I keep forgetting to mention that Opeth is playing at the Orlando House of Blues on Tuesday the 21st.

I'd be dead the next day if I went, but I feel almost obligated to, since I don't know when I'd have a chance to see them again.

A "I must go no matter what, just on general principle" sort of thing.

Anyone else up for it?

There's a spot in my thoracic spine that I can usually pop if I stretch in a certain way. It's likely the same place pointed out to me by the chiropractor my stepmother used to take me to.

Here lately it's felt like a kink in my back that needs popped. But I can't pop it. Sort of like an itch I can't scratch, only this one aches instead of

Ended up on a Christian person's journal today wherein they mentioned a lot going on in life and asked if people would include them in their prayers. They next said how all the readers would have to do is "mention her name in prayer" because God already knows what she needs ( Read more... )

If you write, or like Stephen King, the Waldenbooks in the Oaks Mall has his book On Writing in hardcover for $4 on the bargain wall. It's part memoir, part tips on writing, and I think it's a very good thing to read if either the former or the latter is true ( Read more... )

I think I ruined my metal teapot a few weeks ago ( Read more... )

Have I become jaded and cynical before I've even begun?

I cringe whenever someone mentions herbalism, natural healing, toxins, alternative medicine, homeopathy, and the like.

I pull out my soapbox on this issue every so often and I want to avoid rehashing the old hat.

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I've remembered one reason why I don't cook very often: it's not much fun to just cook for myself. It's over too fast and I'm just left with a big mess.

A similarity between cooking/eating and sex: both are enjoyable, but short-lived, by myself; both are much better when prolonged with company.

Makes sense, I suppose, since both are sensual

Anyone have any recommendations for hiking boots? I want to buy a pair ( Read more... )

Spent too much money at Target today. I needed basic things, though, as well as a watch ( Read more... )

Dinner tonight is a spring mix salad with a raspberry and walnut Vinaigrette, fresh raspberries, and other goodies; garlic and olive oil couscous; peach tea; and a super-simple vegetable soup that is now more like soup-flavored noodles with vegetables because I got a little overzealous when adding the noodles and thus put in too many ( Read more... )