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My Twitter and Facebook connection stance (for reference)
There's a lot going around about the mixing of Facebook, Twitter, and LJ. Pingbacks to hopefully let us know it's happened, automated cross-posting of comments to locked entries, and other oddities.
I'll state what I hope is obvious:- Anywhere I'm EmberLeo I just sort of assume folks can find me anyway. If my post is public, then the comments ( Read more... )
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Trip/Method Emissions Calculator?
Dear Lazywebs ( Read more... ) -
Let Your Light So Shine
One of my students posted this quote as part of a longer post. I thought it was very appropriate for a wide variety of reasons:
"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, ( Read more... ) -
Revisiting an old, wonderful post
I'm digging through my journal for unrelated reasons when I find a post linking to this post about attitude by SidereaI swear, I should print it up and post it somewhere handy - it bears reading and re-reading at least once a year. Perhaps more often ( Read more... ) -
Must be the middle of summer?
So the funny thing about how my particular SAD seems to work is that Summer isn't actually my best time of year. My best time is Spring, and I'm pretty good in late fall before Winter hits ( Read more... ) -
The Vocabulary of Divinity.
Last night BellaCrow asked me what the difference is between "Powers" and "gods". I feel pushed to write out my answer and post it here, with the usual caveats that this is my understanding and perspective - it's an educated one, but nevertheless a biased one, etc. etc. blah blah.
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Dreams: BIIIIIG KITTY! (or "What's with all the big cats lately?")
Ohhhkay, this is getting... interesting?
No lions yet, I'll note, but this morning I had the third dream involving a Big Cat in what? Two weeks?
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After Abuse: On Rebuilding the Ability to Trust
I wrote most of this up for a student of mine who has grown so much in the last few years, but still has those days where it seems like nothing ever goes anywhere, and it's just not worth it. I learned whatever of this is true both from my own personal experience and from discussing such topics with other friends who have their own histories. Two ( Read more... ) -
Link: How we get stuck in Sick Systems
If you have ever been in an unhealthy, abusive, and/or codependent relationship with a partner, friend, organization, or place of employment, this journal entry by Issendai will probably sound very familiarIf you are currently someplace stuck, stressed out, unable to find your way out of your hole, and simultaneously feeling obliged to stay because ( Read more... ) -
Of Angels and Demons
It begins as a righteous, seductive angel whispering truths. We believe we know what is right for all. We believe we hold the greatest knowledge. We believe we are authorized to choose for others what we are and are not comfortable with them having. We believe that our cause is so right that any effective methods we find for executing our plans is ( Read more... )