I've always been a bit concerned about the common admonition to eat "a wide variety of fruit and vegetables" because I often eat very similar meals day after day, for example I make exactly the same salad every day as part of my lunch. So yesterday I decided to list what fruit and veg I'd eaten in the day, not being concerned about the quantities, ( Read more... )

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The OTW news recently pointed to an article about Geek Nation Tours, a US-based tour group operator which specialises in fan-themed travel. This had me rather excited as we are currently planning a trip to North America and I love to travel with fannish associations in mind, so I had a look at some of their upcoming tours. One tour is for ( Read more... )

I've spent the last 2 days learning how to intervene if I suspect someone is feeling suicidal. As you might imagine, it was rather unsettling. Suicide is always going to be an emotional topic but in addition to that all the participants had experience of suicidal behaviour either through clients or through friends and family - most through both - ( Read more... )

I've only read a tiny fraction of the Yuletide stories I'm interested in but here are my favourites so far ( Read more... )

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I'm a bit slow about these things sometimes but I've finally hopped on the White Collar bandwagon. I was initially reluctant to get attached to a show that invites primarily MMF threesome fanfic - just not my cup of tea - but in the end I was powerless to resist such clever/competent/cute characters. Now I'm all, Yay, Neal ( Read more... )

I had great fun today with a puzzle. A friend forwarded a message she had received in Morse code and asked me to translate it. I didn't think I'd be able to do it without looking up the alphabet (that would be cheating) as the only Morse I can remember these days is my own name. Luckily, between my first and last names I have a lot of useful ( Read more... )

I’m feeling very conflicted about Swancon’s International GoH.

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People who've wandered away from SGA fandom may have missed this story by velocitygrass. It's a short but powerful response to the repeal of DADT.

http://archiveofourown.org/works/255164