One thing I realized this morning: my family hasn't put much pressure on us in terms of children, because they're just so happy I'm not like my cousins (there are other reasons too that I won't go into, but this idea that I could have screwed things up and didn't still applies to those reasons too ( Read more... )

Is age 5 too early to start school?  Some European countries don't start until age 7, and their educational acheivement is higher than countries that start at age 5.

One of these days, I'll get around to finishing my rant on US schools. Lots to think about on that front when it comes to our little one, but there's time to think still, so I'll put ( Read more... )

happy birthday
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migraines suck, and they're hard to get rid of when you can't take anything for them.

ah well. I needed a day off work anyway - should have gone home sick at lunch yesterday.  now that I've paged my boss and had a bit to eat, I think I'm going back to bed.

Anyone ever been to this place? They've got some interesting calls for art...

I've been almost completely morning sickness free since last Wednesday morning...until today.

*sigh*

It'd be nice to know what I did differently to accomplish that. 

This comic was just a little too fitting for words.

So, I've been talking about doing this for a while, and I've spent a ton of time trying to make the site actually work the way I need it to, and I think it's finally ready for some people to poke at it and start using it ( Read more... )

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From Witchvox, in an article titled 2/20/08 Full Moon/Lunar Nhanced Magick:

What is even more “special” about this lunar eclipse is that it occurs on the FULL MOON

WTF?  All lunar eclipses are on the full moon....it's how they fucking work.

Some days the idiocy of my co-religionists astounds me.