We're going to install a new solar system. The one we have is outdated ( Read more... )

For inspiration in eating healthily, I've come to rely on The World's Healthiest Foods. This stunningly detailed nonprofit website is dedicated to showcasing whole foods that give you the biggest nutritional payoff for the calories you take in ( Read more... )

Loki asked me at this quarter's Feri training what I really wanted. "Don't think about it. Just answer off the top of your head."

"I want to go camping. I want to grab a tent and go off by myself."

I haven't yet managed the by myself part, but I am getting outdoor time in and my Fetch couldn't be happier. eye_of_zohar and I spent three days in Big Basin ( Read more... )

I'm not ignoring everybody, I just have been totally unable to post comments or entries of any length.

Just got done with back-to-back physiology exams (unit 4 detailed exam, plus a comprehensive final). I think our instructor is as glad as anyone to be done with this 17-week stretch and to have a life again. It's rough teaching any class for the first time, and this one was a bear. But she was in a good enough mood to bring us sandwiches and snacks ( Read more... )

The USDA is poised to accept food industry recommendations to gut the definition of what "organic" means. It's disturbing, as this Daily Kos diary by OrangeClouds115 notes.

The public comment period (which was a shockingly brief 7 days, perhaps in an attempt to limit public comment) closes tomorrow. Last minute comments are only accepted on the ( Read more... )

After a long legal battle, the pentacle has been approved as a religious symbol for Pagan veterans' headstones ( Read more... )

Sweeping up the chametz from the corners with Heru's own feather.

My Spring Break wanderlust isn't going to get fed, I fear, unless I can fit in an overnight away this weekend. There's much to do close to home.

( Details listed, with no small sense of satisfaction )

And esoteric books are "literature." But science is definitely still science.

Meme via ewigweibliche

( Results of nerd test )

eye_of_zohar and I spent Friday night out at the Rhythm Society's quarterly All Night Dance Celebration as guests of bahir. I was especially happy for the chance to go. I was starting to think that living in an urban area was wasted on me, what with my focus on school and home. (Well, except for the stellar opportunities for magical training and companionship. That ( Read more... )