I realized that I have been keeping up with posting words of the day and little tidbits here and there, but I really have not done much for actually reporting on what I have been up to since I got back from Iceland.

CoronationI got back to the States on Friday the 13th, cleared customs at Minneapolis, and was scooped up by Their Excellencies ( Read more... )

Not where you would generally look for such advice, but good advice nonetheless:

"Marriage isn't 50/50; it's 60/40. If you stop at 50/50, there's a gap. If everybody gives 60/40, there's overlap."
                               - Carolyn Strauss Ungar, UW-Madison class of '35 and celebrating her 75th year of marriage.

I was having this delicious dream wherein I was on a date with a Pierce Brosnen/Dr Proctocus mash up who was übernerdy and completely into me. Damn you morning meeting... :p

ale knight, n. Pronunciation: Brit. /ˈeɪl nʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈeɪl ˌnaɪt/ Now hist. and arch.

A person who frequents public houses; a drunkard.
Particularly common in the 16th cent.

1556 M. Huggarde Displaying of Protestantes f. 10  (margin), As this good minister loued good ale, so he had .iii. ale knights to stande in defence of his opinion.
1575 Rec. ( Read more... )

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Some highlights/lowlights of the year:

( blahblahblah... tl;dr )

Well, it's been more than a week and I'm continuing to move forward with with my newly-developed plans. I've disclosed the following already to some folks, but didn't generally want to talk about it. In a way I still don't, but typing it once will be easier than repeating it four thousand times ( Read more... )

I was thinking awhile ago about what I want out of life and relationships (romantic and otherwise) and recent events has reinforced some of those concepts.

Want: Dependability, Companionship, Intellectually satisfying

Do Not Want: Fuckwittage, of any flavor

There are other things, of course, but those are the big ones currently.
It doesn't seem ( Read more... )

So, I have recognized a pattern in the men I currently find strangely attractive, namely House, Grissom, and Snape ( Read more... )

Last weekend was wonderful. Saturday morning I spent sewing and chatting with
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