I started my new "don't get fat" campaign last night. I spent about 40 minutes doing curls and such with my little hand weights. This morning, I forced myself to take the stairs, despite not getting nearly enough sleep last night. *pats self on back ( Read more... )

  No, not like those creepy brain-worm things from Wrath Of Khan. I'm guess it's more accurate to say pop up in my head, like some damned existential toaster. For instance, this little gem, which welled up so fast and hard that I recited most of it out load before I realized I was talking to my dogs, and they were ignoring me. Anyway, here it is ( Read more... )

  Everyone should walk around all the time thinking they're awesome. Seriously.

Think about it. They would feel great about themselves, walking around feeling awesome. Wouldn't that be fun?
  Lest you think this would only be good for everyone else, take heart! There's a benefit for you, as well. If the people you know really are awesome, than ( Read more... )

  I'd be willing to bet there's some sort of correlation between the time period when posts are most frequently made, and the average age of the people on any Friends list. For instance, most of y'all post during business hours on weekdays. This might lead an observer to surmise that you're posting from work, so you're old enough to be out of ( Read more... )

  I posted this yesterday at 4:59 Eastern, so it didn't get much notice.

( I can't decide which is worse. )

  The frantic finger pointing and tongue wagging that occurred after Katrina was bad, and not surprising. Somebody didn't just drop the ball, they crucified it and set it on fire before heaving it into a canyon. Naturally, people are going to want to deflect assign the blame. Still, the speed and ferocity with which the game of hot "responsibility- ( Read more... )