This starts as a reaction to an article my Facebook frienemy posted, but kind of turns into frustrated brain purge later. I wanted to save it anyway, so bear with me, Reader.

My Facebook frienemy has been posting about stuff lately that generally falls into the “atheists are just in denial of God” variety. Essentially that those that deny the ( Read more... )

Been a long time since I updated! There hasn't been a ton of stuff happening; work's moving along well, Lu's progressing in school and almost 100% daytime potty trained (she's usually even dry through naps!), Chuck has filed his last bit of paperwork to get his NJ massage license. We've been busily tending to garden and outdoor improvements since ( Read more... )

Minor levity moments from recent times.

- Watched The Birdcage again and realized that my mother-in-law's summer fashion (when it isn't just T-shirts and jeans) isn't far off from Albert's. Which is in no way an insult! Albert dresses the part of a middle-aged mother who likes to wear comfy-casual-yet-feminine clothes, much like my MIL. Ain't ( Read more... )

My Facebook frienemy is posting links to articles against gay marriage again, but lately it’s been in the vein of “won’t somebody please think of the children!”

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Chuck found Walking Dead comic compendiums at the local library - the first 2. The first compendium alone goes beyond where I had previously read, which only just got into the Governor/Woodbury arc. I gave up on the series after reading that far back in 2011, mostly because as much as I am into zombie stuff, imagining a zombie apocalypse while ( Read more... )

Things have been rumbling along pretty nondescriptly for the last couple of months - holidays were good, we didn't travel around anywhere but compared to last year's food-poisoining fest it was flipping fantastic. Lucia got lots of things, as usual, and she really likes her Sesame Street "Smart Tablet" which is basically just a 2-sided button- ( Read more... )

I finally finished reading the blog recaps of 50 Shades of Grey courtesy of Jenny Trout. I honestly struggled to read about the last half of the chapter recaps for the third and final book, because even secondhand, the books are repetitive, boring, and also very disturbing in their portrayal of what essentially is an abusive relationship - and ( Read more... )

About a month ago, our lovely friend Nate came to visit for the weekend while his brother and girlfriend attended BronyCon 2014 down in Baltimore (and the BCC, the same venue as Otakon, it so happens). I took that Friday off so that Nate, Chuck, and I could tackle some home improvement stuff while Lucia was at school that morning. The list was not ( Read more... )

Not much to say lately; Lu’s out of summer program, we accomplished some home improvement (will post pics later) while Nate visited; Lu got diaper rash but it cleared up and we’re in the first stages of potty training her. Also, we’re going to visit Chuck’s parents over the weekend, whee ( Read more... )

I’m learning a lot about home ventilation and attic insulation this year ( Read more... )