Same user handle. I hope to see you all over there!

I'm infuriated to see an ad for some thyroid clinic in my Facebook feed. I don't remember writing about my hypothyroidism there, but maybe I did it years ago before really becoming aware of how little privacy there is, friends-locked or not. Or maybe one of my relatives/friends mentioned it there? Anyway, argh.

We downgraded from most-channels-except-premium service to super-basic cable months ago, but although they trimmed our bill immediately, it took until yesterday for their operational bureaucracy to get around to cutting our feed down. Now we're left with broadcast networks, shopping channels, public access, Turner Classic Movies, TVLand, SyFy, and ( Read more... )

How two camo patterns turned into 10, with lots of money spent on mostly duplicated efforts, some of which were just bad ideas ( Read more... )

I spent part of Sunday night at the office (while I was waiting for stuff to get implemented so I could do more work) reading aloud some items from the new Ergonomics policy handout. Much hilarity ensued in my small group as we speculated on the improbability of certain recommendations actually being implemented. Regular stretching breaks? Will my ( Read more... )

I met a lot of nice people during my temp job this week. During some of the down times, we played card games. FWIW, Apples to Apples, usually one of my favorites, is NOT a good game when the group includes a college girl who doesn't recognize the names of Vincent Van Gogh, Captain Kirk, or Quentin Tarantino, and several other players who favor ( Read more... )

Following links from a Seavey/MGK post about Steve Rogers and Tony Stark, I ran across this autobiographical essay by a scholar and Spanish Civil War volunteer, "Premature Anti-Fascist." Very interesting.

Interesting column about gaslighting women, i.e. manipulating them to believe that their valid complaints are irrational, emotional overreactions: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/yashar-hedayat/a-message-to-women-from-a_1_b_958859.html

I'm considering registering myself as a freelance editor with www.oDesk.com or www.Elance.com or www.vWorker.com or www.FlexJobs.com while I look for longer-term employment. Does anyone have recommendations or criticism about any of those, or suggestions for similar services?

This article is fun, but I really want to hear more about the steampunk-based reality show!
http://www.wired.com/underwire/2012/01/steampunk-house/?pid=5978&viewall=true