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So, I posted about this on Facebook last week, and figured it was about time I talked about it here: my husband and I are expecting our first kid this spring ( Read more... )

I've been mainlining episodes of A Way With Words lately, and in one of today's episodes somebody called in with a fabulous phrase ( Read more... )

The other day, I was listening to an episode of the radio show/podcast On Being. Seth Godin was the guest, and he had some thought provoking things to say.

If I were to ask you to tell me the story of Daedalus and Icarus, what would you remember of it? What lesson do you think we should take from it?

( My thoughts )

Dear self,

If you are at the top end of the weight range for one size, and the bottom end of the weight range for the next size up, and it has been more than a week since you weighed yourself, go with the larger size. Also, the weight range is more important than the height range.

Back in February 2012, I did a post asking if anyone knew a simple way to price compare different cuts of meat so that I could optimize my meals per dollar (as opposed to pounds per dollar).

I got some good advice on figuring out how many meals can come from a given amount of meat, but less on my basic question.

The other day I found this post ( Read more... )

This is the Winter of New Friends!
Find some lovely new LJ peeps at Tina's Friending Meme ;)

I'm sure you've heard about it by now. The movie version of Ender's Game has finally materialized from the mists of Hollywood. Half of geekdom is passing out from glee, while the other half is passing out from rage at the idea that Orson Scott Card and his toxic views will be getting that much money and attention ( Read more... )

If you like Adele and/or Amy Winehouse, you'll probably like Alice Russell. She's pretty much halfway in between the two of them.

http://www.npr.org/event/music/201213022/alice-russell-tiny-desk-concert

Following up on this post.

This post is going to be about one way to keep track of the things you want to accomplish at the various levels of the hierarchy.

ActionsThese are the only things on your portable to-do list. It can be a notebook, an app, or anything similar that you like. The only requirements are that can easily be carried around with ( Read more... )