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Happy Handwashing! or How to Avoid Bacterial Transfer During Flu Season!
As flu season is upon us, today's friendly message is to wash AND dry your hands properly. Everybody knows to wash (although I side eye you people in public bathrooms who only cursorily flick your hands beneath a stream of water) but not everyone knows that drying properly and thoroughly afterwards is the best way to reduce bacterial transfer ( Read more... ) -
Penny Arcade...Again.
I keep seeing strawmanning by PA supporters, re: original joke. This strawman goes something like "One rape joke doesn't mean they support rape--I don't understand why you are upset." The original joke highlights the comparative immorality inherent in the quest systems of MMOs. I could see the point they were aiming for. I can ALSO see where they ( Read more... ) -
Arrival
Last night we flew in nearly two hours after we were supposed to. The flight was delayed coming in, and then we were missing a computer part, and the long shot is: we didn't leave until after we should have landed. And then it was turbulent, although I zenned my way through that with meditation and trying to deceive my husband with my seeming ( Read more... ) -
About Rape
When did you first have to think about rape? Soraya Chemaly asks the question ( Read more... ) -
The Introverted Extrovert
It's only in living with John Sheffield that I know I'm really extroverted, because I do have a strong introverted side in that I like to read and make art and write which are all really solitary. And I'm pretty adapted to going to museums and doing urban hiking by myself. (Although I really prefer going hiking with friends. Museums, I love to show ( Read more... ) -
Not Being a Dick
http://jezebel.com/how-to-be-an-atheist-without-being-a-dick-about-it-823225375 - interesting things to poke around with here ( Read more... ) -
Allie Brosh Returns, Talks Depression
So. Allie Brosh is back and talking about her depression ( Read more... ) -
Iron Man 3 Spoilers
Yeah, so from here on out, it's all Iron Man spoilers. So don't click if you don't wanna see.
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A Return to Journaling, I Hope
Having just passed my 36th birthday, I noted that my last year's journal entries were rather sparse, and the year before that, things were definitely tailing off. I speculate too, that last year's dearth of writing in general might be linked to that. I can't tell if it's causal, or a symptom of the same malaise, but either way, it makes me a little ( Read more... )