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Happy Solstice
Bad pagan is lazy and doesn't celebrate much. Especially since one of the family elders recently passed, and all the rest of the family has gone to the funeral. So I'm frankly feeling a little sorry for myself at the moment.
But that aside, may the coming year be better than this one. Good wishes to all. -
HAPPY BABY INDUSTRIES' ATLANTA BRANCH IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE A NEW BREAKTHROUGH
....actual laughter. The other day, while holding a good friend's three month old son, I distracted him from his looking about at stray sunbeams by blowing puffs of air at one tiny ear. This resulted in a baby chortle that had his father looking over in startlement and noting that that was his first actual laugh. Not a whoop or a chirp but an ( Read more... ) -
Nature noise CDs
I have several. Mostly of the ocean, because my associations with the ocean are so overwhelmingly positive it makes an amazing cloak of white noise, when it comes to relaxing and sleep. But I found someone who records nature noises and sells them. Soundscapes, as it were. And he has one of a mountain night in Georgia that is seventy minutes of the ( Read more... ) -
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I hadn't realized it'd been so long since I posted. Got to see Zero Dark Thirty today. Good and appropriately somber. -
Dog came home
Sick, wounded, stiff, and unhappy, but alive. Took him to the vet - he's on antibiotics and pain meds for what looks like a bite wound. But he should be okay, insh'allah. -
My dog is lost
He has been since Monday evening. He hasn't returned, which is very uncharacteristic of him. He usually doesn't go far at all once he gets out, and he walks up to a neighbor and they call me ( Read more... ) -
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in Hawaii. So tired. more updates later -
Purging my brain of Christmas music...
....by listening to the songs of an atheist nation.
In other words, I got myself a musical Christmas present in the form of the 2-CD Best of the Red Army Choir. -
Elder Sign
A friend just got me hooked on this game. And now I am pondering buying it....and looking beyond at Arkham Horror. I've always found those Euro-style giant strategy games with the bazillion pieces and expansions intimidating, but.....