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Writer's Block: Prying Eyes
Yes. And I deserved every bit of the heartache and pain it caused me. When someone needs privacy, they need privacy. Hopefully once they've processed things down in their private space, they will bring the things forward for talking about. If they don't... well, secrets are the petri dishes of the diseases that kill relationships.
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Writer's Block: Comic Instinct
Oh hell yes. Kendra thinks it's hilarious to play tag, to bat at my ankles when I walk by, and to otherwise behave like a mischievous toddler. And I'm very certain that a lot of mammals play games -- dolphins, chimpanzees, etc.
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Strip search of teen declared to be illegal
When she was 13 years old, Savana Redding was strip-searched by school officials who suspected she had a few tablets of ibuprofen on her person. The suspicion that she had an equivalent to 2 tablets of Advil hidden somewhere led school officials to strip-search her in order to prove that they held a no-tolerance policy to drugs on school grounds.
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If there is one person or more on your friends list who makes your world a better place just because they exist and who you would not have met (in real life or not) without the internet, then post this same sentence in your journal.
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Freecycle (for locals)
Part of the Great Moving Shakedown ( Read more... ) -
Writer's Block: There Can Be Only One
I believe in it, yes. I also believe in polyamory, group marriages, handfasting, same-gender marriage, the truth of gender expression versus genetic codes, and any number of other relationship-type ideas.
What I do NOT believe is that there's only one way to eat an Oreo.
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When you eliminate the impossible...
...whatever remains, however improbable, is the truth ( Read more... ) -
An Objectionable Animal
I say "an", because I'm not willing to bet that it's been the same Animal every time... but we had our first spring sighting of an Objectionable Animal last night ( Read more... ) -
Calculate your age with chocolate
Chocolate Age Calculator
It even works for math-deficient people like me, but calculators are awesome handy.
1. First of all, pick the number of times a week that you would like to have chocolate (more than once but less than 10)
2. Multiply this number by 2 (just to be bold)
3. Add 5
4. Multiply it by 50 - I’ll wait while you get the ( Read more... )
