The other day, a friend reminded me that it was high time to start making soups again. The cool, rainy weather that I love has set in making it one of my favorite times of year ( Read more... )

Well, I took the dryer apart using the three pages of instructions from my uncle. First I managed to open the top without losing the screws. I propped it up with my screwdriver. In the course of fitting the socket to the first hex screw, I managed to knock the screwdriver out AND drop the socket, both behind the backwall of the drum ( Read more... )

You're a college professor and a Browncoat. You put up a poster of Nathan Fillian with the quote, "You don't know me, son, so let me explain this to you once: If I ever kill you, you'll be awake. You'll be facing me. And you'll be armed." Now, you might expect some student to steal the poster, but would you expect the police to take it down on the ( Read more... )

Longtime readers of this journal know about my sweet kitty friend Tikka. I rescued him from a shelter in Longview, WA. He was found wandering the streets, and no one claimed him. He is a gorgeous Bengal cat, probably worth at least $800. But someone had four-paw declawed him ( Read more... )

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In the early '80s, I worked in a residential drug and alcohol treatment program called Cornerstone. This was no Betty Ford Center. It was located on a locked ward or the Oregon State (mental) Hospital. In fact, it was on the same ward where they filmed One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. The basketball court had been converted to a volleyball court, ( Read more... )

Originally posted by deathpixie at Signal Boost: Return of the DDoS
For those wanting to know more about the recent DDoS attacks, yes, it looks like it was the Russian government trying to shut down the dissidents again.

As I said last time, while it's frustrating not to have access, LJ is a lot more than a social network platform. From the article:

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I am headed home this morning from the hospital. I will still have to go in to the outpatient surgery later this week to get my stones removed, then again to get the stent removed. It is a real relief to know that they are going to get rid of the stones. I feel like they are a ticking time bomb in my belly, ready to come loose and spread their ( Read more... )

Thanks to logospilgrim for the virtual flowers and karaz for the chocolae head!! It really made me smile. :)

One of the things that happened when I was engaging in my own life and death struggles was the return of a verdict in the trial of James Arthur Ray: three counts of negligent homicide ( Read more... )