Not much to write at the moment ( Read more... )

Since the chances of me being online tomorrow are about nil:

Regardless of how you observe and/or celebrate the occasion, I hope all of you have a glorious Christmas. As near as I can figure, all of y'all out there have earned it.

Tranquility to you all!

"You philosophers are lucky men. You write on paper and paper is patient. Unfortunate Empress that I am, I write on the susceptible skins of living beings." - Yekaterina II Velikaya (aka Catherine the Great), in a letter to Denis Diderot

Sometimes, it's just the small things that make life worthwhile, that enable one to see past the static and the annoyances enough to know that they too are transient.

In that spirit (and inspired by something that pink_siamese recently did), here is a list of those little things that brighten my own outlook on the world. These are in no particular order, and ( Read more... )

Another good day today. The highlights included a trip to the dentist (which isn't really a drawback, since my teeth are in excellent health, and getting them cleaned felt nice) and a subsequent lunch trip to LaRosa's ( Read more... )

And now, I am back in Cincinnati ( Read more... )

"Don't tire yourself more than need be, even at the price of founding a culture on the fatigue of your bones." - Antonin Artaud

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"Life only demands from you the strength you possess. Only one feat is possible - not to have run away." - Dag Hammarskjöld

Thanksgiving went well last week. It was held at cheshgrl's pad, with myself, her mother, her boyfriend, and a few mutual friends in attendance. It was a fairly straight-forward evening; she had prepared the entire meal for us practically single-handedly, and she did an excellent job of it all. It was traditional fare (turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, ( Read more... )