I finally got the grades from the first technical writing assignment I turned in last week, and the peer reviews I did on two of my classmates’ rough drafts. I got full points for all of them! I was worried…
School Happy
Originally published at Enemy of Entropy. Please leave any comments there. I finally got the grades from the first technical writing assignment I turned in last week, and the peer reviews I did on two of my classmates’ rough drafts.…
Date Night–Baby!
We had Chinese food together tonight, and played for a while. There was some ick, but I suspected that it was coming. The happy part is that my character’s oldest son (foster son, really) baby was born. First grandbaby! There…
SBQ: Stitching Terms/Acronyms
This week’s Stitching Bloggers Question of the Week: For seasoned stitchers: Define a stitching term or acronym for new stitchers. Gah. I don’t play in the needlework newsgroup anymore, so I don’t think in acronyms. Railroading is the only term…
Tarot for Knitters!
This is truly cool. It’s a limited edition, hand-printed “knitting tarot” deck. I learned about it via new LJ friend . They aren’t releasing many images, apparently, unless you’re a friend of theirs on Flickr. What I can see looks…
Interview: Chronic Pain and Sex
The interview we did is up! Chronic Pain and Sex: a Couple’s Gentle Battle With Fibromyalgia I’m pleased with it. There are very few, mostly immaterial inaccuracies.
Whoops! Yesterday was FMS/CFW Awareness Day!
I intended to post and maybe even try to get a podcast out but ended up using my energy to do an interview with a reporter. I don’t know when the piece will come out (it wasn’t for awareness day—that…
TotD: Thomas Szasz on Language
Religion and the jargon of the helping/hindering professions are comprised largely of literalized metaphors. That is why they are the perfect tools for legitimizing and illegitimizing ideas, behaviors, and persons. Ordinary language combines all of these qualities. It can be…
Adult Gaming
Sam and I just listened to “Female Characters,” episode 42 of the Game Master Show. The topic came up because Erin, one of the hosts, realized that she was willing to put female characters through some experiences that she wouldn’t…
Happy Mother’s Day!
I’ve certainly had a sweet one 🙂 Michelle Sagara wrote a wonderful post today about how mothering is like writing.