I'd moved a stack of books to vacuum the dust off a bookshelf, and found two photographs on the floor. No idea which book they were tucked into, or how they managed to stay wedged in said book through two moves and much reshuffling of books recently ( Read more... )

I had my “dates and notes” spreadsheet open the other day. Because when you get old, sometimes it helps to have a cheat sheet to help you remember when things happened ( Read more... )

Today is Saint Trudpert's day. I haven't celebrated it for the past couple of years, and I'm feeling a bit nostalgic about it.

So one silver lining to come out of the whole sex scandal at the alma mater was joining three new alumni groups on Facebook. And reconnecting with a couple of people that I went to school with. Including one friend that I'd been searching for, who really was the reason why I survived my freshman year when I thought I was going to flunk out, but I ( Read more... )

Someone on my Technical Writing mailing list posted a link to this article in the New Yorker by author George Saunders about his Writing Education. He writes about one of his college professors:

I notice that Doug has an incredible natural enthusiasm for anything we happen to get right. Even a single good line is worthy of praise. When he comes ( Read more... )

A friend posted a link over on Facebook to the Buzzfeed article Sex is a Funny Word a new book designed to help you talk about sexuality with your kids. The book tries to be inclusive, with different races, body types, and gender expressions (although I’m not sure if the last part might not be slightly confusing for really little kids?).And ( Read more... )

I don’t know if it was the Ferret writing about men who turn down sex, or the discussion the other day over on a friend’s Facebook page about Iranian politics, but I was thinking about my Iranian friend from high school, E this week ( Read more... )

The truth is, I’m feeling a wee bit melancholy this morning.

I ran into an old crush last night. Someone that I fell for hard right after my divorce went through, but didn’t have the self-confidence to do anything more than flirt with. And damn him, he flirted back. Cue Julie developing horrible crush that I never did anything about. There ( Read more... )

Ten years ago today I made my first Live Journal post.

I’m not sure, but I think that sirhc_warror had talked me into joining the site. I’d met her at the VTRF over the summer, and she’d sent me a link to her journal entry about how David rescued her when she locked her keys into her car.

back in the muddy parking lot, another very nice man named Dave - who ( Read more... )

I read a bunch of old entries today, circa 2006 and 2007. Back when I was still working for HAL, and Bossy Lady and The Office Gossip were making my life miserable.

Sometimes I just need to remember that I'm strong, and have survived a lot of shit in my life. And I'm probably a better person for it.