We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. –Aristotle
Migraines & MyPoints
Okay, there’s a damned good reason not to ignore those horrible headaches or just put up with them: Migraine Linked to Brain Lesions
Being Open/Available/Attractive?
A dear friend asked about how to improve his chances of meeting someone and said that he doesn’t consider himself attractive. I do consider him attractive. After I wrote and sent the following to him, I realized that I need…
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…
PopeFelix’s Birthday & Books
Happy Birthday popefelix! Have any of you read The Wonder of Boys? It looks interesting. It was mentioned in a discussion about helping adolescents to understand the changes in their bodies. The venerable Our Bodies, Ourselves has been suggested for…
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.…
Schools & Crime
Guns, drugs, thefts keep school policy busy All of these incidents happened in Gwinnett County, where we used to live. I hear a lot of stories that don’t make it into the news because I have several relatives who work…
Relationship Truths
More from Renatta Paries’ What It Takes
Drama vs. Passion
theferrett‘s wife zoethe posted this piece, which has been passed through a whole mess of LJ users. I tracked down the author, Rinatta Paries, and her site What It Takes, although I didn’t find this exact article there. It’s very…
So Many Things!
Happy Birthday kittybecca! If anyone sees a frantic message posted from my LJ name or sent using any of my chat IDs claiming that someone is being held hostage and starved, it’s just Shelley. We put her on Iams Active…