Three Good Things

This week's CSA box had Gala apples in it.
There is a huge, talkative blue jay in the front yard feeder this week - JAY! JAY!

umm.

The CDs I orderd from Amazon in Japan shipped - a group called Yuzu, that we caught on NHK over the weekend. Tight harmonies; big, well-orchestrated acoustic arrangements - ought to be fun. They've been performing at least since 1974 - and they looked older than I did in 1974, so they're older than us, but they sure don't look it. Dratted Asians.

being_homeless gets here in a week!

Thought for sure since I'd stopped keeping track and all the stress, I'd gained most if not all of the weight I'd lost back...checked to find that I'd lost some in spite of it all. Go me. I think.

So I ate chocolate.

I've got my tickets for the Halloween Haunt, dinner and will get the tickets for Disney the next day soon -

Leftover mashed potatoes from the Chicken Restaurant makes kicking potato soup when you add minced onion, milk, bacon bits and some heat -

I gotta go get pretty and go to work. I really ought to consider a mental health day while the weather is so absolutely perfect.

Three Good Things

This week's CSA box had Gala apples in it.
There is a huge, talkative blue jay in the front yard feeder this week - JAY! JAY!

umm.

The CDs I orderd from Amazon in Japan shipped - a group called Yuzu, that we caught on NHK over the weekend. Tight harmonies; big, well-orchestrated acoustic arrangements - ought to be fun. They've been performing at least since 1974 - and they looked older than I did in 1974, so they're older than us, but they sure don't look it. Dratted Asians.

being_homeless gets here in a week!

Thought for sure since I'd stopped keeping track and all the stress, I'd gained most if not all of the weight I'd lost back...checked to find that I'd lost some in spite of it all. Go me. I think.

So I ate chocolate.

I've got my tickets for the Halloween Haunt, dinner and will get the tickets for Disney the next day soon -

Leftover mashed potatoes from the Chicken Restaurant makes kicking potato soup when you add minced onion, milk, bacon bits and some heat -

I gotta go get pretty and go to work. I really ought to consider a mental health day while the weather is so absolutely perfect.

Three Good Things

This week's CSA box had Gala apples in it.
There is a huge, talkative blue jay in the front yard feeder this week - JAY! JAY!

umm.

The CDs I orderd from Amazon in Japan shipped - a group called Yuzu, that we caught on NHK over the weekend. Tight harmonies; big, well-orchestrated acoustic arrangements - ought to be fun. They've been performing at least since 1974 - and they looked older than I did in 1974, so they're older than us, but they sure don't look it. Dratted Asians.

being_homeless gets here in a week!

Thought for sure since I'd stopped keeping track and all the stress, I'd gained most if not all of the weight I'd lost back...checked to find that I'd lost some in spite of it all. Go me. I think.

So I ate chocolate.

I've got my tickets for the Halloween Haunt, dinner and will get the tickets for Disney the next day soon -

Leftover mashed potatoes from the Chicken Restaurant makes kicking potato soup when you add minced onion, milk, bacon bits and some heat -

I gotta go get pretty and go to work. I really ought to consider a mental health day while the weather is so absolutely perfect.

Don't look now, it's a running theme -

( How has it become so possible today for Christian leaders to twist Jesus' teaching about loving all of God's children? The pattern is transparent in many sectors of the church. Too many Christians have turned Jesus into a warmaker, not a peacemaker, and justify their position by the same logic. Our enemies in the Middle East are an 'abomination.' )

I add some emphasis - and I regret that good manners makes me put all that behind a cut.

But this, you should go look at.

Don't look now, it's a running theme -

( How has it become so possible today for Christian leaders to twist Jesus' teaching about loving all of God's children? The pattern is transparent in many sectors of the church. Too many Christians have turned Jesus into a warmaker, not a peacemaker, and justify their position by the same logic. Our enemies in the Middle East are an 'abomination.' )

I add some emphasis - and I regret that good manners makes me put all that behind a cut.

But this, you should go look at.

Don't look now, it's a running theme -

( How has it become so possible today for Christian leaders to twist Jesus' teaching about loving all of God's children? The pattern is transparent in many sectors of the church. Too many Christians have turned Jesus into a warmaker, not a peacemaker, and justify their position by the same logic. Our enemies in the Middle East are an 'abomination.' )

I add some emphasis - and I regret that good manners makes me put all that behind a cut.

But this, you should go look at.

Pocky Calling!

If I owe you Pocky from this experiment, please give me a shipping address below:

[Poll #354911]

Going to do stats later - thank you for playing.

Pocky Calling!

If I owe you Pocky from this experiment, please give me a shipping address below:

[Poll #354911]

Going to do stats later - thank you for playing.

Pocky Calling!

