Link soup -

I've got a menstrual headache this morning. It's about the only kind I get - so, bleh. *snerk*

However, the haul this morning on useful links is pretty good for a Monday, so I'll share -

Angel Food Ministries, which is not to be confused with Project Angel Food because one is non-demoninational (but CHRISTIAN!), and the other one doesn't ask anything but your HIV status before they feed you. And has better sponsors.

(I have to do this - checking the Ministries site, I am struck full-face with the names of some of the churches - Last Stop Before Heaven Full Gospel Church, which just screams PENTACOSTAL APOSTOLIC ON FEURE1111! Uh.

poetpaladin told me about them - and I have to admit, they are a fantastic resource. (elfwench, lord_keeper, there are four sites in Indianapolis - ) Yes, they are likely going to speak in Xian and ask to pray with you and all that. When it comes to prayers, I treat them much the same as I do food - it all goes the same place, and it's rude to refuse based on context/content and create waste as a result. Some people would be offended if prayers were offered from multiple faiths - I'm not one of them. And where else could I set a better example of what I believe, in that regard?

Yes, I'm a Christian - I just may not be the kind of Christian you're used to. ;)

Project Angel Food is having an Art Sale later this month too. Bugger.

In the child rearing/development arena - the Heartsent ML threw this link at me this morning, and for free? Very useful things to jumpstart your brain into kidthink - Kid Builders, age-appropriate things to do to maximize early child development in a variety of arenas. Simple, quick and directed. I like that.

Since I W00ted a 8GB flash drive a couple of weeks ago, I brought it into work to show it off and the boss mentioned MojoPac to me. Not only can you carry a hard drive around your neck now, you can carry a whole OS as well. You can even convert your iPod and such (why) if you wish.

I think I'll get another flash drive to test that one out. The one I got is earmarked for music and nothing else. I want everything in one place, dammit.

Going to get food. Maybe that'll help the headache - oh, and two more weeks and I'm Lifetime. Yay.

Link soup -

I've got a menstrual headache this morning. It's about the only kind I get - so, bleh. *snerk*

However, the haul this morning on useful links is pretty good for a Monday, so I'll share -

Angel Food Ministries, which is not to be confused with Project Angel Food because one is non-demoninational (but CHRISTIAN!), and the other one doesn't ask anything but your HIV status before they feed you. And has better sponsors.

(I have to do this - checking the Ministries site, I am struck full-face with the names of some of the churches - Last Stop Before Heaven Full Gospel Church, which just screams PENTACOSTAL APOSTOLIC ON FEURE1111! Uh.

poetpaladin told me about them - and I have to admit, they are a fantastic resource. (elfwench, lord_keeper, there are four sites in Indianapolis - ) Yes, they are likely going to speak in Xian and ask to pray with you and all that. When it comes to prayers, I treat them much the same as I do food - it all goes the same place, and it's rude to refuse based on context/content and create waste as a result. Some people would be offended if prayers were offered from multiple faiths - I'm not one of them. And where else could I set a better example of what I believe, in that regard?

Yes, I'm a Christian - I just may not be the kind of Christian you're used to. ;)

Project Angel Food is having an Art Sale later this month too. Bugger.

In the child rearing/development arena - the Heartsent ML threw this link at me this morning, and for free? Very useful things to jumpstart your brain into kidthink - Kid Builders, age-appropriate things to do to maximize early child development in a variety of arenas. Simple, quick and directed. I like that.

Since I W00ted a 8GB flash drive a couple of weeks ago, I brought it into work to show it off and the boss mentioned MojoPac to me. Not only can you carry a hard drive around your neck now, you can carry a whole OS as well. You can even convert your iPod and such (why) if you wish.

I think I'll get another flash drive to test that one out. The one I got is earmarked for music and nothing else. I want everything in one place, dammit.

Going to get food. Maybe that'll help the headache - oh, and two more weeks and I'm Lifetime. Yay.

Link soup -

I've got a menstrual headache this morning. It's about the only kind I get - so, bleh. *snerk*

However, the haul this morning on useful links is pretty good for a Monday, so I'll share -

Angel Food Ministries, which is not to be confused with Project Angel Food because one is non-demoninational (but CHRISTIAN!), and the other one doesn't ask anything but your HIV status before they feed you. And has better sponsors.

(I have to do this - checking the Ministries site, I am struck full-face with the names of some of the churches - Last Stop Before Heaven Full Gospel Church, which just screams PENTACOSTAL APOSTOLIC ON FEURE1111! Uh.

poetpaladin told me about them - and I have to admit, they are a fantastic resource. (elfwench, lord_keeper, there are four sites in Indianapolis - ) Yes, they are likely going to speak in Xian and ask to pray with you and all that. When it comes to prayers, I treat them much the same as I do food - it all goes the same place, and it's rude to refuse based on context/content and create waste as a result. Some people would be offended if prayers were offered from multiple faiths - I'm not one of them. And where else could I set a better example of what I believe, in that regard?

