So that's why my bread has been less than spectacular lately. Dead yeast is dead. *grumblegrumble*

But hey, the sun is out, and I'm going to go take pictures as soon as my hair is dry, so life isn't all bad.

2 people + 4 cats + double bed = not a lot of room to move

Evidence: the lump on my forehead caused by an unruly nightstand that didn't want me to extract my legs from under two sleeping cats

Silly nightstand. It always takes the cats' side.

From In The Shadow of Memory by Floyd Skloot:

"'Repeated exposure to danger,' [Debra] Niehof [author, The Biology of Violence] says, 'prompts a clandestine overhaul of the noradrenergic alarm system.' Repetitions of the dangerous events, as commonly occur in situations of child abuse, establish a pattern of response in the brain. In effect, trauma ( Read more... )

"I'm not dissing the fact that you brought food, I'm dissing the food you brought."

Well, that's the last time I try to do something nice for you, you little snot. Pity your mother didn't teach you manners.

Teenagers: reason #3 not to have children.

Breaking out the stockings and heels for a derby bout is the best thing about the weather getting warmer. Gods, I do love dressing up. It's nice to feel feminine again after the bulk of winter clothes and the shapelessness of work clothes ( Read more... )

“I don’t care how much sex anyone has, how often they do it, or who they do it with. I’m much more interested in the consent, pleasure, and well-being of the participants and the people affected by it. I respect women who are asexual, celibate, monogamous, multi-partnered, or have had more partners than they can recall. I respect women who only ( Read more... )

Dear Hannaford,

Please don't put Splenda in things unless you're trying to market them as diet food/drinks. That shit's disgusting.

From now on, I read every. Freaking. Ingredient. Label.

Blech.

Your child makes noise.

You scream at your child to shut up.

Your child, wanting to be just like Mommy, screams back.

You, as the adult who is, at least in theory, capable of making a conscious decision to change this cycle, should really think about what's happening here.

Chai-spiced soy milk is such a wonderful thing. Between that and the sunshine, the day is off to a marvelous start.

me: Tomorrow I'm going to make my own guacamole.
friend: On purpose?
me: No, I'm going to fall on an avocado by accident. It'll be the cat's fault.