If I owe you Pocky from this experiment, please give me a shipping address below:

[Poll #354911]

Going to do stats later - thank you for playing.

Oh - and?

I have Gmail invites. Anyone want one?

Oh - and?

I have Gmail invites. Anyone want one?

Oh - and?

I have Gmail invites. Anyone want one?

Kind of like Grandma's featherbed -

Old school fan fiction. REALLY old school fan fiction.

Star Trek fan fiction I read when I was in high school. Like, 1972. (I got my hands on it when I was 15, about 1976....)

Jackie is looking really old these days. What the heck is it with women that they lose their ability to discern flattering from downright frumpy as they add years? I don't mind the aging process - but come on, I think I'd be happier if she had retained her long hair and simply pulled it back.

Oh, and made some changes in eyewear choices.

But all the names are there. I grew up with these women. It's frightening to find them again, in a way.

Joan Winston is a first-class nutball. If she's still writing, I wanna read -

Jean Lorrah once wrote me a 7 page letter giving me advice on what I should do when deciding to go to college after high school. I might find it packed away someday - I hope it's survived the trip. I took the advice. It was good advice!

The website suffers from non-update-itis and there are a lot of broken links, but it's wonderful to find so much in one place.

The first time I read Kraith, it was a photocopy of a reduced - MUCH reduced - mimeograph photo-stenciled fanzine. Computers were something that used punchcards. You heard about modems, but they were the things that the phoneset cradled in. Go back and watch Wargames again. 300 baud, and you were doing well.

Like a land very far away, not visited in a long time. No men. Go ahead, find one. I dare you. It'll be a son or a husband. Not a contributor. For the longest time, I didn't know a single male that wrote fan fiction. I come across anime fandom, and whammo. What a difference!

Kind of like going home to visit with the aunties.

Kind of like Grandma's featherbed -

Old school fan fiction. REALLY old school fan fiction.

Star Trek fan fiction I read when I was in high school. Like, 1972. (I got my hands on it when I was 15, about 1976....)

Jackie is looking really old these days. What the heck is it with women that they lose their ability to discern flattering from downright frumpy as they add years? I don't mind the aging process - but come on, I think I'd be happier if she had retained her long hair and simply pulled it back.

Oh, and made some changes in eyewear choices.

But all the names are there. I grew up with these women. It's frightening to find them again, in a way.

Joan Winston is a first-class nutball. If she's still writing, I wanna read -

Jean Lorrah once wrote me a 7 page letter giving me advice on what I should do when deciding to go to college after high school. I might find it packed away someday - I hope it's survived the trip. I took the advice. It was good advice!

The website suffers from non-update-itis and there are a lot of broken links, but it's wonderful to find so much in one place.

The first time I read Kraith, it was a photocopy of a reduced - MUCH reduced - mimeograph photo-stenciled fanzine. Computers were something that used punchcards. You heard about modems, but they were the things that the phoneset cradled in. Go back and watch Wargames again. 300 baud, and you were doing well.

Like a land very far away, not visited in a long time. No men. Go ahead, find one. I dare you. It'll be a son or a husband. Not a contributor. For the longest time, I didn't know a single male that wrote fan fiction. I come across anime fandom, and whammo. What a difference!

Kind of like going home to visit with the aunties.

Kind of like Grandma's featherbed -

Old school fan fiction. REALLY old school fan fiction.

Star Trek fan fiction I read when I was in high school. Like, 1972. (I got my hands on it when I was 15, about 1976....)

Jackie is looking really old these days. What the heck is it with women that they lose their ability to discern flattering from downright frumpy as they add years? I don't mind the aging process - but come on, I think I'd be happier if she had retained her long hair and simply pulled it back.

Oh, and made some changes in eyewear choices.

But all the names are there. I grew up with these women. It's frightening to find them again, in a way.

Joan Winston is a first-class nutball. If she's still writing, I wanna read -

Jean Lorrah once wrote me a 7 page letter giving me advice on what I should do when deciding to go to college after high school. I might find it packed away someday - I hope it's survived the trip. I took the advice. It was good advice!

The website suffers from non-update-itis and there are a lot of broken links, but it's wonderful to find so much in one place.

The first time I read Kraith, it was a photocopy of a reduced - MUCH reduced - mimeograph photo-stenciled fanzine. Computers were something that used punchcards. You heard about modems, but they were the things that the phoneset cradled in. Go back and watch Wargames again. 300 baud, and you were doing well.

Like a land very far away, not visited in a long time. No men. Go ahead, find one. I dare you. It'll be a son or a husband. Not a contributor. For the longest time, I didn't know a single male that wrote fan fiction. I come across anime fandom, and whammo. What a difference!

Kind of like going home to visit with the aunties.