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Rantsuit
I hate the word "pantsuit ( Read more... ) -
The Secret to Life
Is liver and onions. No joke. It hasn't stopped my usual winter grumpiness from kicking in, but boy, does that stuff make me feel awake. It just clears out the brain fog like nobody's business. And it's cheap as hell because no one wants to eat it - like $2-3 per pound at the farmer's market. Now I just need to find a way to make it more ( Read more... ) -
Arabic and Python
You know what's really fun? Learning things ( Read more... ) -
Kind of true.
Charles Stross, a popular sci-fi author, wrote this on his blog (the same blog where he posted about the Unicorn Academy):
"My problem with high fantasy is this: I come from a nation [the UK] that has a real, no-shit monarchy and aristocracy. Consequently you get to learn about this stuff in high school, and see its stilted echoes on the TV news ( Read more... ) -
How to Make a Homemade Protein Bar
Ingredients ( Read more... ) -
The Bee Whisperer Goes Camping
This weekend, Todd and I went camping in Shenandoah National Forest. It was great. The weather was just about perfect, with a warm sun and cool breezes, and a sky so clear that at night, we could see the Milky Way ( Read more... ) -
Buffy: The Next Great Workout Companion
I think Buffy is even better at inspiring heights of cardio prowess than LOTR. And LOTR was pretty great. I mean, you can't help but work harder when King Theoden is screaming "FORTH EORLINGAS!!!" and thousands of brave warriors are thundering down a steep hill on horseback at dawn to smite an army of orcs ( Read more... ) -
An Incredibly Inspiring Rant
From stumptuous.com (which is awesome): What to Expect When You're Expecting. It's about anxiety and other related things, and how to get through them. -
Sugar is the goddamn devil
I wish people would stop bringing it to work. I am going through real torment here trying not to eat one of the two remaining cookies from yesterday's potluck. And I was doing fine. Until I ate a tiny little fudge cube at the potluck, I was pretty much free of sugar cravings and all I really wanted was real food. But sugar makes you hungry for ( Read more... ) -
Another thing I can't write
"I love balls!"
ETA: That is, not as a line uttered by a 14-year-old character who was actually referring to dancing in pretty gowns, I can't.