Two recent entertaining incidents with the kids, and interesting strangers ( Read more... )

So the Lynxcub has apparently decided he wants to be a cop when he grows up, rather than (or perhaps in addition to) a mad scientist. Actually, I'm pretty sure it's "in addition to", given the plans he outlined to me today. And lest any of my activist friends be put off by this turn of events, you will be pleased to know that his definition of ( Read more... )

I thought I'd posted this a while back (it was from March 23, or at least that's when I posted it on FB), but when I went to make a new post tonight, I realized I'd only just saved it as a draft ( Read more... )

Well, that was scary - I took Kiska for her evening walk, and another dog in the park attacked her. Really savagely - it looked like it was trying to tear her throat out. Luckily she wasn't hurt, except for a small graze on her ear - there was tiny smear of blood there, but nothing much.

( I, on the other hand, was not quite so lucky... )

In keeping with my new resolution not to neglect LJ in favour of Facebook, and the fact that I only have one life at the moment and thus can't really generate two separate sets of life events for the two platforms, I am hereby recycling several of the bits and pieces I've posted there over the last couple of days. Actually, they'll probably be a ( Read more... )

Had a nice visit from lgbtech. Our 40s film noir costumes for the Halloween party we went to came together pretty well, though the concept we were going for didn't seem to be that apparent to most people - a lot of people thought she was supposed to be a gangster rather than a detective. I think the Bogart-ishness was more apparent when she had a beige ( Read more... )

This article, which someone on Facebook posted a link to, has some disturbing information about new agreements in the US which give corporations the right to all water within certain jurisdictions, even if it's on private property. So independent farmers getting water from a spring or well on their own property could be regarded as "stealing" water ( Read more... )

Last night, I wrote in an e-mail to my mom:

( Why I was having second thoughts about going to the G20 protest today )

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Memo to: the driver of the silver Lexus at Bay and College.

Accidents happen. I get that. Yes, people should really look to see if anything is coming before opening their car door on the traffic-facing side, but sometimes people forget to do that. With unpleasant results for all involved ( Read more... )