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Writing "Me Time" into the schedule
I've been so wrapped up in the neverending "must be done"s and "ought to get done"s that I've long since written off the "enjoy doing"s... and that's not right ( Read more... ) -
Look in the mirror before you complain...
Actual phrases used during a facebook conversation about being offered membership in a group ( Read more... ) -
Notorious RBG and Shakespeare
Archiving two newspaper links
Ruth Bader Ginsburg Presides Over the Divorce Proceedings of Claudio and Hero. (check my Shakespeare tag; I was there for that one.)
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Presides Over Shylock's Appeal In Venice, yet ( Read more... ) -
The state of the Nea
It has been a while since I posted, hasn't it? Thought it might be time for another state of the Nea. Or at least bullet points of the Nea ( Read more... ) -
Holy fuck, what is this bullshit?
So I started to take a survey about Sherlock Holmes fans. By someone who claims to be in touch with the culture and who claims to be doing this under the aegis of a school for academic reasons ( Read more... ) -
linkdump
I'm posting this for myself because I have to restart the computer before having read them, but then I thought whatthehell, there's nothing personal and maybe someone will want the recipes ( Read more... ) -
Exterminator recommendations needed
M found termites in a stump and one of her raised plant beds. A stump and raised bed equidistant between the (wooden) house and the (wooden) garage. -
The experiment begins
I did the math. If I stretch out the Blue Apron ingredients - and I'll have to, because they're very sloppy about sodium, so I need to sharply reduce some portions - and have the farm share, and buy only skyr and fresh fruit and milk and a once-a.week treat ( Read more... ) -
The State of the Nea Involves Subscription Boxes
So, my doctor put me on a hypertension diet. Actually, she put me on "let's manage this with lifestyle changes" so now I'm also trying to exercise much more regularly (I'm woefully behind on both virtual races and Zombies, Run! missions), meditate and eat better ( Read more... ) -
Public service announcement: block the installation of Windows 10
A friend of mine has told me about Never 10 (https://www.grc.com/never10.htm). Basically, it's a utility that adds a little GUI window to parts of the command line interface - you're not downloading software, you're downloading something that turns line after line of machine code hidden ( Read more... )