Whenever I get the feeling that I'm dealing with a disturbed/sick/compromised person on The Eljay, I stop talking to that person, because it feels inherently exploitative to me. Some comms on The Eljay seem to bask in the privilege-laden internet world of mockery, when mostly what I see is a bunch of people farming disabled people for laughs, or ( Read more... )

I made a calculated decision to annoy the boss in order to shut someone else up. Yes, the boss was annoyed with me, but I was annoyed, and fuck you guys, I ain't staying in this boat all by myself, you hear? When I suffer, you suffer.

There is a duo of middle-aged, half-disabled old ladies who got comfortable with a de facto privilege of harassing ( Read more... )

Grandpa is getting past 80, so he is much more keen to tell stories. Which is good for me, because mostly my family is relatively uninterested in family history, and all you get generally is vague, hand-wavy answers that aren't all that accurate upon further review. But now, when people are in their twilight, they start telling lots of stories. And ( Read more... )

Every conversation with panookah ( Read more... )

I didn't get to partake in a dream discussion this time because my dreams are pretty epic and don't really fit into "I had a weird dream..." talk. Like, I recently dreamed about being attacked by a demon. He had me in the air, in his grip, and from deep within me a spirit of utter hate and rage spewed forth, formed a knife in my hands, which I ( Read more... )

I have a strange and persistent ability to get closer to males through initial conflict. I am a little brother, so it makes sense. The one guy I yelled at and lost patience with is now pretty cool with me, and I'm pretty cool with him. It's happened before, this weird sort of inter-personal tension that is alleviated by hostility... sort of, clears ( Read more... )

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/9267707/Horses-can-recognise-their-owners-from-their-voices-and-create-a-mental-picture-of-familiar-humans.htmlRead more... )

I got the Lyme disease. Shooby-dooby-do!

( The Premise explained. )

I don't have much to write about lately. But I will write to fill the space ( Read more... )