Today was parent-teacher conference day, so we visited two schools and drove past another. All of which were voting centers. I figured there wouldn't be as much hoopla as usual, but I hadn't expected nothing. Not one campaigner, not one sign. The only people we saw in the halls were teachers and parents on their way to or from meeting each ( Read more... )

A friend sent me a video of a kid with a heart condition. He talked about how, when his heart was giving out and he was being wheeled into the hospital on a stretcher, he saw a bright light that wasn't there and felt at peace. This was my response:

It's funny how our beliefs shape our experiences. When I was being carried out on a stretcher by ( Read more... )

Bean: Mine is rounder.

Peanut: Yeah, but mine's longer.

Mochi: (wtf?)

( This is what they were talking about )

Buried in end of semester madness, but thought I'd share this. If you or your kids eat cereal for breakfast, here is a report on 84 popular cereals commonly marketed to children and how they stack up against some very basic health guidelines, like percentage of sugar and stuff. There's a huge amount of verbiage, but if you want to cut to the ( Read more... )

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Originally posted by gabrielleabelle at Mississippi Personhood Amendment
Okay, so I don't usually do this, but this is an issue near and dear to me and this is getting very little no attention in the mainstream media ( Read more... )

So this semester is pretty much sucking. I'm far less recovered from the octopus attack than I'd thought and even the small amount of work I'm doing is kicking my butt. The good news is I'm coping better than I was a month and a half ago when classes started. The bad news is that's still far worse than pre-octopus ( Read more... )

Legumes: [being annoying and not getting ready for bed ( Read more... )

This semester sucketh ( Read more... )