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May 18th, 2008
kitty_napalm posting in darkpinupgirls People actually bid on this. Awesome. "ANYTHING THAT COMES WITH THE EMPTY FAZOLI'S BAG IS A GIFT FROM ME TO YOU!!!" Apparently I'm the only one more put off than enticed by that statement.
Pretty sure that this speaks for itself.
"Who would want a naked skittle? Maybe the same person who bought a half eaten candy bar or the person who bought a corn flake shaped like the state of Illinois. I know that I have no need for it so I offer it to the world. However, I will donate 50% of the final auction price to the winning bidders charity of choice*." Awww.
Spotted Dick. Sexy.
Pretty sure that this speaks for itself.
"Who would want a naked skittle? Maybe the same person who bought a half eaten candy bar or the person who bought a corn flake shaped like the state of Illinois. I know that I have no need for it so I offer it to the world. However, I will donate 50% of the final auction price to the winning bidders charity of choice*." Awww.
Spotted Dick. Sexy.
May 17th, 2008
A Mind Apart: Travels in a Neurodiverse World, by Susanne Antonetta. Penguin, 2005
Susanne Antonetta has bipolar disorder, and she says her book is a bipolar book. She tells us about her family, both nuclear and extended, including her male cousin-in-law who has multiple personalities, all female. She ponders on how neuroatypicals may have a role in evolution, and how the world would be much more boring, and possibly in danger of losing a lot of creativity if there were no people with mental disorders. She explains what it feels like to feel the depressions starting to come on, and how the lower levels of mania are so seductive and sometimes productive.
The book is interesting, but it wasn’t something that I just couldn’t put down. The author writes in a rather stream of consciousness style that takes the impact from the things she describes. I never entirely figured out the point of the book, unless it was to show how neuroatypicals are really just like the average person- and perhaps even better.
Susanne Antonetta has bipolar disorder, and she says her book is a bipolar book. She tells us about her family, both nuclear and extended, including her male cousin-in-law who has multiple personalities, all female. She ponders on how neuroatypicals may have a role in evolution, and how the world would be much more boring, and possibly in danger of losing a lot of creativity if there were no people with mental disorders. She explains what it feels like to feel the depressions starting to come on, and how the lower levels of mania are so seductive and sometimes productive.
The book is interesting, but it wasn’t something that I just couldn’t put down. The author writes in a rather stream of consciousness style that takes the impact from the things she describes. I never entirely figured out the point of the book, unless it was to show how neuroatypicals are really just like the average person- and perhaps even better.
May 16th, 2008
What would it be like if Starfleet personal were bloggers?
May 15th, 2008
And it's time, time, time.
Saw the press conference for Tom Waits new tour and decided to record a video of me playing one of my favorite Tom Waits songs.
Saw the press conference for Tom Waits new tour and decided to record a video of me playing one of my favorite Tom Waits songs.
May 14th, 2008
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| You scored as Serenity (Firefly) You like to live your own way and don't enjoy when anyone but a friend tries to tell you should do different. Now if only the Reavers would quit trying to skin you.
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I know I never finished my WI journey from January, but I'm going to do a Whitby-related post first.
Before the trip, I was IMing a guy I know and told him that I was going to Whitby to meet net.goths I know. He asked me if I knew Narnia since he used to be friends with her before they fell-out of contact and I told him no. In Whitby, I meet Aidan Skinner and find-out he's Narnia's soon to be ex-husband. I also found-out she's an ex-Pit Rat, but when I asked my boyfriend back home if he knew Narnia, he didn't recognize it. His friend on the other knew exactly who I was talking about and started to mention time frame, who she hung-out with, and so forth.
/me starts humming "It's a Small World"
Before the trip, I was IMing a guy I know and told him that I was going to Whitby to meet net.goths I know. He asked me if I knew Narnia since he used to be friends with her before they fell-out of contact and I told him no. In Whitby, I meet Aidan Skinner and find-out he's Narnia's soon to be ex-husband. I also found-out she's an ex-Pit Rat, but when I asked my boyfriend back home if he knew Narnia, he didn't recognize it. His friend on the other knew exactly who I was talking about and started to mention time frame, who she hung-out with, and so forth.
/me starts humming "It's a Small World"
I recently experimented to see if my meat thermometer was dishwasher-safe without noticing that the crystal over the dial was cracked, thus turning the thing into a sort of snow globe.
I just used its replacement for the first time and noticed that the sheath has a helpful doneness scale printed on the side. OK, but:
(a) the scale claims that medium-rare is 145oF rather than the 130oF favored by dangerous radicals like Harold McGee and Julia Child,
and
(b) it refuses to admit to a state rarer than that, except that cooked ham can be heated to a mere 140oF if you're a real daredevil.
As a historical note, looking in
principaltogar's 1963 McCall's cookbook (an heirloom wedding gift, and generally pretty sound) I see that they list 140oF as "rare." principaltogar observed: "no wonder they dumped cream of mushroom soup on everything." May 13th, 2008
Is it asshole season? And if it is, can I shoot them?
Today another great customer came by. Bought nothing.
They are the same couple who came by here a few years ago, walked around looking at things, and then he picked up about a half dozen plastic mesh flats (those things that nurseries use to hold and move groups of 4-packs of plants etc), and asked if they could use them. Of course, say gullible us, thinking they wanted to select plants and carry them easily.
“Thanks!”, they say “They make it a lot easier to shop for plants, and most nurseries won’t let you have them!” And then they got back into their car and drove way.
Today another great customer came by. Bought nothing.
They are the same couple who came by here a few years ago, walked around looking at things, and then he picked up about a half dozen plastic mesh flats (those things that nurseries use to hold and move groups of 4-packs of plants etc), and asked if they could use them. Of course, say gullible us, thinking they wanted to select plants and carry them easily.
“Thanks!”, they say “They make it a lot easier to shop for plants, and most nurseries won’t let you have them!” And then they got back into their car and drove way.
Sunday was when I finally finished reading the LJ I fell behind-on while at Whitby. Monday I spent some room cleaning because I thought I lost my notebook in which I noted LJ names. Today I add the users I met at Whitby. Welcome banhe, mattp, vinyl_storm, and pope_ant.
Please note that most of my LJ time is spent reading, even if I don't always comment. Most posts tend to be spent on listing what I'm reading or venting about my parents. I tend to strip a lot of real life names and use LJ names if applicable. Stripping my real name and only going by my screen name in online spaces is also normal for me.
Please note that most of my LJ time is spent reading, even if I don't always comment. Most posts tend to be spent on listing what I'm reading or venting about my parents. I tend to strip a lot of real life names and use LJ names if applicable. Stripping my real name and only going by my screen name in online spaces is also normal for me.
If you weren't crazy before it, you will be after it.
http://cgi.ebay.com/10-pc-Jesus-Crucifi
Now, I don't think I would be posting this if there wasn't ten of them in the lot. There are ten of them.
also, just noticed this additionally: "Item location: SUPPORT OUR TROOPS, United States"
Now, I don't think I would be posting this if there wasn't ten of them in the lot. There are ten of them.
also, just noticed this additionally: "Item location: SUPPORT OUR TROOPS, United States"
Hi everyone! I remember seeing a website once where you can type in an Ebay member's user name, and it will show you all the negative reviews that the person has.. does anyone know what this website is and if it's still around? Thanks in advance! =)
curiousReading Megan McArdle on Bobby Jindal - or rather, the byplay amonst her awful commenters - precipitates the thought: there are no libertarian politicians, only libertarian voters.