After ayashi posted about winter exercise and I replied with a resounding SNOWSHOEING, I'm really jonesing for snow. *sigh* I've liked the warmth, but snowshoeing makes me giggle *so* much... I really DO go and do it on my own, pretty regularly.

And meanwhile I'm keeping my fingers crossed for myoosikal as she takes her parrotlet to the emergency vet after ( Read more... )

In case you've ever wondered about the average mood of the LJ-o-sphere, now you can know.


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you can't nudge people anonymously. *heh heh*

W00t! I just syndicated my other blog as modern-science. If you want to read that one here, add it to your friends also. ^_^

Note to self, RPG/Puzzling/LJ game starting circa Aug 26 that sounds interesting.

PowerPoint
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Buckbeak Mountain
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Myers-Briggs-Potter Personality Test
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Lots of Questions
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l0stmyrel1g10n If I didn't know for a fact that a lot of ( Read more... )

Today I was checking out my blog stats (c/o Blog Explosion) for my other blog, and started browsing through what pages referred people to me. And I saw something shocking and amazing. I'm the number one hit on the phrase "modern science" (without quotes) at both Yahoo and MSN! I'm guessing they must use the same search engine, but still, it's ( Read more... )

I posted this as a comment to amavia's post on class structure in the US, and thought it deserved space of its own.

Sometimes I am amazed by people's stories of different classes. My Nga Boo (maternal grandmother) was from a rich family in Shanghai. They had servants, wet-nurses (Ama), and "companions" (as my family calls them) - I think a companion ( Read more... )

If you haven't seen this post from the LJ News crew, check it out. Apparently it's virtual flowers, but if you're a paid account member getting enough of them gives you more time. Anybody want some? I wonder if it does anything for free accounts.

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Wait a fucking second, they're charging for these?! Screw that.

Welcome to a couple Saxons (aka Alfredians, aka fellow alums from my Alma Mater) who've recently rediscovered me and vice versa. To y'all and anyone else I happen to know in person, I just wanted to point out, that I try to avoid using real names and other personally identifying info in this blog, especially my own. :-P This means that spammers ( Read more... )