Often when I have thoughts provoked by interactions I've had, I don't want to write about them, because I worry about negatively affecting people who were part of those interactions, even though I may not really mean much against them. But the line between inspiring thoughts and being held up as a negative example can be a problem. So, this is nice ( Read more... )

Fortunately for me, I guess, it was a package of alfalfa and clover sprout blend. The packaging inside had some writing about how they are tasty on sandwiches, in salads, and in soups. I commented on how I believed two thirds of this. Sure, they are great in sandwiches; that was actually why I had requested their acquisition. They are also tasty in ( Read more... )

How do people come up with their guesses for how old someone is? When I was at my family's seder there was another family there. The youngest child of that family has been friends with one of my nephews for many years now, so my sister invited their family to join our seder. It came up, although I didn't realize it at first, that the mother was ( Read more... )

Yes, it sucks that LJ is being attacked. I'm actually really thrilled with how LJ is responding. This is the first true test of exactly what I was afraid of when SUP bought LJ, and much to my surprise, SUP is handling it well. What I was afraid of has not happened, and SUP seems to be on the right side of things. I am pleased - credit where credit ( Read more... )

1. Even small amounts of pain that I would normally ignore are disruptive to sleep. Anything I can do to make myself more comfortable is useful for increasing my sleep efficiency, even if the pain itself doesn't really bother me ( Read more... )

The Sims Medieval apparently allows Sims to marry regardless of sex. This is kind of nice. It's always been the case in the Sims universe that you could have relationships between adult sims of either sex (technically, a sim starts with no orientation and then the first person the sim gets interested in starts them toward being oriented toward that ( Read more... )

Something kind of awesome. A Bioware employee tells a straight male gamer to get over it, when he complains about the game containing content that is intended for people that do not fit his demographic despite straight male gamers being the majority.

So, the time has come that I kind of needed some new clothing. I know, this may seem odd. I have a lot of clothes. The problem I have is that I don't have a lot of outfits. I have a lot of tops, and I have a lot of skirts, but I don't have a lot of tops that go with the skirts that I have. I have been getting around this by primarily wearing jeans ( Read more... )

10 Day Meme - Day 10 ( Read more... )

10 Day Meme - Day 9 ( Read more... )