So, you're supposed to update your registration and drivers license every time you move. Of course no one (meaning me) ever bothers to do this. Well guess what, I got screwed in the last election because my ID wasn't current. I had been removed from the list at the location where I had voted before, and none of the well-meaning ancients working ( Read more... )

Hey, if you haven't seen me IRL lately, it's because I've been put on a low-sodium diet, which means much more of my day is dedicated to cooking salt free dinners while standing on my nasty squishy spongefeet. It's not diabeetus, but it still sucks mightily.


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So I have to leave for a family get-together in a few minutes and I wanted to wear some makeup since I wanted to get some pictures with the baby niece, but when I opened my bottle of foundation a couple of pterodactyls flew out. So I ran across the street to buy something real fast and grabbed the first thing I saw, which was a package of Almay ( Read more... )

Odd question for you sciencey types- sometimes when I put my hand on my stomach I can feel a pulse. Is this my own increased bloodflow? Is it the kid? What gives? I can only feel it sometimes.

I'm pretty sure I felt the baby move this morning. For the record, I think that describing such movement as "a flutter" or "the squirmies" (rolls eyes at ( Read more... )

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Today I found out, after a long month's wait, that I do not have cervical cancer ( Read more... )

WisCon is by far my favorite con although I could not go this year. So reading about the incredible dumbfuckery of Rachel Moss and her shortsighted attack on the convention and it's attendees has me at code red. You can get the gory details here, but the short version is, Rachel thought it would be a good idea to take sneaky photos of overweight ( Read more... )

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY ERIS!


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Ok, I cannot keep a lid on this any longer. Gawker, who is the parent of my up-until-this-second favorite website of all time, Jezebel, has recently launched io9 , for the science fiction nerd in you. They throw down the gauntlet right quick with the nerd-heart-attack causing Six Reasons Why Star Trek Should Stay Dead.

Other highlights:

Predator ( Read more... )