1) Sid the escaping squid! I love this (and Sid) so hardcore. Sid, best wishes for your freedom, and for epic luck with the ladies!

2) You're not fat, redux redux. First: If that girl is chubby, I'm Antonin Scalia. Second: Please note the excerpt regarding Jessica Simpson's diet, physique, and exercise regimen.

This poem literally just knocked the breath out of me. The last line, oh my God.

Dangerous for Girls, by Connie Voisine

In case y'all haven't heard, Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and had surgery for it yesterday. It was apparently caught really early, which is good, but she's not a young woman and it's not her first bout with cancer, and the survival rate for this type is very low (though the article says that is ( Read more... )

I have kvetched before of my menstrual dietary woes, which are in full force this evening. I am having that lovely feeling in which I am physically hungry but the thought of food makes me sick. I'm, like, going through the checklist here: Soup that I made this weekend? DO NOT WANT! But it doesn't have any dairy in it! It's full of vegetables! And ( Read more... )

I usually post some kind of New Year's poem, etc., but I hadn't really found anything this year, and with the way the year ended, I wasn't really hyped to do it. Then I ran across a post of heatherly's with this poem, which seemed perfect:i am running into a new year ( Read more... )

OK, I should be updating to tell y'all how my Xmas and New Year's were. (They were nice; Xmas with the fam and NYE at peregrin8 and mrdarkness's lovely abode, with crafting_change, soft_pieces, cyntergnomes, and many others in attendance, lots of fun and also fireworks!) However, what I am posting to share with you all is, courtesy of peregrin8, thepurebed.com, a self-described "married couples [sic] intimacy ( Read more... )

1. Last Night at the Lobster, Stewart O'Nan (1/9/08)
   
2. Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist, Rachel Cohn and David Levithan (1/15/08)
   
3. The Bestiary, Nicholas Christopher (2/12/08)
   
4. Moon Called, Patricia Briggs (2/17/08)
   
5. Gentlemen of the Road, Michael Chabon (2/17/08)
   
6. Blood Bound, Patricia Briggs (2/28/08)
   
7. The Beacon at Alexandria, Gillian Bradshaw (4/8/08)
   
8. ( Read more... )

So a little bit ago, I was doing my nightly dishes, about ready to go upstairs and go to bed...and I realized that my feet were wet. I investigated, and discovered that we have giant leak in our sink. GREAT. I forestalled on the remaining dishes and left a note for the roommates.

My life is awesome x 1 billionty.

Tagged by crafting_change: The rules are that for 8 days you have to post something that made you happy that day. Tag 8 people to do the same.

It didn't hurt to walk or go up/down a flight of stairs today. That's more a lack of negative than an affirmative positive, but it's all I've got.

No tagging, but anyone should feel free to go right ahead.

I just went down to get some coffee and discovered something exciting: I can do stairs again! Without holding on to the rail! Without it hurting! This is so exciting. (Of course, I have to go up and down stairs in my house, since I live on the top floor, but it has required using the railing to pull myself along.)