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Breakthroughs
terrier_girl has started on weekly progesterone shots, which should reduce our risk of Nubbin being born prematurely from about 1/2 to about 1/3. I gave her her second shot on Wednesday and she said I did better than the nurse. I was pretty nervous about putting a needle in her but my first time went very well. Here's hoping we manage to fall in the full term ( Read more... ) -
Wanted: warrior and wizard for high adventure
I've got an idea for a troupe-style Sword and Sorcery campaign. I'm not sure when it will run, but I'm getting more optimistic all the time. The game setting is roughly Early Middle Age Europe circa 600 AD. I'll be using Fate 3.0 as the ruleset, and I need to test the game balance between sorcerous and non-sorcerous characters using the proposed ( Read more... ) -
B-minus 23ish weeks and counting
We had our first anatomical baby scan today. Everything came back picture-perfect normal. Yay. Baby's the right size and shape. terrier_girl's the right size and shape. All is good. We started Terrier on Progesterone shots to help prevent another premature birth. It's not fool-proof, but it helps in about 30% of cases like ours and it's low risk, well, except ( Read more... ) -
Rebroadcast: friend looking for entry level administrative assistant/office manger position
I've already had some nibbles (thanks!), but I figured a second broadcast wouldn't hurt.
A friend of mine is looking for a job as an administrative assistant or office manger. She has good skills. Dedicated worker. Resume and stuff available upon request. -
Bedtime ritual
Today V and Grandma J went to the museum. Grandpa came over for dinner and then did bedtime. Tonight, V is narrating her own reenactment of her day in her crib. "Wocket goes to the museum. Up Wocket. Wocket makes a bubble. Baby Boy slide? Down the slide? Brown Dog plays with doll house. Time to eat. Everyone juice!" Then she sang Frere Jacques, ( Read more... ) -
Preaching what I practice
In a month or so I will be at Rites of Spring. I would like to offer something to the lecture/seminar/workshop series, but have no clear idea what I should offer. So I turn to you ( Read more... ) -
Signal Boost: Friend looking for office work
A friend of mine has just graduated from college and is looking for a full time work as an administrative assistant, office manager, or the like. She currently lives in Worcester and would probably prefer a position in the greater Boston/Framingham area. She has scads of experience working in a print shop attached to a major office store chain and ( Read more... ) -
Delicious podcast
I've found another podcast to add to my list: The Splendid Table. Another NPR program, this one about delicious gourmet food. It's like having Epicurious poured in your ear. I just tried the Bizbaz Sauce and it was wonderful. I've been feeling uninspired when it comes round to dinner time and this is just what I needed to perk up my creativity. -
The mind says yes, but the tummy says no
I just found some exciting new recipes and wanted to share them with terrier_girl, who was clutching her tummy and lying motionless on the couch. I got about halfway though the descriptions when she asked me to stop. I’m trying to develop a new habit of sharing little things, especially when they make me happy, so I’m a little bummed. But crummy tummy trumps -
Tell me what you want, what you really, really want
Words are symbols. Little discrete clumps of phonemes that point to big, nebulous concepts. We build our understanding of words though our whole life. At their grossest level, we can agree on what each word means. But though out our lives, we add our own nuances and subtler meanings to the words we use. We add more and more detail and freight until ( Read more... )