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Catching people up
Most of the people who read this journal also follow me on either Twitter or Facebook, so most of you have seen choppy, miserable mini-updates. The short form is that my mom, who on Sunday seemed to be feeling kind of lousy but otherwise okay, is dying pretty quickly of metastatic pancreatic cancer. Yesterday it felt pessimistic but realistic to ( Read more... ) -
PSA
I've been meaning to post a notice for several weeks now -- I haven't checked either DW or LJ since about the 4th of July, and I haven't missed it, so I don't expect to start again ( Read more... ) -
Update on R-71 letter!
I got a response from NARAL that same day, but have been overwhelmed with schoolwork. My ballot arrived yesterday, which reminded me that I need to clear this up.Dear Wendy ( Read more... ) -
Letter to NARAL WA
This morning I received an email from NARAL WA's updates list containing their endorsements for the WA primary -- most of us will be receiving ballots early next week. I nearly deleted it, but decided to skim it, and I'm glad I did, because I found a rather shocking tidbit:
STATEWIDE INITIATIVES:
No on I-1033: Tim Eyman's latest initiative would ( Read more... ) -
Video: Joel and Daniel Salatin of Polyface Farm
Those who read Michael Pollan's "The Omnivore's Dilemma" will recognise those names. Basically, Pollan's book is really about whether eating animal products can be healthy for us and the planet. He goes and visits cageless chicken farms, he talks to monoculture corn farmers in the Midwest, he buys a feedlot steer and goes to visit him. He also ( Read more... ) -
academic excitement. (mostly notes for myself.)
I realized last Thursday, while doing some numbers about fall quarter registration, that I appear to need roughly 30 more credits on my AA after this quarter, which should mean I will be ready to transfer to UW for spring quarter ( Read more... ) -
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Last night when he came home from work, Shawn surprised me with a box of cupcakes from this new place in Belltown, a shiny (well, matte) new Nintendo DSi, and copies of Chrono Trigger and Dragon Warrior IV to play on it -- possibly my two favorite console games ever. After a bit of squee, I exclaimed, "It's like my birthday and Christmas all at ( Read more... ) -
also...
If someone you trust says something, and their words hurt you, why would you ever assume that was their intent?
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hypocrisy and the enlightened self-interest interpretation of the golden rule.
When I was in 3rd grade at Fall City Elementary (yes, this was a public school), there was a poster on the wall that had been painted by a previous class. "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." Jesus said that, and we were taught that you should do that because Jesus said so ( Read more... ) -
new bike!
Well, really it's a pretty old bike, but new to me!
A couple years ago, stpdfool acquired a sweet little blue Miyata touring bike, about 25 years old, and named her Aoi. He has loved her a lot, but come to the conclusion that she's just not big enough for him without a new stem for the handlebars. Last summer we trekked out to Aaron's and he did their ( Read more... )
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