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Today was a super-extra-sensitive kind of day. Evening, really - everything was peachy until the migraine hit. On Mondays and Tuesdays I do my clinical work in a room that used to be a storage closet. To help disguise this, I use a torchiere and a (pink) sea salt lamp to light it. It's very quiet inside, as one might expect, and the lighting is ( Read more... )

So - I did this assignment for class and I didn't think it would be a big deal for me. I had to do a video role play with someone who isn't a client. I felt really anxious about being recorded - what if I looked stupid, said stupid stuff and then it was recorded for posterity and worse - presented to the class (which it will be ( Read more... )

I have a curly white (not blond, not grey, but white) hair growing out of my earlobe. It has company, unfortunately. A couple dark brown hairs on my chest, a few under my chin, one or maybe two on my neck. I am not a fan. Not. A. Fan ( Read more... )

Honestly, everyone but me missed it. This is the nature of Sappho's sweetest moments of affection. She is her softest self in private, usually quite late or very early in the day ( Read more... )

You MUST try cauliflower this way, if you like it at all.

You will need:

A head of cauliflower
A couple tablespoons of butter (or substitute, if you must)
Several sloshes of olive or more neutral vegetable oil
Garam masala powder (homemade optional*)
Ras el hanout (what, you don't keep this on hand??*)
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This video, produced by the Civil Rights Division of the Justice Department, is a fabulous example of the genre continuing to emerge and develop. It's informative, moving, and a reminder for me that we are not alone - and by this "we," I mean the freaks, geeks, and queers who grew up and survived with a deep determination to make this world better ( Read more... )

So. I am spending Thanksgiving at home, with harperjean. Clearly, what this means is that I am intending to make a mildly adventurous alternative to my usual Thanksgiving fare - it's what any crazy food lover would do, left to her own stressed-out and burning-to-create devices, right?

So this is the plan as of ten minutes ago:

Saffron Jeweled Rice (also ( Read more... )

OK. I need some help here.

Any good reasons I really shouldn't purchase these perfectly beautiful tea cups and saucers for about $30, including shipping?


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