I seem to possess the strange talent of being able to quickly decode meaning from the most garbled and convoluted speech and text. I'm curious if there's any way to capitalize on this ( Read more... )

It's cold today, 8 degrees Celsius. Also, rain is predicted on NOAA's National Weather Service Web site. 30% chance rain this afternoon, 100% chance tonight ( Read more... )

Preface: In a conversation the other day, a mention of one of these discoveries led to a disclosure of things people had said about me while I was not there, which sort of made me feel bad. So this is not an invitation for criticism. KTHX ( Read more... )

I'm contemplating... logging onto Twitter ( Read more... )

"But it's dangerous ( Read more... )

"High Roller" by The Crystal Method (on "Vegas") is one of those songs that rockets me into the here and now, in a sort of calm elated, alive and awake state. Especially while jump-roping. I don't know, it's just so exciting ( Read more... )

*Gasp!* Deer ( Read more... )

Apparently I was the last holdout in my functioning adult female relatives who had any reservations about ditching mainstream Christianity. Interestingly, while most were raised in the religion, almost everyone in my maternal side of the family has left. Especially the women (the adult women). Let me detail it for the ages:
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Yesterday a fun sailing trip had me driving around two friends and a stranger in high waves and brisk winds. We got to surf on rollers, the dinghy caught some nice breezes and started planing, and although the deck was awash in water taken on from waves and spray, we kept the thing upright. It took a lot of attention from me, at the tiller ( Read more... )

The nave in the Missouri Synod Lutheran church in Mountain Home, Idaho glows with a warm, golden morning light filtered through amber-colored glass during regular Sunday church services and smells a bit like candles, books, and wood. There's a serviceable organ and piano that was operated with spirit by an ample congregant named Mary, who had a ( Read more... )