Finally kicked it into gear enough to write another Huffpost piece:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rachel-haimowitz/a-different-kind-of-news-_b_64911.html

Microlending, anyone? You'll even get your money back (probably). Support them if you can.

YAY! And YAY! again!

I'm really, really proud of that one, actually. Even made the Feature Blogs list. Go check it out; not enough people are outraged by this particular bit of national nightmare

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First real fall of the whole season. Awfully late. I missed you, winter.

Also, Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell making out post-rapture? Oh, Family Guy . . . how I love you!

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Just got back from the supermarket. For those of you who don't know, I've been a vegetarian for almost 20 years, and it's always a little adventure when a company comes out with a new soy- or veggie-based meat substitute. Real hit or miss, as you might imagine. So, for all you vegetarians out there, go try Smart Deli Meatless Turkey Slices. Granted ( Read more... )

Sometimes I feel like all I do all day is rescue snails. Like Bender, most saltwater snails can't turn over if they land on their backs, so they just flail around until they starve to death. That being the case, I'm not sure why they're not more careful about the whole falling on their backs thing. I have used a stick to flip over five separate (or ( Read more... )

At the constant prodding of Zenified, I have finally taken pictures of my aquarium. Now let's see if I am capable of making them show up here :-p Erm, under a cut, even? Could I be so clever?

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I once said to Charlie while we were musing over the future that I would one day like to be just wealthy enough to have someone peel my kiwis. Because let's face it . . . cutting them into quarters and then eating down to the skin is just messy. As it turns out, the Korean grocer not fifty feet from my building has peeled kiwis on their salad bar. ( Read more... )