I need to go to the store for basic food staples like eggs and bread (we've finally admitted that the bread machine isn't working) but in the meantime, a little brain dump.

Previously worrisome tax stuff about the house has been sorted with our big scary corporate lender; now all I have to do is remind Lane County that I own this house, too. That ( Read more... )

So. Having got my cussing out of the way, what I really have to say about yesterday's U.S. Presidential election mostly concerns the popular vote. (Mandate or not, it's orders of magnitude better than last time, and oh shit international opinion is not going to be good, but I'm trying to keep my thoughts as local as possible for the time being ( Read more... )

I wish for peace, and I got the idea from djsendai. And while we're on the topic of memetic warfare against reality, here's a link to an mp3 of "Give Peace a Chance." This is as real as magic gets: as many people as possible begging, pleading, and believing together to change consciousness. Gah. That sounded cheesy and futile as I wrote it, let alone ( Read more... )