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My ego ran away with me again
I've been nattering away over on justalurkr about my adventures dealing with Atlanta's Snowmageddon 2014, or whatever they're calling it, and not keeping you all who might not have befriended both in the dark.
tl;dr version:
Tuesday: Seven and a half hours to travel 14 miles from Midtown to Marietta, culminating in a hike up BlackJack Mountain because the ( Read more... ) -
If it needs saying:
If a prospective employer asks you for your Facebook (or other social media site) passcode, please remember that you are not just giving up your own 4th Amendment protections, but those of all of your Facebook (or other social media site) friends, which presumably include some people you actually like. Frankly, I don't understand why any ( Read more... ) -
Not dead, just depressed and a little lazy
In the process of cleaning out 1800 unread e-mails dating back who knows how long, it was brought to my attention that I have more or less disappeared.
First, I can no longer recommend giving one's inner child carte blanche to take out the trash, especially not at age 50. There is a lot of trash, and you will be dealing with it for awhile ( Read more... ) -
So, did I mention I was going to California?
(crossposted from justalurkr
A bizarre, nearly macabre, twist in the drama that was vacation scheduling last year resulted in ONE WEEK ONLY BUY NOW...wait, this isn't an infomercial...a week opening up in December, which I used to visit the folks in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada.
Dad: ( Read more... ) -
KITTY PICSPAM!
Or, a short photo essay about attention!whore cats.
I do not have a great history with getting African violets to bloom, so I was pretty pleased with myself when my plant bloomed profusely and decided to take a picture:
( Exhibit A of not entirely red thumb: ) -
DINNER!
So, I usually make split pea and ham soup like this:
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omg DENTIST
(crossposted from justalurkr)
I spent two weeks with my parents in California and did the following:
Saw the dentist for the first time since that woman in Florida accused her dentist of giving her AIDS in his office
Went to three aqua-robics classes and zero Pilates classes
Because the dentist, while he found zeroZipNADA new cavities after decades of ( Read more... ) -
I beaded!
Tiny little 3mm malachite rondelles, actual crimp beads and a centered necklace ( under the cut ) -
So, who's got a Kindle?
My inaugural post about my Kindle 3 was stacking up to be non-stop enthusiastic burbling about how sweet it is...then it stopped working. And I do mean, mid-purchase of a book. ( cut to spare the blood pressure of anyone without a Kindle nor any inclination to tech support. )
