Bobby's great aunt, Aunt Lil, died on Tuesday at the age of 86. It was one of those long-time-coming and almost merciful deaths: She had been suffering from severe dementia for the past few years and had recently broken her hip. I've known Aunt Lil (and her husband Uncle Frank--he died back in '08) since Bobby and I started dating. Without children ( Read more... )

( Cut for Discussion of Religion )

Since I have a few newcomers to the ol' Bag of Weasels *waves* I think it's only fair to forewarn that I am a liberal agnostic, and my rare political posts reflect this. I welcome discussion on my posts but don't want folks who would rather avoid this sort of thing or might have had the mistaken impression that I am gun-totin' and church-goin' and ( Read more... )

I am crawling out of Green-Knight-induced lurkdom for a few minutes to point my fellow LJ citizens to the following links on dark_christian, a.k.a. the folks who helped bring you the Warriors for Innocence connection to LJ Strikethrough the First.

This first post discusses religiously motivated child abuse/neglect being promoted in communities on LiveJournal. ( Read more... )

Perhaps because it is Monday and I am tired from shifting back to my normal nocturnal schedule over the weekend or maybe because I'm PMSing, things have just been getting on my nerves lately. Now I could grumble about my coworkers and their inability to use technology that's been prevalent since the '80s or the way that Maryland drivers drive when ( Read more... )

I am doing something wholly unethical for money. And here I am, admitting it ( Read more... )

Bobby is a wonderful man. Have I said that lately? He knows that his poor, soft-hearted, easily upset wife gets depressed by reading the news too much, and so he sends me the articles that he knows will interest me. And probably get me all fired up and ranting from my soapbox. (While he laughs ( Read more... )