I rejected my family quite a while ago. After years of ignoring my clearly stated desire to have nothing more to do with them, in the past year my family (by which I mean my sister) has finally almost left off contacting me. I occasionally get a bit of news garnished with the usual thick sauce of hostility, but not on a regular basis at least ( Read more... )

Here's a quote:Personal columnists are jackals and no jackal has been known to live on grass once he had learned about meat -- no matter who killed the meat for him.
~ Ernest Hemingway
If you substitute "blogger" for "personal columnist," I think you will see my point. Consider, especially, that Joe the Plumber is a sort of blogger now ( Read more... )

About this. Not until I read a few of my flisters this morning.

Damn. I'd really hate losing LJ. But it would probably be good for me, in the same way that icky tasting medicine is good for me or losing access to television would be good for me.

I confess that as my average number of spoons per day has dwindled and my commitment to my (not so new ( Read more... )