My sisters and mom pooled together and sent me (with one of the sisters; another lives near there) to Kripalu. Lovely. (I did miss Sketchfest, which is sad, but I was offline, which is nearly unheard of for me, and thus surprisingly helpful.) The detox session was too basic for where I am so far; the yoga varied from easy/restful to wow! glory!; ( Read more... )

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• 07:05 Underground Coal fire: www.csmonitor.com/Environment/Bright-Green/2010/0205/Centralia-Pa.-How-an-underground-coal-fire-erased-a-town
• 07:36 Mo before breakfast, clearly tired, *insists* he wants to help Dad snowblow, + worries Dad will finish before M gets dressed. He's out, now.
• 11:02 Can't get to a real train soon, so... www.google.ru/intl/ ( Read more... )

• 12:29 Too many tabs open, so linkposts ahoy! Start with art: www.webdesignerdepot.com/2009/05/100-extraordinary-examples-of-paper-art/
• 12:37 Template for incendiary blog post or opinion piece. Or not: faultline.org/index.php/site/item/incendiary/
• 12:46 She's teething already. Gnar gnar gnar drool ... (and ow!) (and shorter naps, supposed to be a ( Read more... )

• 10:40 Letter to children from a sleep-deprived Mama: www.mamohanraj.com/journal/show-entry.php?Entry_ID=5255 Love it.
• 11:27 "Queen of the Kitchen", a short fairy tale www.karenhealey.com/books/queen-of-the-kitchen/ (Thanks, Jed H for this + previous link)
• 11:28 Also note the pavlova recipe at the end of "Queen of the Kitchen" www.karenhealey.com/ ( Read more... )

• 10:34 is enjoying this series of grammar posts: http://ozarque.livejournal.com/tag/american+english+grammar
• 11:01 is in awe (again): hotlink.ellenmilliongraphics.com/ellen/bannerpostcardshow.jpg She does so much and does it so well!
• 20:34 "Getting Real About the High ( Read more... )

ozarque posted a nifty writing form/idea: http://ozarque.livejournal.com/599342.html Those of you who enjoy the writer's block memes might like this (onlyonechoice, kyaraelf, I'm thinking especially of you). ruthling might not, at least this year ( Read more... )

Podcasts from How Stuff Works: Stuff You Missed in History Class, thanks to DVS in SWAPA. Need iTunes specifically to listen to 'em.

A short essay on memorization (specifically of poetry), and why this isn't the "spitback" we (we?) hated in High School: A Word on Rote Memorization by Mark Bauerlein. Wish I'd had this handed to me in high school ( Read more... )

• 21:11 I am printing a SWAPA. See what reunions do to me? I don't have time for this! Clearly, I failed my willpower roll (again)...

Another day of a fair bit of driving around for various errands and appointments and an unexpected but useful nap and lo! the only useful work being getting an invoice ready to print. I have GOT to stop having days like this.

I laughed at this, from supergee: Star Trek FlowChart, for knowing which movie is which. Hee! I haven't seen about half of these, ( Read more... )