Phew...it's been an uber-productive day for me. After seven hours and six loads of dishes, I have managed to produce ( Read more... )

Today I realised that it is not, as previously supposed, that fudge is my candy/sweets-making nemesis, but rather that I am *its* Kryptonite ( Read more... )

And in my intense self-reflection I forgot to mention these two articles.

An interview with the incredibly brave survivor who challenged Lepine on the day and was shot four times for her courage.

About the anniversary.

Today is the 20th anniversary of the Ecole Polytechnique massacre. Longtime f-list members will know my deep emotional involvement with the event and will have heard much of what I can possibly say, so I will stick to the basics ( Read more... )

Is anyone else out there having trouble accessing gmail from Safari ( Read more... )

Has anyone got any suggestions for presents for a 2 and a half year old boy who has everything? Any for an 11 year old girl, who is similarly rather spoiled, would also be appreciated.

It is before 10 am here and I have done the dishes, emptied the garbages, cleaned the cat litter and have laundry in progress. It may not be much, but it feels like an accomplishment:-)

Does this happen to anyone else ( Read more... )

I am notoriously loose-jointed. Generally this is a good thing. Flexibility is easy to gain and maintain for me; even if I've been out of shape for a while I can get back to bending like a pretzel in no time ( Read more... )

I just figured out how to re-configure my keyboard shortcuts in such a way as to seriously improve my online life.

Of course, I could have figured out how to do it ages ago, I just needed enough built up annoyance to do so. Today was that day.