Just to let you guys know, there are currently a lot of fires burning in my county right now, but as of tonight, none of them are threatening my home and we don't need to evacuate. mr goodnews' office was evacuated today and a lot of the people there left with a full view of flames, but he was luckily downtown at a meeting ( Read more... )

Sorry about the lateness, but here I am fulfilling my request from ladycat777 for some recent cold-weather recipes I made and loved. Actually, now that I’ve finished typing it up, I’m going to cut it after all, because it’s long.

( Red Lentil Dal with Coconut Cream )

Whoops, I've been so crazy busy this past week (we had a parental visit, bought a car and closed on the refinance of our house all in *six days*) that I totally forgot I was scheduled to post today. thegrrrl2002 asked me to tell her the last book that I read and I was all prepared to talk about books in-depth and give lots of recs and anti-recs. But...given ( Read more... )

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Guys, I can't believe we just reached a point where 20% of the states in this country have marriage equality!

Hopefully, it won't be forever until this icon will be obsolete.

Puppies! In a Box!Seriously though, it's pretty much impossible to find anything more happymaking in the *entire world* than a box full of sleepy wriggly round little Labrador Retriever puppies that will eventually be given as therapy/service dogs to wounded warriors. If you tune in during the first half of the day, there is extensive petting and ( Read more... )

Honestly, right now, my primary feeling is mostly just an unbelievable amount of RELIEF. I'm sure I'll progress to happiness eventually but OMG I'VE NEVER BEEN MORE RELIEVED IN MY LIFE!!!

NINETY-ONE POINT FOUR PERCENT!

ILU, NATE SILVER!

I think I'm a 538 junkie. Now that the forecast is being updated multiple times a day, I just can't stop clicking.

82.7% chance! FROM YOUR LIPS TO GOD'S EARS, NATE!

Stay safe, East Coasters.