Question: Writerly type people, do you always write linearly or do you sometime write a scene that will come much later in your story but is so vivid in your head that you must write it before it disappears ( Read more... )

I was having a rather typical day - feeling very overwhelmed with eleventy billion things (and people are starting to notice - not in a bad way, but in an 'omg, perhaps we've overloaded you' way) and sorry for myself and wondering if I needed to just take a break from all social media type thingies ( Read more... )

So, it's official. We are now a completely Droid family. My husband was seriously considering the iPhone 4S and spent about 3 hours at the Verizon store hemming and hawing between it and several Android based phones. I stayed home and out of the way so he could be sure he really had what he wanted and he ended up going with a Droid (HTC ( Read more... )

You know the picture of the Before Person in the cold and flu medication adverts? The one with the red, swollen eyes, the red nose, the sniffles, sneezes, and coughs surrounded by balled-up tissues?

That is me, right now.

Took the day off to try and recover a bit, but my boss has already called twice on work stuff... no rest for me!

This entry ( Read more... )

The Secretary and Deputy Secretary of the Department of Transportation and our Administrator were outside our building this morning welcoming all of us back to work. There are huge signs in the lobby and people hugging in the halls.

I'm sure we'll all be back to grumbling about work by lunchtime, but right now I am happy to be here.

Okay, vertigo66 left me a lovely comment earlier asking how she could help with my job predicament... could she write letters to her elected officials ( Read more... )

Still not the prettiest.... oh, sorry, wrong diary ( Read more... )

Wow, Wednesday is a busy day! I've been caught up in teaching a class all day and there were loads of LJ posts, Facebook, Twitter and blog posts to catch up on! Obviously, this is the most productive day of the week for social networking ( Read more... )

Oh, LJ, you poor sad fuck ( Read more... )

Same-sex partners of federal workers can start applying for benefits next month. Right now this only applies to long-term care insurance, but it's a major step forward!!

David Cameron is at his first Prime Minister's Questions. Watch LIVE at this link (at least for the next half hour or so). I know, I know... he's a conservative! But he's ( Read more... )