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Why I'm Switching to Dreamwidth, OR The tree that broke the already-overburdened camel's back
I've been thinking about the whole Facebook integration thing, and it continues to trouble me.
I've been poking around Dreamwidth more, and think I'll be moving to that as my primary journal site over the next few months, possibly continuing to repost here withocomments disabled. I've had an account over there for a year (silversliver.dreamwidth. ( Read more... ) -
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First, a word on the new Facebook/Twitter integration ( Read more... ) -
Car update
The car is totaled. I was surprised at how much the company valued the car at. I guess it pays to take decent care of your expensive things! Still have no idea if the possum made it or not, and no word yet from PennDOT about any guardrail damage. So far my insurance company has been awesome. I finally decided to get the rental car my policy covers ( Read more... ) -
Poooooossuuuuuuuums
So... This was pretty much my day/evening yesterday. Unlike Whatserface, I walked away without so much as a bruise. I owe a lot to my car, seeing as I could barely drive it off the highway. Possums are the devil. True dat! -
Online and mobile!
Got a new phone yesterday and so far am thrilled! Except for deleting a bunch of fresh photos this morning, which was really my fault. The software did ask me three times if I had backed up anything I cared for ( Read more... ) -
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New phone fever! Loving my Hazel. -
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My bus driver looks and sounds a bit like Bruce Campbell. Amused. -
Sugar: The Bitter Truth
Dr R H Lustig's lecture Sugar: The Bitter TruthI think he makes some good points, including the potential for correlation between high-sugar diet and heart disease and the biochemical connection between high fructose intake and fat deposition. But I find some serious problems with his preconceptions about the Japanese diet and his implication that ( Read more... ) -
It's official
Lt. Dan Choi has been discharged on account of being a homoLt. Choi is wonderful in person and devoted to service of the United States and the ideals of our constitution. His prowess in Arabic translation is entirely the DoD's loss. Choi has given his West Point ring to Harry Reid, whom he had charged with defending his right to serve actively. ( Read more... ) -
Because household maintenance issues inspire song...
Why does my ceiling drip again?
Why is it spraying face and hands?
Why are the we-et towels piling up?
It's a brand new problem for my home kitchen
Refrigerator i-ice maker:
Flood!
(no worries; it's fixed now)