First of all, I love this icon by littlemissgg. I dunno. It just captures H/W. I'm going to put it in the post too, so when it gets replaced, it'll still be here and the post will make sense. Sort of. :-)


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OK, I'm going to try to write this today b/c tomorrow of course I will disappear for as long as it takes, and I sure as hell won't be going online until I'm done ( Read more... )

A letter I wrote got published in the Health section of yesterday's Los Angeles Times. The article I was responding to had all sorts of advice about choosing a doctor (uh-huh) and about whether it's important and more efficient for a doctor's office to be computerized. My primary care physician's office ain't computerized and he's a total flake, ( Read more... )

Many Many Thank Yous and hearty *SMOOCHES* to anonymisty and another anonymous donor for their generous gifts of paid months for my icon journal!!!!!

Happy Birthday worlddiva!

Happy Birthday craterdweller!

Let me preface this by saying that my 18-year old daughter (19 in August) is incredibly helpful. She really saves me a lot of effort, esp. by going to the grocery store. But she can also really be a twat. When she's in her room, she absolutely wants to be left alone. Period. But of course there have been times when she calls Mom for help, like ( Read more... )

Some thoughts on credit I posted in my icon journal (fading_coal) b/c of seeing a few journals/communities that don't ask for credit or even strongly oppose asking for credit since icons are based on the work of others and possibly illegal. Actually, using a screencap by itself is fair use; I know this b/c I have a screencap in a published academic book (The ( Read more... )

Was told to pimp this, so here goes:

In grrliz_icons, there is a now-ancient icon-makers' meme, but perhaps it can be revived ( Read more... )