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phrase of the week
"simple, pointless, fragile beauty."
from Neatorama
http://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/03/nick-van-woerts-paint-art/ -
Yes, I'm still irritable
Before I move on, everything turned out alright the night of my last post, or as alright as it could have given the circumstances we are dealing with at the moment. I'm grateful. Really ( Read more... ) -
Anxious, angry and frustrated
Well, I've been in Colorado for a week with my parents, ready to come home tomorrow. Thought I might sleep well tonight finally with all the stressful appointments and conversations over, but it looks like I won't be that lucky. I can't reach my sweetie, and since he's had an equally challenging week back home, that really worries me. And ( Read more... ) -
Again, who knew?
I ran across this etymological gem during work today. It's too delicious not to share:
Word: slogan
ETYMOLOGY:
Alteration of Scots slogorne, battle cry, from Gaelic sluagh-ghairm : sluagh, host + gairm, shout
Don't ask me why, but there's something very satisfying to me about a business slogan deriving from a clan battle cry. -
More cat goodness
Sweet old Pete. He's going on seventeen and doing marvelously well considering we had to amputate his left rear leg last December to treat a cancerous tumor on the bone. He does so well in general that sometimes I forget or can't believe that he is quite so venerable ( Read more... ) -
Etymology trivia
Shillelagh is a place? Who knew ( Read more... ) -
Buried in cats
This morning I awoke buried in cats: right shoulder and cheek occupied by sweet old Pete, Connor stretched from left shoulder down my chest, and Ariel curled in what would be lap if I hadn't been supine ( Read more... ) -
All quiet
11:40 pm... I have been on the phone for 50 minutes with helpdesk trying to resolve a 2-day connectivity problem that cropped up in the middle of ramping up on a new assignment, a project that could use three editors but has only me, with 30-some content pieces (eLearning courses, Facilitator Guides, and assessments) that all need to be edited and ( Read more... ) -
quote of the day
Okay, I admit I'm embarrassed to post mostly quotes from other sources here. I suppose as a still fairly new LJer, I still haven't sorted out for myself how to 'journal' in a relatively public forum. What to share, what to hold back, when to find time to right, how to get over my fears of writing poorly or worse, puerilely. Perhaps what I really ( Read more... ) -
quote of the day
"It's like, at the end, there's this surprise quiz: Am I proud of me? I gave my life to become the person I am right now. Was it worth what I paid?"
-Richard Bach, writer (1936- )