Thanks to a combined effort of several United Methodist Churches in Austin, my friends are no longer being hounded by a certain catholic church I cannot name. Yay!

The kids should be with them by the end of May.

It all works out all right in the end. If it is not all right, it is just not the end. :D

Let's all boogie now.

Quite often I hear good parents express fear that someone will call Child Protective Services on them for administering corporal punishment to their children. I would like to assure every parent out there that clothed, open-handed spankings are not considered child abuse by the state. In fact, in order for a child to be removed from the home, the ( Read more... )

I have been working in the yard this morning and I started to wonder why the human ego derives such pleasure from containing and directing nature. It was very satisfying to turn a fluffy bush into a square today. There are many cubes in nature-salt being just one but bushes just don't look that way without our influence. I think it might have to do ( Read more... )

It has been so wonderful getting back in touch with some of my old friends. MFelps and I chatted for hours today as if we had not been apart and it has been outstanding to hear from Weldon again. If you guys see me on Facebook, send me an IM. For the life of me, I cannot remember everyone's rude nicknames from high school. I remember Coitus, Throb ( Read more... )

Has anyone else received a box from their parent that had all their school pictures, report cards, baby books and childhood memories? This includes drawings made especially for mom...

Does anyone remember jams? One summer in Junior High, my mom sewed me and like 12 friends a pair of them. She found the swatches from them this weekend and it inspired me to make PJ pants and shorts out of nice materials so I can get away with wearing jammies everywhere. I am also going to do some in Halloween print for my goth pals ( Read more... )

My mother brought my childhood kimono to me yesterday from when my father was stationed in Japan. It has a few stains on it from me being a kid, but it is still lovely. I am planning on hanging it on my wall. It won't take up much space as I was just a little kiddo then. Once I get it dry cleaned, I will post pics. I wish I still had my tabi and ( Read more... )

My greatest challenge of late is becoming more tolerant of intolerance. I find it very difficult to deal with groups that rely on exclusion or judgment of others to build themselves up. I want to develop more compassion for people who spend more time trying to limit the choices and actions of others than to really understand their own choices and ( Read more... )

Well, I went in and while they love my design work, they failed to mention that they require SMS and Java. No, not JavaScript...Java. How many graphic designers do you know that do Java? GAH!

I am going to go into my Self-Pity capsule TM right now. It won't take long as I tend to bore myself when I pout.

So, I have been interviewing and interviewing. There was a really frustrating situation lately where my would-be boss called to tell me to post my resume and promised me an interview...and then I found out they had hired the position without even calling me. arrrrgh. Apparently, HR got my resume and stamped it overqualified. Which is a shame ( Read more... )