“It is all about vigilance,” says Dave Wardell, vice president of Central Atlanta Progress. “It is like a beehive. If you let it grow, it grows and grows and festers.” Does this person have any clue as to what a…
Yahoo! Contacts?
I woke up this morning to find that I have been locked out of Yahoo!Groups and my Yahoo! account. I’ve just spent a very frustrating hour on the phone with Yahoo!’s password and security people explaining that, no, the “secret…
Artificial Retinas
Is this not amazing? From Future Brief In the mid-1980s, neuroophthalmologist Joseph Rizzo III was researching retinal transplants to restore blind people’s vision. One day, removing a lab animal’s retina, a tissue-thin membrane that lines the back of the eyeball’s…
Aw, Shucks!
Spellcasting 101: Don’t Try This At Home I’m crushed about the Mount spell. I thought we’d finally found a way to afford horseback riding for the girl! (Thanks sleepingwolf!)
Meep!
Sunshine!
Happy Birthday to one of my favorite, most loved people in the world: ga_sunshine. You’re one of my heroes, and I bless the day you came into our lives. You are beautiful, sweet, incredibly loving, creative, talented, intelligent—honestly, there just…
This Is What Happens When I’m Having to Play Bureaucracy Bingo On the Phone
I get bored. And do quizzes. Because you are a bad influence.
Airmail Paper?
I’ve never looked for the stuff myself before today, having only encountered it in letters from foreign correspondents (MANY years ago). But someone asked for it on freecycle, saying she absolutely cannot locate anyone selling it in Atlanta. So I…
Roleplaying, Body Language, Expressions, Etc
Yep, last night touched off not one but two posts! And I’m looking for feedback. So even if there isn’t a straight-out question, I want to hear from you. I love gaming with Sam and F (see the last post).…
Poly Thoughts
sambear and I spent many hours yesterday gaming and just hanging out with a delightful friend who we don’t see nearly often enough, and her houseguest. I’ll call the houseguest R, and our friend F. I’m not identifying them more…