about fuzzy lesbians.…
Birthday/Welcome/Weather
Happy Birthday rickybuchanan! And welcome to LJ, celticmoni 🙂 Neither sambear nor I was really able to sleep last night—it was just too hot in our bedroom. Despite being 36 degrees outside NOW (and certainly colder overnight), we had to…
Time & Clothes
In an astonishing development, we actually got up and made it to UU Congregation of Marietta in time for a service today! As an added bonus, we attended a brief CUUPs meeting afterwards. We didn’t stay for the potluck dinner,…
Squalor Survivors
I found out that a former coworker, rjhatl, is on LJ after he responded to one of my community posts. I followed some of the links from his info page or website and found this: Squalor Survivors The pictures and…
Five-Minute Chores & Small Rewards
I know I’ve raved on and on about Break Reminder in the past, but I just have to do it again. As I’ve said before, I keep it set to force a 20-second break every 15 minutes, with a longer…
Blah Blah Blah
Very good article: Too many fundamentalists would deny the fundamental rights all people deserve Carter blasts Georgia evolution proposal Jimmy Carter, the most Christian politician I have ever heard of, can see why Kathy Cox’s proposed science curriculum sucks. What…
Catch-Up
I went back to my GP today for a recheck. The meds she gave me last week have made a major difference for the better. She’d had me recording my basal body temperature every day, so I gave her the…
Trash Haulers Again
Hmph. As I call through the 27 possible garbage services listed for our county, I can’t help but think that this is a ridiculous process. The county site does have a list of utility companies, but it can’t tell me…
Quotes & Cleaning & School
This quote: Television has raised writing to a new low. –Samuel Goldwyn Reminded me of this one: To be able to fill leisure intelligently is the last product of civilization, and at present, very few people have reached this level.…