I'm gonna need to make a fountain pen icon ( Read more... )

As I have not posted in Ever, I suppose I should tell you folks what I'm up to these days.

( Job )

Among everything else that's gone wrong in the current election season, seems to me the untold casualty will be a lot of friendships. The amount of stark naked fear people are flinging about - on both sides - is staggering. It's like the self-destructive panic of animals who maul their own littermates because that's all they can do when they're ( Read more... )

Random car maintenance facts, from personal experience:
( This is just for my own reference )

Naturally it's the week of a holiday and just before a week full of choir practices that I need to take my car in to fix a serious coolant leak. My best option right now is to take it somewhere that's open on a Saturday tomorrow and hope for the best. Pretty sure it's not the radiator, and I know it's not leaking into the oil, so that's encouraging ( Read more... )

• Wed, 09:36: RT @ qikipedia: Word of the day: ONOMATOMANIA - frustration at being unable to think of the appropriate word.
• Wed, 09:40: RT @ Vision365: You Heard About The Lootings In Ferguson. Here Are The People Cleaning Up The Mess. http://t.co/ON1c7NEwxL http://t.co/A0hN0…
• Wed, 10:58: RT @ spulliam: Helpful history and context for white ( Read more... )

• Mon, 13:13: RT @ UnvirtuousAbbey: Guys... http://t.co/vNYhzaCcV3
• Tue, 11:07: It took me two years, almost, but it hit me yesterday that I should have named my cat "Pippin."
• Tue, 11:08: Said cat is sweet, friendly, playful, loyal, and ended up a lot bigger than I expected.

• Mon, 09:59: Was googling "Annoying Christmas Songs". Google suggested "Paul McCartney Christmas Songs." *dies*
• Mon, 10:45: The upside of knowing so many Christmas songs is that I know a lot of unusual stuff. (In Latin, but hey.) https://t.co/xSktc3nbar

• Fri, 15:21: I love how different languages name stuff. The French word for "paper clip" is "trombone".

• Mon, 13:27: RT @ aresimpson: What does it mean to repent from #worry? http://t.co/GmzDjQsifi
• Tue, 09:37: RT @ JonAcuff: There's a name for people who tell you they have their lives perfectly figured out. They're called "liars."