If you don't know what you want, figure out what you do not want and work from there ( Read more... )

So today I "was invited" to help give the refletion (which is what the sermon's called when it's not a sermon) by the minister. Which means, I proposed this idea and the minister agreed and thought of another person who could speak on the other topic he wanted discussed, came up with the unifying theme, and helped me outline what I should say. I ( Read more... )

I've been seeing the "grab the book nearest you, turn to page 23, and write the 5th paragraph" or "find your 23rd post and write the 5th sentence" meme a lot, lately.

What I want to know is, knowing just how educated a lot of you people are (since I have such high standards, doncha know) how come more people aren't reporting the following as their ( Read more... )

The journal is black today for two reasons.

This morning, Yasser Arafat passed away in his hospital bed. For his efforts at winning peace, for realising compromise was necessary to gain that peace, and for his sheer determination, I honour him. May his successors seek peace and harmony.

Today is also Remembrance Day here in the Commonwealth. Even ( Read more... )

... chicks. Be they female or male. (And, yes, that includes myself when I'm being one.)I have, after due consideration and discussion (read: over late night kvetching sessions with the roomie), come to this conclusion ( Read more... )

So, I took this basic recipe from last year, and modified it as follows.

( Ensue much cookery babble )

Ooooh, I wonder if I could finagle expensing this lovely toy, ostensibly for whipping co-workers into shape for the push.

Oh, probably not. I think I'll still get one, though, and mount it over my desk. ;->

context.

I am declaring Drop Dead Drama Day to everybody around me and to the Fates.

If you have drama you want to involve me in, drop it dead for a day. If it's still relevant drama after my day of reprieve, I'll pay attention to it then. If you try to bring drama to my door during this day, I will inform you to drop dead or to bugger off. Chances are, ( Read more... )

Second on the distrib list.

Dayumn, but that looks good.

And it's a much better start at marketing to my kind of people than Sorry Bill could ever have been.

Anybody know why there are so few distribs listed, though? I could have sworn when I visited the list a while back (think years), there being a plethora of choices.