It's time. It's more than time. Actually, it's overdue ( Read more... )

Even the most literate of persons on my friends list screws up on this, regularly. I can no longer maintain silence; to speak is a moral imperative ( Read more... )

So I'm hoping people will pay attention when I do. Today I went shopping for a new electric provider, and I found Green Mountain EnergyThey are somewhat more expensive than petroleum and coal-based electricity providers, although not by a lot. All of their electricity is produced by renewable or sustainable sources - wind, sun, water, natural gas. ( Read more... )

Just watched The Man in the Iron Mask - not the wonderfully acted but poorly distributed 70's version with Richard Chamberlin, but the more recent offering starring Leo BlueEyes and a roster of high-power eyecandy for the over 25s in the audience. You know...the one you were so very much hoping would be better than it turned out to be. In most ( Read more... )

Instead of trying to catch up on all the meme's that I've missed (song cue...)
I'm making up one of my own, this time on the theme of recognizing and appreciating
the blessings and gifts in our lives. Feel free to jump in - this is one I'd like to see
make the rounds.

( Gift Meme )

I already knew this, really. But like most people, I have the gift of rewriting history where things like this are concerned, and the workout that kicked my ass the first time around somehow gently morphed into "oh yeah, that was fun. I could do that, no problems." And indeed, there IS no problem. So long as wheezing like an athsmatic wombat, ( Read more... )

Why do I have 'Happy Birthday' as performed by the Farting Nun Organ stuck in my head? Even more frightening, why do I feel compelled to share this particular bit of wrong with my friends? Must be all the lithium.

And on a completely unrelated note (really!)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY hellocobweb!!!!!!!!

Insomnia sucks.

Just got home from some wonderful dancing; I had not intended to go to the Church tonight at all, but my folks left earlier than I had expected (after a lovely dinner at Pierre's by the Lake), and my wonderful Madp0et was tired after a long day of firefighting in Corporate Hell, so I found myself disgustingly awake and full of energy...how fortunate that ( Read more... )

It's my twenty-ninth birthday today - next year I will throw a big bash, celebrate the turning of my third decade, that's the one I will be pushing and promoting and fussing over. This one, I had expected to pass quietly, unremarked and unremarkable. Imagine therefore, what a delightful surprise it was to log on and find kind words and fond wishes ( Read more... )