You know, sometimes I think that stating something aloud (or in writing) is just a dare to the universe to prove me wrong. It's not rational, of course -- and yet sometimes I wonder ( Read more... )

Subject line attribution: Wikipedia tells me that there are several variations of this particular aphorism, dating to as early as 1600 C.E. This particular one is a popular form of the version attributed to Voltaire ( Read more... )

N.B. - I'm writing this from (one of) the Houston airport(s), waiting through the last of the three remaining hours before my flight home, so I ask that y'all please forgive any incoherence right now.Thank you all who commented on my last post, about Talia - I very much appreciate it, more than I can say. Literally, in fact; I've tried a few times ( Read more... )

In the spirit of not letting too much time pass without an update, have a few semi-random bullet points about things that have been going on with me!

• DragonCon. This was a lot of fun, although I feel that I was not particularly successful with panels or celebrity-related anything this year. Of the four panels that I did go to, I had about a 60% ( Read more... )

I'm pretty sure I saw this one first over at
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A little while ago, I asked for writing topic suggestions to help me get back into the habit of posting here. I received a few, and combined with old December meme posts that I am still behind on, I think I've got enough to be going on with for a bit, starting with this one by
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The last half of April remains something of a blur, in part because of 3 trips to 4 cities plus an extra 500 miles of driving, two separate grant proposals, more house shenanigans, and negotiating care and related services with 3 health systems and 2 lawyers. At this point, the less said about all that, the better ( Read more... )

I've been thinking, and in some cases talking, more or less seriously for some time about getting a tattoo. I'd picked a location (on my body, I mean) and settled on a design - or at least a visual element that I really wanted in a design, because it was meaningful to me. The next logical step was to choose an artist, right ( Read more... )

There are a few people reading along who may remember the source of both the subject line and icon used for this post. It came from one of a series of jumprope rhymes created Dark Tower-style in Milliways, many years ago; I believe both this rhyme and the icon were created by
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Safely back from Wyoming after a fabulous day. More tomorrow-ish.

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