The perfect summary for someone who knows both:


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Went to new-boy's sister-in-law's baby shower yesterday. First baby shower I've been to that was all female and had games that had to be played ... Wasn't as awful as I was expecting, but I guess I rarely find social events as awful as I expect them to be :D It was really quite nice, with lots of lovely people. I was a little sad though when the ( Read more... )

Our bodies are changing,
and so are our lives.
Gravity pulls and tugs
and settles us down.

But there is a legion of
heart-heartened soldiers who
are fighting to win with
invulnerable smiles.

Their call is beguiling me
to put down self-pity
and face each day with a
fantastical smile.

You know, when I don't have an internet connection, these thoughts stay in my head. Or I don't have them at all. Heh. ANYWAY.

If I'm interpreting Barry Schwartz correctly (see his TED talk here), we all need a fishbowl, a sense of limitations against which to strain and which alleviate us from unnecessary decision making. Is that not one of the ( Read more... )

I opened the curtain today, just a sliver really. I've uploaded a couple of pictures of my messy - yet just created, so where did the mess come from? - office to the Apartment album:


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Adorable, and some of the comments are hilarious. And yes, it is ironic that this is not even news - this occurrence is just normal behaviour, yet because of our cultural hang ups it makes even me go "awwww":

Gay penguin couple adopts abandoned egg in German zooCBC News article ( Read more... )

Hung out with Dad last night, bought equally priced lattes and falafels. Checking out Luminato:

http://www.luminato.com/2009/free

(k, that links to the free stuff, but you get the point) I will probably be out of the city until Sunday night, but the festivities go on all week ... out of town Tues/Wed, but there looks to be a lot of fun throughout

Bamboo + felt furniture pads + ugly old twin bed sheet + craft paint == success!!
(cuz the bamboo was old I wrapped some sections with white electrical tape to give it some sturdiness)


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On Sunday May 31st, newspapers around the world printed the Doonesbury cartoon that in the first four panels pitted an angry Jewish god against a pacifist Christian god. There may be truth or metaphor embedded in these panels for all I know, but what they contain most of all is a depiction of a centuries old anti-semitic stereotypical argument. In ( Read more... )

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