I thought that The King's Speech was the kind of movie that would not interest me. It sounded mostly like a drama set in historical period. I wanted a distraction last night, though, so I walked to the local Heights Theater to see it. The movie was much better than I expected. I can see why it was nominated for so many Academy Awards and won 4 ( Read more... )

I recently read an article from that "post-autistic economics" movement that I mention occasionally.  It spoke plainly about an idea that I hadn't considered in quite the same terms before.

"The Efficiency Myth"
Efficiency, it seems, is entirely contextual. ... So I hate efficiency because it feels and looks like a fool’s game. I say keep something ( Read more... )

If only I could learn to schedule it.

I woke up 1.5 hours early today to a muscle cramp in my right calf. The kitten crawled onto my chest to investigate what the whimpering was about. Afterwards, I noticed the simultaneous muscle twitches in my left hamstring, left scalp near my ear ( again), and my right forearm.

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Is there a way to set a default on my Livejournal blog that will automatically allow Friends to post but everyone else (Livejournal user or not) to automatically Screen?  I'm seeing a recent increase in spammers using my blog to post ads.  I delete them promptly, but I really dislike the idea of closing my journal to public comment.


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I can't even remember the last time I did a Furry Friday post.  I have two reasons for that oversight.  First, the bad reason is that I've been burned out (see other recent posts).  Second, however, the very good reason is because animals have been adopted so quickly that I simply haven't had time to get to know them before they find homes!  At a ( Read more... )

I've been working twice my usual hours for 3 months now.  There's still no job posted for an addition to my team since we lost our supervisor 8 weeks ago.  The situation is annoying me.  Upper management seems to have developed the opinion that 2.0 FTEs is all we really need, and since I'm providing 1.0 FTEs (instead of 0.5) then they're all set.

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My muscle twitches still have not returned to their "usual" level prior to my backpacking trip, although they're getting closer.

Tonight, I've got a muscle twitch on my scalp right beside the top of my left ear that's driving me bonkers.

At noon (their local time) on Saturday in most major U.S. cities, people will be gathering to show their support for the Wisconsin protesters. They encourage people to wear red and white, which is apparently a sports reference to a University of Wisconsin mascot ( Read more... )

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Being ill and having a short attention span led me to spend some of the weekend trying out different online games. None of them is exactly what I'm looking for, but several of them have interesting possibilities.

Copernicus: Throw some of the biggest names in the creative industries at a new game title, and this is what you get.  Imagine R.A. ( Read more... )