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Today seems to have gotten off to a bad start, with the french roast coffeemaker exploding this morning when I got to the "press" part, spraying me with hot coffee and giving me first degree burns on my hands, wrists, and (incongruously) the bridge of my nose - and yet more dire, DEPRIVING ME OF COFFEE!

There's also hot coffee and grounds all over ( Read more... )

Dear President Obama,

You need to repeal DADT, and you need to do it now.  Not a year from now.  Here's why.

If I am the first person to tell you this I am sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but the party that you lead is heading for a train wreck in November.  I have heard that you and your advisers are confident that you will be able to hang onto ( Read more... )

I have not been as good at planning locavore week as I would have hoped.  I was unable to procure local fish for today's lunch, owing to the fact that the co-op doesn't get its fish counter up and running until a bit after 9:00 am.  I am hoping to swing by after lunch and get something for dinner.

I received word last night that the father of a ( Read more... )

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In the midst of a staggering obesity epidemic in the US, KFC has doubled down on a high-calorie menu choice. KFC is now offering a "sandwich" which consists of bacon, two kinds of cheeses and sauce between two pieces of fried chicken. That's right, fried chicken as a bun instead of bread.
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There's an indefinable "something" that is missing from my gaming life these days and it is making me dissatisfied both with the games I run and the games that I play in ( Read more... )

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Such as they are.

Two people expressed interest in seeing my Artist's Way stuff.  One of them was mechanteanemone , to whom I can simply chat about my exercises with at my leisure.    The other was johnreiher .

On the other hand, nobody spoke up to say "Nope, not interested."  I assume that means that everyone else is either a) ambivalent about the whole idea, and can take ( Read more... )