I need to post more often because I keep forgetting the syntax to use on LJ. I guess I can just use html, though. And I just need to post more often generally. Not posting much is an indication of my frequent withdrawal from the world and going into mental isolation. As Picard might say, I need to "engage." :)

Currently reading Hercule Poirot - ( Read more... )

Work stress levels: elevated
Decrease in workload after addition of extra personnel: negative
Tom "Diver" Derrick Bridge: operational
Transport situation: 28% improvement
Recent visitations from: ducts, japester, dormant_dragon, ctseawaCurrent physical status: rotavirus infection detected ( Read more... )

In this day and age of instant communication and revelation of facts (though often marred by spin,) it's sometimes hard to believe that it was ever any other way. The idea that a person would need to overcome incredible hardships and enormous obstacles, and the luck to find a publisher courageous enough to tell the truth is almost unfathomable. ( Read more... )

I said previously I would make more of an effort on LJ. And I will. But for now, please assume I have inadequate information regarding what has happened in your lives in the last 6 months, but will read about it soon ( Read more... )

Because society's obsession with youth is beyond ridiculous, because human beings are living longer than ever before and because someone has to do it, I am hereby putting down in writing my long-held belief in how the ages of man should be redefined ( Read more... )

I sometimes wonder how life can be so wonderful and yet so crap at the same time. Perhaps sleeping for 20-odd hours at a time makes one think in strange ways...

I know kasinik is going to tell me I should lock this entry, but I'm not going to because I hope the people who he doesn't want to read this, *do* read this, and in doing so feel guilty for the ( Read more... )

In other words "yes, my dear: I have returned ( Read more... )

Quote of the Moment:

"No more fooling around, not in this place. We'll pull our pants up and make a pile of money." -- Zorba, "Zorba the Greek"For a while there, I was beginning to lose all hope that things would ever turn around for me. I was starting to believe that Normality (tm) was not only going to continue to pass me by, but would even ( Read more... )

Quote of the moment: "Yes, yes, Zathras is used to being beast of burden to other people's needs. Very sad life. Probably have very sad death, but at least there is symmetry. Go, go, Zathras take care." -- Zathras, Babylon 5: "War Without End, part one"

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According to researchers, scent-triggered memories are not necessarily more accurate ( Read more... )

Quote of the Moment:

Alexis Zorba: What kind of man are you? Don't you even like dolphins?

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From AANQ25: Summer Jobs

"Cutting the lawn is a pretty boring job. I maintain my lawn through sheer intimidation. It is hard to intimidate grass. It's been around for a ( Read more... )