I haven't found another blog platform I like as well as LiveJournal, and while I might read stuff on Facebook, I rarely post anything other than sharing Adopt This Dog! posts because, well, dogs.

So I'm going to start posting here again. I suppose it's shouting down a rain barrel, but that's blogging for you.

Ages ago, working at Kesmai, I used to bake cookies to bring in to work. I'm posting them here just to have something to point people towards, if anyone is interested. I took existing recipes and tinkered with the mix until I was happy with it, so there's nothing revolutionary. Just, pretty good cookies.

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Granted LJ is rather a ghost town these days, but I'm curious. How many people have had the nightmare where you find some starving animal, and know that it was your fault? And, were you in charge of feeding animals as a kid ( Read more... )

We walked the dogs down to the coffee shop, as we usually do on Sundays. And I went into the junk store* next door to poke around, partly just because they let me bring my dog in.
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Happy birthday to me!
I'm now forty three!
I've had scotch and sushi,
Now I'm going to slee....zzzzz

Hopefully everyone is already aware of The Oatmeal, because it's full of great stuff. If not, go look.

And hopefully the people familiar with The Oatmeal have already heard about the absurd, bullshit lawsuit against its creator. If not, look hereI've watched and enjoyed The Oatmeal for years, but with the initiation of Operation: Bear Love Good, ( Read more... )

Someone said that thirteen was their lucky number, and I've heard that before. But so far as I can tell, it's not for any good reason. They weren't born on the thirteenth, they don't have thirteen moles in an elaborate pattern of arcane significance, they were not rescued when they were thirteen days old by a baker's dozen of clumsy but lovable ( Read more... )

I got up at five in the morning today, in yet another attempt to change my schedule to something more functional. I tend to be more productive when I have a very early schedule, though I hate it. Really, it's going to bed at ten that I hate. It makes me feel like a child, dragging off to bed while everyone else stays up and has fun without me. ( Read more... )

My latest blood test was a success on the first attempt, with no digging around, no bruising, and I filled all the tubes with no problem. Considering that I've been dreading it since I made the appointment, this put me in an excellent mood.

My friend Melissa told me there was this new drawing thing I might be interested in checking out. It looks sort of like the doodles that decorate most of my notebooks, only it's not doodling, it's a Thing. Called Zentangle ( Read more... )