Went for my biweekly fibro massage this afternoon. Neck and legs were like cement. I have got to make time to do at least a little yoga each day before I end up flaring. Lyrica and massage can only do so much if I don't keep the damned muscles moving ( Read more... )

I got into an interesting conversation with a coworker last night on this subject. She's an African-American woman whose sons have all married white women, and somehow it came up that her friends think she should be insulted by this. We've had conversations in the past about some of the culture shock involved in interracial marriages, but this ( Read more... )

On read_hp, someone commented about Draco's excessive glee over the petrifications in CoS and his stated desire to see the chamber remain open, and wondered how anyone can ever like him as a character. Is it just because he's pretty ( Read more... )

The discussions that came out of last week's service sounded so promising. We were looking at what we *want* to be doing as a church in our worship, what we want to get out of coming to church. Now, going by the emails, we're back to why we can't get along, with a side order of "the church is just a business." Considering some of the stuff I've ( Read more... )

That was the topic of today's discussion group at church. And I'm no more sure where I stand on it than before. Well, where I stand hasn't changed. Just, what I think ought to be the legal approach to the matter is still kind of iffy ( Read more... )