So apparently all over FB there are people being really nasty after the election. I'm lucky in that I haven't seen much of that at all ( Read more... )

I posted to FB yesterday, It's nowhere near as graphic as many movies, but it's worth a "this can cause strong emotions" warning* - it's a PSA put out by the Houston police department, pretty well done, about surviving an active shooter emergency. The basic concept is Run, Hide, Fight, the latter only if the former isn't an option ( Read more... )

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So yesterday I was wreckified a goodly deal of the day - I think I screwed up on protein again, or something. And it’s definitely been dry both at home and at work. I’m happy that even though I would have liked to go to bed I instead honored my promise to go see Chris and his Geek Comedy Tour at a new place called Riot Act, over near Gallery Place ( Read more... )

Hm.

I am so tired of not having a smartphone. The weekend worked out perfectly well, but the ability to not have to go to a computer in order to , say, use a groupon would be nice, especially when the provider would have been willing to scan a smartphone but not a laptop. So no Lebanese Taverna. Although the evening was probably better as it ( Read more... )

Fascinated.

By now you may have heard that you* can Text 'SWAT' to 20222 to donate $5 to humanitarian aid efforts in Pakistan's Swat Valley.

I heard about it on NPR this morning, and have since looked up Secretary Clinton's remarks at yesterday's press conference**. I'm happily floored by the use of technology:The United States is also ( Read more... )