A friend from home is a finalist in an Intuit small business grant competition.  Her entry may be of interest to several of you (anyone with a connection to food allergies...)

http://community.intuit.com/contests/bqChAulUKr3QVhacfA8pyY

Slightly less than a year between posts here. I am still reading what you write, but obviously I'm not participating much... If you want to catch me being social online you'll probably have to track me down on Facebook *shock & horror*

However, if you want to read things that I have written with actual content then may I introduce you to my new ( Read more... )

Your Score: Dune

Your world is 57% Sophisticated, 57% Unconventional, and 31% Intense!


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My father's memorial service was held last night on a beautiful, cool Ohio summer evening outside the hangar that used to hold his airplane: right between a field of hay and a field of corn, his cattle and barns visible across the road. I think all in all we managed to do well by a man who hated funerals and preaching for the sake of preaching. I ( Read more... )

This past week was my one break in my year and a half of Korean classes. For months I had been planning on taking this week to retrieve the motorcycle I foolishly left in Omaha. Unfortunately, the month preceding my vacation was a distracted and listless one. I planned less thoroughly than befits a nearly 2000 mile unsupported ride on a ( Read more... )

RIP Kurt Vonnegut

I'm sure Karl W. has a light ready for him.

"April is National Poetry Month so when you see this, post a poem you like on your LJ."

( For lack of creativity... a classic )

For the musically inclined

For fans of 'Pulp Fiction' and/or typography

( And when The Hermit is not an option... )