Category Archives: Life In General
2015 In Review
Welp, I haven’t blogged much, but I like having the blog here, and felt like doing a New Year post. Here’s the one from last year for reference. Stuff I Accomplished! I didn’t hit all the things I was hoping … Continue reading
Ealasaid’s Guide to Finding a Bra That Fits!
I got a ton of interest when I mentioned this idea on Facebook, so here we are. The Status Quo Most boob-havers get fitted for bras using a measuring tape and math. This is stupid, because you can’t calculate the volume … Continue reading
2015 – Discernment, More and Less
New Years resolutions aren’t my thing anymore – like a lot of my friends, I choose a word for my year, set a few goals, and that’s about it. Last year was recognition – as in recognizing my own habits, … Continue reading
Happy 2014!
I like the fresh-start feel of the Gregorian new year. Like a number of folks I know, I see the time between Halloween/Samhain and January 1 as a sort of hibernation/reflecting/rooting time. I don’t go out much, I spend a … Continue reading
Social Media is Making me Crazy: Twitter/Facebook vs. the Monkeysphere
The Monkeysphere is a great concept. The idea is, we can only relate to so many people as actual humans; everybody else is sort of abstract to us. The people we relate to are inside our monkeysphere, everyone else is … Continue reading
Driving Culture Shock
Recently, I went back to the SF Bay Area in California. It was my first trip back to the place I always thought I would call home, and I knew there would be weirdness and change, etc. I was not … Continue reading
Set Lightbox to “On”
So, my posting lately hasn’t been so regular, much as I would love to be doing Maxim Monday religiously. I’ve informed myself that it’s my blog, so I can update when I feel like it, and if I don’t, then … Continue reading
The Holy Shit Rule
There’s a quote I run across every now and then, attributed to William Morris: “Have nothing in your house which you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.” I like it a lot, because it’s a … Continue reading
Getting Ready
Things are busy, but in an orderly sort of way. My folks were in town two weeks ago, which was awesome but threw all my routines off for a while. Now I’m using HabitRPG for tracking my to do list and … Continue reading
#sickcat update
Well, lucky us, it turns out that small-cell lymphoma (if it doesn’t turn into one of its nastier forms, like large-cell lymphoma or leukemia) can mostly be treated like a chronic illness! Admittedly, one which slowly progresses and must be … Continue reading
