I've been following the ideas on Change.org, and was happy to see that while the idea "Introduce Esperanto as a foreign language subject in schools to help American kids succeed" did not make it into the top 10, it did make it into the second group of 25 ideas that Change.org will also be promoting. The idea received a total of 3,597 votes, ( Read more... )

Whenever I get antsy/bored, (especially here at work), I go to the start bar and pop open the browser, and start "surfing" the web ( Read more... )

Today I saved

4660 pounds

of carbon emissions

And so can you.
Go to coopamerica.org/go/carbcutter

to find out how.

...or at least, I am ( Read more... )

...maybe this will!

I live for these little horoscope gems ( Read more... )

...that who you are now is so different from who you ( want to be. )

While visiting my parents this past weekend, I read Rainer Maria Rilke's Letters to a Young Poet, on loan to me from pi2. I started and finished it before bed on Saturday night (don't be too impressed that I knocked off an entire book before bed, as it's teeny). Rilke focuses a good deal on the importance of solitude. For those interested, I'm posting ( Read more... )

As you can see from my "mood" button, I'm tired, so this entry might not make much sense. ( Read more... )

Some co-workers invited me to come along with them to happy hour tonight. I was surprised and then sort of glad that they liked me enough to invite me along. I'm sure we don't have a ton in common, but I can usually find at least some common ground with people. It will be good to be out with other people for a change instead of holed up in my place ( Read more... )

This is my first home-cooked meal in my new home. Eh. It's ok. I made enough spaghetti for two people, though, and I have to eat it all, since I have no refrigerator and thus no way of preserving it.

I've gotten a lot done since I closed on the house on Friday, but...

the haiku in my userinfo explains it best:

My spaghetti is getting cold. At ( Read more... )