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Old Blog, New Address (Important Read, My Loyal Followers!)
I don't know if any of you readers, my many loyal fans, still follow this blog through the LiveJournal Friends page. There have been years of jokes about "Who uses LiveJournal anymore, anyway?" but, what, I didn't use it as the sort of social media it once was, I just use it as a platform for my personal blog ( Read more... ) -
The 2016 Year In Review...s
It’s time for the yearly roundup, and while 2016 is pretty universally known to have been a pretty crappy year, it’s had its bright spots too. As I’ve done for the past few years, I’ve rounded up events and reviews into Top Five lists for your perusal. It makes for a long post, but I’d love for you to read it, and chime in with comments on anything ( Read more... ) -
Merry Christmas!
On the off-chance you don't follow me on social media (or do but missed it because FB's obnoxious) or on GeekMom -- which you really should because I post there more often-- I posted my Merry Christmas post there this year https://geekdad.com/2016/12/here-is-what-christmastime-means-to-me/--I'm on my Nook so I can't make that link look pretty.
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Disillusionment, Despair, and Christmas Lights
Hi. This might be a cry for help? Part of me's great. I feel capable. Christmas prep is fun and exciting. But if I didn't have Christmas, and to a lesser extent if I didn't have my library job (because I have hard-to-get-moving moments with that, too), I'd... well I don't know what I'd have. What I'm feeling is maybe best described as ( Read more... ) -
Samwise the Brave
So, unlike people living in Bubbles of Blue, I was not shocked. Disappointed, absolutely, but not surprised. So why did it hurt so much? Why was I crying? Why have I been unable to shake off the tears that keep coming all day?
I mean, there's the usual. The stuff I've already explained, about why I was voting the way I did in the first place. I ( Read more... ) -
Trigger Warning
I should probably get out of the habit of checking the Internet first thing in the morning, because the anxiety it evokes ruins me for the rest of the day. But then, I should probably also change the radio station on my clock radio. It wakes me with news, and local news, at that, which is why I like it. It's the little Washington, PA, station, as ( Read more... ) -
Bully Busting
I've been unearthing roots of current subconscious feelings a lot this week, like spontaneous psychoanalysis: "That's impressive," my therapist said, "you've done a lot of work ( Read more... ) -
Don't Shut Me Up... Please?
Been having a bad week. When I say that, there's usually nothing actually BAD happening IN my LIFE, it just means my mental/emotional imbalances are acting up again. That's the case here. I feel like my brain has been invaded by seven billion voices shouting for help. I can't handle the weight of it. And as I struggle to shoulder that weight while ( Read more... ) -
Differently Abled
This morning I filled out a survey for the Census Bureau. I kept snorting derisively at my answers to the questions. Gosh, yes, this is a family of four, one mother one father two children (one boy one girl, at that!), living as an individual family in our own house with two cars, nobody's ever been divorced or remarried or blended into other ( Read more... ) -
A Vague-in-regards-to-Spoilers Reader Response to Cursed Child the Script!
YOU GUYS. Remember when LiveJournal was actually social media and new Harry Potter books were coming out and we'd just DISCUSS THEM excitedly RIGHT HERE as we finished reading ( Read more... )