Wow, y'all. I just made hand cream. I smell like honey and olive oil (an interesting but nice combination) with a hint of lavender. Next time, I'm using a lighter oil so my fragrance stands out more, but I suspect any variations on this recipe will be honey/something scented ( Read more... )

Woot! Snow day! We closed at noon. Why it couldn't have started pouring down sloggy fluff five hours earlier so I could have stayed snug in bed, I don't know. I did at least get my Promotion and Tenure Committee materials turned in (discovering on the way back that my tall boots have leaky toes, boo.) Anyway, I'm home now watching it pour snow when ( Read more... )

So OTW advertised for a Ruby coder, and their ad was very n00b-friendly. But hey, lots of people will volunteer who actually know this stuff, and it would hardly be worth their time to coddle me. But that ad is very friendly. So what the heck? The worst I can do is try it out and either love it or hate it, and if they turn me down, I still tried ( Read more... )

Where do you store your photos for online use? Why do you like it? What do you not like about it? Do you have accounts in different places for different purposes? (Personal use vs LJ, for example.)

I've decided I can't solely use my LJ storage anymore. It's up to you good people to help me sort this out!

cubreader! My hat! It's starting to look like... a hat! When you were here, it looked like a small purple lump adding to the mess on my desk. I must say, this circular knitting thing can be a bear. I'm wondering if I would do better with something smaller like baby hats or wrist warmers for the moment. I definitely would have given up on it if I was just ( Read more... )

After my recent super-crabby post, I think some good news is in order. My skin is worlds better!!! To the untrained eye (someone who hasn't personally fought this before), it would still look horrid. But I am in far less pain and itchiness, and can tell that this is actually skin and not some burnt, asphalt-scraped mishmash. You never know how ( Read more... )

I finally caved and signed up at both LibraryThing and Shelfari, to see which is better and further indulge my book obsession. Shelfari says you can import your LibraryThing list, but doesn't seem to say how anywhere. One strike, but possibly minor. It's a bit easier to add books to LibraryThing if you know the ISBN, but easier to browse by edition ( Read more... )

Dear NCIS,
Some of us get involved in cataloging our entire personal library and forget to eat dinner until 8:00. Now, I expect a crime show to involve autopsies and stuff, but was that opening shot really necessary?

Trying to erase images,
Firi

( Whip )