My mom (and my grandma) had a lot of superstitious sayings and I've used them and passed them down to my daughter. There's one that I'd never heard anyone else say until last night. The superstition is if you drop a piece of silverware it means someone will be coming to the door. A knife means a man, a fork a woman, a teaspoon is a child, and a ( Read more... )

[I wrote this entry and ones after it on Dreamwidth expecting it would post here, too. For some reason they've stopped posting here.]

A mind is racing. It's mine.

( Read more... )

I have a test at 3 p.m. but I'd rather be here. It's funny how you can be away from LJ for years and when something happens, you think to come back here, you remember that writing helps, that you are the author of your own life. And then you discover the Faithful who are still hanging out, still encouraging and comforting you, as if you just ( Read more... )

" The printed book served to focus our attention, promoting deep and creative thought. In stark contrast, the Internet encourages the rapid, distracted sampling of small bits of information from many sources. Its ethic is that of the industrialist, an ethic of speed and efficiency, of optimized production and consumption―and now the Net is remaking ( Read more... )