Yes, I'm a Christian - I just may not be the kind of Christian you're used to. ;)

Project Angel Food is having an Art Sale later this month too. Bugger.

In the child rearing/development arena - the Heartsent ML threw this link at me this morning, and for free? Very useful things to jumpstart your brain into kidthink - Kid Builders, age-appropriate things to do to maximize early child development in a variety of arenas. Simple, quick and directed. I like that.

Since I W00ted a 8GB flash drive a couple of weeks ago, I brought it into work to show it off and the boss mentioned MojoPac to me. Not only can you carry a hard drive around your neck now, you can carry a whole OS as well. You can even convert your iPod and such (why) if you wish.

I think I'll get another flash drive to test that one out. The one I got is earmarked for music and nothing else. I want everything in one place, dammit.

Going to get food. Maybe that'll help the headache - oh, and two more weeks and I'm Lifetime. Yay.

GIP

Go here for the fun.

Someone pointed me here today from the FL - by adopting one of these icons. Veddy nice, veddy nice - but then I looked at all of them and died laughing.

Let me explain.

Taking me at my sun sign is not only dangerous, it's damned hilarious. So - don't just take me at my Scorpio-ness. Let me give you the full treatment.

Sex with me.

Sun:


Rising (Engine - this is what's REALLY going on):


Moon (Heart of the matter):


Any wonder I drive people nuts?!

(For comparison? Jim's an Aries, Scorpio rising with Moon in Virgo. Pity the two of us.)

GIP

Go here for the fun.

Someone pointed me here today from the FL - by adopting one of these icons. Veddy nice, veddy nice - but then I looked at all of them and died laughing.

Let me explain.

Taking me at my sun sign is not only dangerous, it's damned hilarious. So - don't just take me at my Scorpio-ness. Let me give you the full treatment.

Sex with me.

Sun:


Rising (Engine - this is what's REALLY going on):


Moon (Heart of the matter):


Any wonder I drive people nuts?!

(For comparison? Jim's an Aries, Scorpio rising with Moon in Virgo. Pity the two of us.)

GIP

Go here for the fun.

Someone pointed me here today from the FL - by adopting one of these icons. Veddy nice, veddy nice - but then I looked at all of them and died laughing.

Let me explain.

Taking me at my sun sign is not only dangerous, it's damned hilarious. So - don't just take me at my Scorpio-ness. Let me give you the full treatment.

Sex with me.

Sun:


Rising (Engine - this is what's REALLY going on):


Moon (Heart of the matter):


Any wonder I drive people nuts?!

(For comparison? Jim's an Aries, Scorpio rising with Moon in Virgo. Pity the two of us.)

One more down -

Another one down for the 50 Book Challenge -

5. Too Many Clients, by Rex Stout.

Ah. This is more like it. I'm not a big mystery fan, but I do love me some Nero Wolfe. And there are plenty of them in print, many of which I haven't read yet - so here's a good opportunity to do so.

The books are also not long. Written in first person, that of the assistant, not the main focus - much like a Sherlock Holmes mystery - the prose is catty, witty, concrete, moves the story along without getting long-winded, and is complete in and of itself. Love this kind of stuff - if there is anything I think writing should be, it's that it should always be efficient.

(And the food is always wonderful. Yes, I am a sad, sad fangirl who has the Nero Wolfe Cookbook and uses it on occasion.)

One more down -

Another one down for the 50 Book Challenge -

5. Too Many Clients, by Rex Stout.

Ah. This is more like it. I'm not a big mystery fan, but I do love me some Nero Wolfe. And there are plenty of them in print, many of which I haven't read yet - so here's a good opportunity to do so.

The books are also not long. Written in first person, that of the assistant, not the main focus - much like a Sherlock Holmes mystery - the prose is catty, witty, concrete, moves the story along without getting long-winded, and is complete in and of itself. Love this kind of stuff - if there is anything I think writing should be, it's that it should always be efficient.

(And the food is always wonderful. Yes, I am a sad, sad fangirl who has the Nero Wolfe Cookbook and uses it on occasion.)

One more down -

Another one down for the 50 Book Challenge -

5. Too Many Clients, by Rex Stout.

Ah. This is more like it. I'm not a big mystery fan, but I do love me some Nero Wolfe. And there are plenty of them in print, many of which I haven't read yet - so here's a good opportunity to do so.

The books are also not long. Written in first person, that of the assistant, not the main focus - much like a Sherlock Holmes mystery - the prose is catty, witty, concrete, moves the story along without getting long-winded, and is complete in and of itself. Love this kind of stuff - if there is anything I think writing should be, it's that it should always be efficient.

(And the food is always wonderful. Yes, I am a sad, sad fangirl who has the Nero Wolfe Cookbook and uses it on occasion.)