The Geek Who Understands You
Posts from the TechnoMom LiveJournal
In another journal, someone reacted to a suggestion that he seek therapy as if that were a terrible insult. It was obvious that he didn’t and wouldn’t consider that suggestion seriously. Therapy’s for crazy/unstable people I’ve certainly heard “you need…
Comment here and I’ll tell you something I adore about you. Then post this in your LJ, and spread the love. One caveat—there are some folks who read my journal but who are total strangers to me. I’m not one…
I’m going back on glucophage to manage polycystic ovarian syndrome. I’ve been on it in the past with good results. Now, though, possible interactions with other medications mean that I’ll have to monitor my glucose levels. Having never done that,…
The topic of mental literacy came up in comments on veryty‘s journal recently. Mental literacy refers to knowing how your brain works, specifically how you learn and how to learn. I’m reading The Mind Map Book: How to Use Radiant…
A stiff apology is a second insult. The injured party does not want to be compensated because he has been wronged; he wants to be healed because he has been hurt. –G.K. Chesterton, author (1874-1936) I’ve annoyed quite a few…
I just got a bill in the mail from a radiologist, wanting me to pay $29 for him reading a CT scan on my ankle last month. The bill claimed that I owe them $29. Now, my insurance co-pay is…
Some of my friends have been in a funk lately, and I thought they might appreciate this. Ragged Sonnet: When in a Deep Depression by Leonard Nathan When in a deep depression of the self, I see on every side,…
We’re watching Dance for Camera. It’s very, very weird. I think these people are imitating bulls locking horns. Earlier they were all rolling down hills. I have little to say today that wouldn’t involve whinging, so I shouldn’t say it.…
Swiped from leduck.
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