Monday, I spent about 7 hours rearranging furniture in my living room, only to realize that nothing worked right, so I put it all back the way it had been before I started moving stuff around. The day was a total write-off. I think the only productive things I did was sweep the living room and feed myself and the baby. Maybe change a diaper or two ( Read more... )

A couple of days ago, in McNamara terminal in Detroit, Fire Child and I were on a quest to find a banana. A couple of movators away from our gate, I heard a voice behind me ask, "How long did it take you to grow your locs?" I turn around, and it's a black woman, about my age, with locs herself. We have a satisfying but too-quick conversation about ( Read more... )

Oh so little time left between now and airline/family/airline doom. I'll be so happy once this stupid trip is over ( Read more... )

I just finished watching yet another episode of the BBC's Planet Earth, narrated by David Attenborough. All my internal monologue sounds like him now.

I got a Lamy AL-star, as recommended by
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I would finally like to get a fountain pen with a refillable ink cartridge.

Does anyone have any recommendations, as far as brand?

Does anyone have any recommendations for buying vintage pens?

I swear I got advice about this a year or so ago, but I can't find that post or those responses...

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http://listverse.com/2010/11/04/10-strange-things-about-the-universe/

Gödel’s incompleteness theorems
It is not strictly science, but rather a very interesting set of mathematical theorems about logic and the philosophy that is definitely relevant ( Read more... )

Trying to discern how big a train package would need to be to fit three Thomas trains in it, I asked how big Fire Child thought those trains were. He held up his hands to an appropriate size.


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Watch it somewhere where you can cry freely because, my goodness, is this ever moving.

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When people say, "I'm sorry things are so sucky/crappy/shitty/difficult right now." I feel ok. Consoled.

But when people say, "I'm sorry things are so difficult for you right now," I feel worse. Likewise with, "I'm sorry you're having such a hard time with things."

Why? Because it makes me feel like I'm the problem and not my situation. Makes me ( Read more... )

I got into an exchange with a guy about homeopathy today on a friend's facebook. it didn't occur to me to check to see if I knew him until just a bit ago. I do, and I'm surprised by the tenor of the exchange. I would have expected something far more incendiary than what I got. Makes me wonder if he's feeling ok/going soft/etc ( Read more... )