Listening to KUOW this morning, I was appalled to hear Robert Fulghum refer to a woman as "that lady doctor". REALLY? In 2009? Guess he didn't learn how not to be sexist in kindergarten.

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When it comes to Twilight fandom, there really is nothing so crazy and over the top that it will be instantly recognized as mockery.

I'm planning to do the online Rosetta Stone, and I cannot decide which language. Rhiannon has a little Spanish, and Ramon has some Portuguese and is doing the Spanish Rosetta Stone at work[1], so Spanish could be a family thing. I've never been terribly interested in learning Spanish on its own merits though. I studied German in high school and ( Read more... )

Holy Crap. Just finished watching Torchwood:Children of Earth. Depsite it being the best Torchwood to date, ramonarjona, I strongly recommend that you DO NOT watch this.

The heat wave seems to have broken! It is only 66 right now[1]and the forecast highs have been adjusted down to the low 80's for the weekend.

[1]It is currently cooler in Seattle than in Toronto. All is well with the world.

Rhiannon and I went to the library today, where she read the last two books that she needed to complete her summer reading program certificate. We've done summer reading program since she was 2, but this is the first year that she read all 10 books on her own. She is incredibly proud of herself, and I'm pretty freaking proud of her too. She got ( Read more... )

Rhiannon's temp is normal today. It seems to have been a fast and especially nasty virus. I'm still going to make sure to keep her cool today, but with no fever we can actually do that in places other than home. yay. Today's plan is to go to the library for a bit and then to a movie.

We finally got sick of the endless flood of phone spammers that make it around the Do Not Call thing and got rid of our landline. I think most of you have my cell number it is the (253)number. If you need it just comment.

I'm a bit stressed and have definitely switched over into crisis management mode, but I am also finally getting really excited about seeing everybody in just a few days. Like 3!!! *fingers crossed* that I'll have time for more than drive by hugs.