I talked about this issue a couple of years ago, but it was in a locked post. I’m repeating myself in some ways, but this time it’s public. I try not to whine TOO much. I hate whining. Pain is…
Must Not Shop!
The site that has the pain scale that I’ve found very useful has started carrying fibromyalgia t-shirts. I’d like the one with this poem on it MUCH better without the sappy graphic, but I suppose it’s appropriate: Grant me the…
What Would You Do If Ordered to Put Your Toddler On a 500-Calorie Diet?
The lock-up diet Although obesity has not yet been criminalised in the USA, it is possible to have your three-year-old child taken from you for the offence of ‘allowing’ her to become fat. That is the stark lesson of the…
Good Movie, Good Company
I’m the only person awake in the house. curiousmay9 is napping on the couch with kitties snuggled around her. She’s exhausted after her MRI this morning. sambear had yet another Dept. of Labor “orientation” and is napping in our bed.…
Connection Between Clutter and Depression
Interesting article: The Clutter-Depression Connection The state of my home is an instant clue to how I’m feeling. If I’m in a pain flare or very depressed (and they’re usually linked), things go downhill quickly. We’ve decluttered a LOT in…
Do You Freecycle?
The main Freecycle blog can now be read as freecycleblog.
Crime Wave?
We call them eggcorns—”tiny little poems, a symptom of human intelligence and creativity”. The Guardian calls them “word crimes”. On July 7, Oxford University Press published a new edition of the Concise Oxford English Dictionary, and apparently sent around a…
Movies
One of the advantages of not watching many movies is that I’ve seen only two out of the IMDB’S 100 Crappiest Movies of All Time, and 22.5 of their Top 100 Best Movies of All Time. Quite a few of…
Overheard on LJ
squigglz in customers_suck via dot_cattiness: “If you’re Gods gift to women, I hope we kept the reciept.” jabber in dot_cattiness: “He’s not poly. He’s pining for the Swedish Bikini Team.”
The Flood Begins
I have a whole mess of posts bouncing around in my skull. Part of it is due to being offline for the last couple of days, but some are older than that—I just haven’t had time or energy to write…