I'm not sure why it is, but the smell of coffee would perk me up long before I could actually stomach drinking the stuff. I don't believe that caffeine could enter my body via my sense of smell, but I'm at a loss to explain my reaction to it ( Read more... )

"This gives me hope," I said as we trooped down the convention center hallway.

We were heading toward the statue of Drizzt where we were to turn left and go to the end, where the troll statue awaited us.  The hallway was crowded with gamers of all ages, some in costume, others wearing geeky t-shirts of every stripe.  Quite a few carried heavy ( Read more... )

Yes, we survived the night of t-storms and the occasional tornado.  Good thing I'm a night owl, because I don't think I got to a good sleep until after 2 AM.  Quite a few people on this part of town were without power, but ours never flickered for a change.

While listening to the wind and the rain smack against our house, I thought of the summer ( Read more... )

Coming to a domain near you:  DDoS attacks ( Read more... )

I had a busy (but fun) weekend, which I ought to post about later.  However, yesterday at work was anything but that.  I'm still catching up on LJ entries from the weekend, but I found this little website via Thrillist:

weatherspark.com/

It not only gives you three separate forecasts for the day, but provides the weather history for a location dating ( Read more... )

Something that might have gotten overlooked in the Grammys this past weekend had nothing to do with Lady Gaga, Arcade Fire, and any Red Carpet craziness.

The competition for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalists consisted of:

Baba Yetu - Christopher Tin, arranger (Christopher Tin, Soweto Gospel Choir & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra)
Baby ( Read more... )

There.  I said it ( Read more... )

Every so often, I feel the urge to reconnect with a book from my past.

Typically, this is a book that really grabbed me and didn't let go, propelling me farther down the path that made me what I am today.  Works like The Lord of the Rings, The Count of Monte Cristo, Dragonflight, and The Sword of Shannara come to mind, and I want to experience that ( Read more... )

There are two well written posts by Michelle Sagara and Seanan McGuire on bullying, and I wanted to boost the signal on them:

Bitterness, bullying, and breaking the circle by seanan_mcguire

Asperger son at school, part 1: What it takes to address bullying by msagara

I've been there.  Like so many others, I was bullied in and out of school.  For the most part, I hid my ( Read more... )

Kate Elliot wrote a very moving post about racism, and I wanted to share it with you:  And Pharaoh's Heart Hardened