I have accomplished my first sponge bath and clothing change with no additional injury and am getting pretty good at this crutching around lark.

#1 helper is still percocet, though.

I've ordered no rinse shampoo and body wash from amazon. Any other useful items y'll can think of?

When I announce my undies match (as they do today,) they are beige cotton and tricot for the brassiere ( Read more... )

Vaguely frustrating: the cast and crew of The Silver Lining Playbook starring in Joy, which is not a sequel thereto. It is instead a woman-power sort-of biopic about a lady who invented a better mop ( Read more... )

It all started with discussion of that one guy shooting those people in Virginia, when a co-worker noted that he legally owned the firearm used in the commission of the crime. This mad me wonder how many people committing murder with firearms do legally own the weapon?

So I found this on Wikipedia about gun violence in the US State by State, but ( Read more... )

1. So, my person hell odyssey through the prospect of surplus is over as of last Friday. It continues, however, for the seven or eight people actually surplussed. How are the rest of us supposed to act around them???2. Fellow sci fi geek and coworker dismisses Neal Stephenson as a hack. I decide to google "Neal Stephenson hack?" and discover the ( Read more... )

Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese is listed by amazon.com a literary fiction, "family saga." However, what interests me the most about the story is that it's told against the backdrop of half a century of Ethiopian history (according to the blurb.)

Is there a specific genre or search term for "books set amid modern events?"

I have, like, four tabs open as a result of Googling "white feminism," so research is in progress, but I'm wondering if anyone on my flist can explain in small words and short sentences when white (sometimes "liberal" is thrown in) feminists became problematic ( Read more... )

This is the knife I bought.

This is the knife my parents have.

I've worked with both. Granted, mine is newer, but the heft is similar and both take an edge liek woah. Also, I think mine is prettier (because that's really important in a kitchen knife ( Read more... )

I will own being as white privileged as it is possible for a female person to be, so the follow post and its addendum puzzled me:
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Let me make it clear that white people should never under any circumstance make or engage in white jokes. No matter what your intent is, you have effectively communicated that you think you’re different from other ( Read more... )

Have you ever just come home from school or work, faded into the couch or recliner and said "tomorrow is another day?"

I've been doing that for a week now and could use some advice on overcoming cushion inertia.