So, I've been feeling a little out of things, and I came to the realization why: I semi-consciously pulled myself out of communities because I didn't have time to invest in them. however, I realized that I was gettin a lot of my adult socialization from those communities, even if it was in tiny doses at a time. Between us all being sick for six ( Read more... )

I am on Tumblr, though not as commonly recently as I had been for a while.  Today on another site, I was reminded of something they say often on Tumblr. I will preface my post with two things: firstly, I understand their point.  I get what they're trying to say.  They're trying to say that often, in many parts of our country, things are radically ( Read more... )

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http://kdvr.com/2012/04/18/9-year-old-suspended-after-he-says-he-stood-up-to-a-bully/

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My friend B and I were chatting over Twitter, and we were discussing the care and rearing of small children. My words to her were "yup. somedays... they're angels. Other days, you look for the ducttape. :D ( Read more... )

I've been doing a lot of thinking lately. (Yeah, I know. I can hear my sibs saying, "don't hurt yourself, there").  It's almost been a re-evaluation of what I know to be true.  Well... let me take that back. Not so much what  I know to be true,  but how it applies these days.  How do the truths I know are true from life experience and from training ( Read more... )

So much crap running through my head, so I figured I'd put it down.

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You know, I lead an interesting life. Sometimes, it's more like that old Chinese curse, "May you live in interesting times', but at least it's interesting. I've been battling off and on with one form of colds flu and other viral stuff for about three weeks. I haven't made it to church in a couple weeks. The last time I went, I was lay leader, and I ( Read more... )

Here's something I found while reading my RSS feeds.   Are the family clichés true?  It's about birth order and stuff. It's pretty good.

Things are going interestingly.  Today, I feel like I'm swimming up a strong river with only short arms and poor legs or something.  Apparently, this is part of some of my girl stuff, so it's not unusual, but not fun, either ( Read more... )