So rad. They're a currently-active instrumental soul band that makes really lovely, tense tracks that sound like they wouldn't be out of place in a movie score ( Read more... )

I just got a CD! It's the soundtrack for Skullgirls, which is this really lovely fighting game with super-expressive animation and beautiful jazzy music.

Step 1: rip entire CD to mp3s with Rhythmbox. Apparently Rhythmbox knows about the track names and the artist (through CD-Text?? Or maybe some online database? This seems like kind of an obscure ( Read more... )

Hey! You know it's been ten years since the first National Road Running Month.

In November 2007, Lindsey and I put in some running mileage *every single day*.

And this was before we had even met each other in person.

We did the last run of that month together, in Portland! I'm very glad that we did <3 <3

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Probably the most important idea I've gotten out of therapy is this idea of self-compassion. I've been especially bad at this, basically forever. It's not healthy ( Read more... )

I don't want to alarm anybody, but my rad mother got a specific mention in the Broadway World review of the show she's currently running (going for two more weekends, I think??), despite having a relatively small part. She's just that good.

Lenoir Brewer's Margaret proved it's always a good idea to keep an eye on characters who seem to be minor ( Read more... )

yogHURT -- it’s PRO-BIOTIC for PRO PERFORMANCE.

INFUSED WITH B VITAMINS AND CAFFEINE AND JUST THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF ANGER. PROTEIN FOR YOUR PRO TEAM.

DELIVERED RIGHT TO YOUR HOUSE, OR YOU CAN SPEEDRUN OVER TO YOUR LOCAL GROCER’S DAIRY ZONE.

... so many business plans. Almost all of them quite bad.

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You know how there's two kinds of dishwashing liquid, right. The kind you put in the dishwasher, and the kind you use for washing dishes by hand. And you know how if you mix them up and put the wash-by-hand kind in the dishwasher, you get suds all over your kitchen floor ( Read more... )

OK OK OK so if Sylvia gets into long-distance running (which, y'know, I won't push her to do, but both Lindsey and I have been fairly into it) and eventually wants to do a marathon ( Read more... )

Born this afternoon, 5:40pm :D (one week past her projected due date)

Everybody's fine!

Sylvia's a pretty big baby, and labor took a really long time! Lindsey is incredibly tough.

I'll let Lindsey tell the story when she's feeling up to it.

Our midwives were super great.

I'm pretty elated :D :D

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Before today, there were no Google hits for "cybergoth midwifery" or even "cybergoth midwife ( Read more... )