Last night was good. I am very happy that we have chosen, even by a narrow margin, to adopt a stance of communal stewardship, of one another, of our planet, of our relations to other nations. It's good; it may not be enough, and we may already have driven off a cliff. Still, the mere fact that we may have woken up at the wheel on the way down is, ( Read more... )

Samantha and I are considering pumpkin-carving tomorrow, because pumpkin-carving is Probably a Good Idea. We're thinking midafternoon, perhaps 2:00PM. Time is not enormously of the essence, naturally, though wee will be making a Stop&Shop run for pumpkins fairly early on, so unless you show on timeish you'll have to BYOP. Let us know if you plan to ( Read more... )

Palin just said "nucular." Just sayin'.

Okay, seriously, Palin? "I don't think we can second-guess the steps that Israel has to take to defend itself?" So, basically, Israel commands the American military? Is that the actual statement? Seriously?

I have secured the night-shift position at Miriam Hospital. Active, rigorous research, single client rooms, twelve hour shifts (I'll be working two days per week,) oncology focus (meaning interaction with all body systems, and added spiritual needs,) best hospital in RI (Magnet, values statement including collaboration, spirituality, and education ( Read more... )

Hello!

I have passed my boards. Yay! Samantha is working tonight, so I'm wondering if anyone is about Providence with whom to hang out and socialize in the brave, new, post-NCLEX-stress world. Let me know!

Greetings New England ( Read more... )

So this was an excellent Aralis session. It worked on so many levels.

Fighting-wise, I was very glad to see the Blood Forest take a back seat; it's a good early-game villain, but all the same, we needed some variety. So... demons from Beyond! Demons of the gods! Elementals! Six demon bags! All that kind of thing. Very enjoyable. White elf needs ( Read more... )

Hello all ( Read more... )

Incomplete in Health Care Ethics, but that's not work, it's philosophy ( Read more... )

Samantha did not get an internship for next year. This was always a real possibility; her grades during her first year of the nutrition program were not particularly great, and dietetics internships are actually really competitive. A lot of people decide to work their first year out (as an unregistered 'nutritionist') just to get a better shot at ( Read more... )