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Had a good day. But now.... Now I know what's coming. This happens every night. The customary berating and listing of mistakes and ways in which I have let said person down. It's not meant in an ill fashion, but when it's so constant it wears a person down. I am so very far from perfect, not even in the ballpark. It just stinks, it never matters ( Read more... ) -
Cats I have Known: Wilfred
Our family loves cats. We've kept them for some years now, first starting when we moved into our current place of residence. It's a big farmhouse in the country. We have two acres of land and a big shop in the back. I thought I'd catalog some cats I've had in the past, and their personalities.
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Animation
I am deeply puzzled by modern animation. For the most part, the quality is terrible. It's drawn horribly, and much of what I've seen online is inscrutable. No sense can be made of it, neither through the script nor through pantomime.
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The Market is Not Magic
I've always found it weird how people will assert almost magical properties to the free market. It's nearly deified. The invisible hand of the market will lower costs, increase efficiency and make the world a better place!
Well, no, it won't. It's not even sentient. A business will do the profitable thing, not the right thing. Those two do not ( Read more... ) -
Buying up Sewing Machines
Just ran across this:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7999168.stm
Strange people. Supposedly looking for "red mercury", the closest thing I can think of is mercuric oxide, which is indeed red. Though it's not worth that much, and I'm pretty sure ( Read more... ) -
Testing
Testing ecto with livejournal....
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I'm off kilter today. Not sure why. It can be remarkably frustrating sometimes, I get into this state and don't understand why. Not good at producing on days like this. I'm not really tired, slept well - better than I have in a while ( Read more... ) -
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I haven't written much lately, and haven't mentioned this yet. On Monday, my father had a mini-stroke. Transient Ischemic Attack is the official term. It was pretty alarming, he ended up going to the hospital. There's a lot of doctor appointments now and we're not entirely sure when he'll be able to return to work.