[note to self]Some men don’t have the vocabulary to describe emotions clearly ( Read more... )

I've worked out a thing [real descriptive there, I know]:

Social media is popular, though not with everyone, because it's easy. For introverts [permalink not working, same as the prior link but search "extroverts"], this is especially true because it's as much attention as we want to give/receive, and on our terms; i.e. not a draining four-hour ( Read more... )

I deleted some of my queue 'cause all it does is make me look as petty as this:Q. Good gift?As we're discussing the holidays today, I'm hoping you could share your thoughts on using holiday gifting as a platform to give a well-meaning nudge in a new life direction? My adult daughter (now in her 30s) has been something of a disappointment in terms ( Read more... )

Realized I didn't read my dailies yesterday. ( Here's another perspective on the 'non-gamer woman' issue. )

A regular complaint on the Facebook Neopets page is, when they have Trivia Tuesdays, "Why do people keep posting the answer when someone already got it right?" I'll tell you why--I sat here for a whole day believing I was the first correct answer for once, until they awarded the shoutout* to someone else, when I realized that FB was not in synch ( Read more... )

Hmm. I've read this before... my goodness. Both columns address the problem rationally, but what surprises me the most is the contrast in the two answers... the former is paranoid [justifiably], the latter is live-and-let-be [arguably justifiably but still with needless unaddressed risk]. I don't see the two sides as necessarily exclusive, but it's ( Read more... )

This is unexpectedly relevant:And keep this image in mind: When people are learning to skate, they mostly look down at their feet. As they get confident, they look ahead. As veterans, they look around freely.
As to the actual article, I imagine that would have to be the main way I ever become a parent--because otherwise there's an orphan out on the ( Read more... )

So. Um.

The gist of what I want to say is easily summarized such: #FirstWorldProblems [I am tempted to respond to certain people with that exact syntax, too, and only that ( Read more... )

The main feature I like in iTunes is the "Show Duplicates" function. I need that for my backup drive. And my main computer.

So, mew bucket is whiny mew bucket:


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Writing away! [...IN MY MIND...] Wanted to share this, tho:DEAR ABBY: My partner and I are vegetarians. Occasionally we eat fish, but neither of us has had pork, beef or fowl for more than 10 years ( Read more... )