I’ve never had a reason to walk into a Bath & Body Works store before. Now I know they carry Burt’s Bees products, so I do. shadowkatt got some in her Christmas stocking last year and has loved them, so…
CFS & Sinus Problems
Chronic Fatigue Linked to Sinus Problems Aug. 11, 2003 — The causes of chronic fatigue and the bodily pain condition known as fibromyalgia remain a mystery, but intriguing early research suggests that for many sufferers the answer may be right…
Sobig.f/Health-Related Links
From SpamCop: [18:36 EDT] We are now blocking over 7500 copies of the Sobig.f virus every hour. That’s more than 2 per second. Put another way, that’s over 1.6 Mbps of continuous virus traffic, non-stop since yesterday morning. It’s thought…
Energy Request
I find it difficult to talk about money. I have big hang-ups about it. But I know I need to get over them, so… I’m trying very hard not to freak out about a money matter right now. There are…
Welcome TurtleMama!
Welcome to the insanity that is LJ, turtlemama!
Pout!
I’m not at the birthday dinner for one of my dearest friends, because I feel like crap. I’m beating myself up. It doesn’t help to do it, but I feel guilty. Today “doing my best” means staying home where I’m…
The Four Agreements
Someone posted this to project_oasis and I wanted to save them for myself:
Define Technical Communication
Assignment: Define “technical communication” using an analogy, in 20-30 words, as you would if explaining what you do at a cocktail party. Technical writers are mostly translators. We take complex information and explain it as clearly as possible, avoiding jargon…
Introvert Backlash
I am reminded, again, that I really am an introvert. After being at school for about 8 hours yesterday, I want to crawl into a hole and pull it in after me. I need about two hours of recovery time…
College Textbook Racket
Hey, I just realized WHY we have to buy so many books—it’s job security for the professors! I mean, who writes most textbooks—professors, right? And I’m taking four courses in technical communications. A lot of books, even when they’re written…