As mentioned in Sanguinarius' newsletter. Yea, that one that I'm sure some of ya'll are sick of hearing about.

Well, I banged through it tonight. Skimmed really, but a thorough skimming, relatively speaking, compared to my usual devouring of books. (I'll read it again in the future when my RL settles down.)

And it is good.

I really do believe the author has taken the time and effort to be neutral unbiased towards everyone.

Go buy it. Read it. (And support Sangi with the link in her newsletter! :) )


Otherwise, I'm still ON HIATUS

One reason why I beat on people to learn medicine - or at least how to diagnose a problem with your available resources. :)

Teen diagnoses her own disease in science class

Always always ALWAYS get a second/third/fourth opinion if everything is NOT ok and you're getting the runaround from the doctors. Fresh eyes on a problem never hurt. :)

( Also here for when CNN yanks the article in the future )

Hat tip to Blues News. Yes, the geek gaming site. :)

I am still on HIATUS btw, I just had to post this after seeing it today.

(Received in one of the list digests. Very applicable regardless of who actually said it.)


Written By Regina Brett, 90 years old, of The Plain Dealer, Cleveland , Ohio

"To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 45 lessons life taught me. It is the
most-requested column I've ever written."

My odometer rolled over to 90 in August, so here is the column once more:

1. Life isn't fair, but it's still good.

2. When in doubt, just take the next small step.

3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.

4. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends and parents will.
Stay in touch.

5. Pay off your credit cards every month.

6. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.

7. Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone.

8. It's OK to get angry with God. He can take it.

9. Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck.

10. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.

11. Make peace with your past so it won't screw up the present.

12. It's OK to let your children see you cry.

13. Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all
about.

14. If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn't be in it.

15. Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don't worry; God never blinks.

16. Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.

17. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.

18. Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you stronger.

19. It's never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one is up to you
and no one else.

20. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don't take no for an answer.

21. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don't save it
for a special occasion. Today is special.

22. Over prepare, then go with the flow.

23. Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear purple.

24. The most important sex organ is the brain.

25. No one is in charge of your happiness but you.

26. Frame every so-called disaster with these words 'In five years, will this matter?'

27. Always choose life.

28. Forgive everyone everything.

29. What other people think of you is none of your business.

30. Time heals almost everything. Give time time.

31. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.

32. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.

33. Believe in miracles.

34. God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn't do.

35. Don't audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.

36. Growing old beats the alternative -- dying young.

37. Your children get only one childhood.

38. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.

39. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.

40. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's,we'd grab ours back.

41. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.

42. The best is yet to come.

43. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.

44. Yield.

45. Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift."

grog exhausted

grog running amok every day

grog still alive

grog say no worry

:-)

Hypothyroid is a REAL VALID MEDICAL CONDITION!

...and that I even have to SAY that should tell you the level of stupidity I saw tonight.

Grrrr!

*gigglesnerks and falls over laughing*

( I had to post this... )

No really. What. The Fuck?!?!?!

Apparently, having children's games means an adult is *automatically* a pedophile

Be *VERY* Afraid.

Or, you can click here and groan unceasingly...

:-)

We watched Twilight this morning.

( Read more... )

Also, paraphrased for the funny:

"So, you're not worried because you're going into a house full of vampires, you're worried because they may not like you?"

Damn funny from my end of things. :)

Busy busy BUSY with RL stuff for a bit. Sorry.

For those who ARE otherkin who may be reading this post...

If you were looking for a site with otherkin info - not a forum, but an informative site...

What types of information would you want to see?

I know specifics can be difficult to nail down between species, but I'm looking for overall types, subject headings as it were.

Thanks. :)

Going through some really old cookbooks, I found a recipe for "Beef Tea" and a few others along a simaler line. I tried it last night, finally. Had to get some canning jars that were suitable size, most of what I've had in the house is either plastic or glass that's too small.

Essentially, this recipe is a chop up a hunk of beef round (basic info on beef cuts here), stuff in a jar with water, and simmer for about an hour.

( Click for actual recipe )

The Pros:
It does provide liquid protein, in the form of whatever the water is holding in a suspension that it's leeched off the meat chunks.

The Cons:
If you leave the salt out at the end, it will be VERY bland. Great if you're on a low-salt diet by choice or necessity, but otherwise you will need seasoning of some variety.

Also, if you're, ah, "cravin' the flavor", shall we say... this isn't going to work. The main reason is that simmering this for an hour means it's in a "well done" state of doneness. To my normal preferences of a step or two above raw, this is pretty grossly overcooked. Your mileage may vary, depending on how cooked you prefer it.

OTOH...
It might, however, be an ok base to use as a soup starter, stew base, or a base to add your choice of beef broth concentrate. Or, if you're not as obsessed with having it rare, it might work out for you better than it would for me. :)

All you folks out there...

...you might want to read the Vitamin D Council newsletter for this month

It covers a LOT of topics, including:

"...depression, mental clarity, malignant melanoma, Crohn's disease, an imagist poet, multiple sclerosis, sun-exposure, high-intensity red light and collagen repair in the skin, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, influenza, the 1918 influenza pandemic, statins, the new Food and Nutrition Board, thyroid disease, chronic fatigue syndrome, athletes, the upcoming 14th Vitamin D Workshop, prostate cancer, the wrong blood test, pregnancy, autism, Alzheimer's disease, soap and sebum, asthma, sleep, the co-factors vitamin D needs to work..."

Stolen shamelessly from artvampire because I think this is extremely cool. :)

Khan, since I know I'm on your reading list, you should be aware that there is still land tier in your SL group - I know you don't have any plans to go back, but if it's YOUR tier blocks that you put in it, you need to be aware that they WILL keep charging YOU for it, even if there's no actual land held in the group. Just having the tier assigned to a group is enough to generate a monthly bill.

The only way to pull it out is to actually log in long enough to set your tier to 0 in the group - if SL is cooperating, it should only take about 2 minutes, tops, and less than that if SL is actually behaving. (You don't need to be ON the land to do it - just log in to anywhere.) It cannot be done via the website - it won't do a tier-down without pulling the tier out of the group first. You'll still get a charge for the current billing period, but once you pull it out, it will be the last billing cycle for it.

That is all.

Watched the Xfiles movie tonight, the "I Want To Believe" one. Wau. Intense. Holy crap I'm still a bit twitchy intense. Like X-files? You'll love it. Like medical suspense thrillers? You'll probably like this too. If you're like me, you've even *already* heard of the medical experiments referred to in the movie, long before the movie even came out.

Yes. We're strange. Moving on. In a video:



Adapt or die. Food for thought.

Going to go find something that might calm me down a bit nao.

I was apparently lacking some crucial information that led me to a wrong conclusion.

(Rants really ought to have enough info so that those OUTSIDE the drama bomb can figure things out and stay the hell away...)

I'm in rather a lot of pain, so right now I'm not doing too much.

Here, but not here. I got Sangi's message, but the computer room is still a bit of a shambles. I checked in on things, but it'll be a few days yet before I'm back on full time. (We're taking the opportunity to do some full-scale rearranging of the room's contents as well, that's part of the delay.)

I haz a new computer desk. It is H-E-A-V-Y! *grunt, oof* Some assembly is required, but before I can get to the assembly, I have to make room...

...so I'm shutting down the computer and going offline in a little while and moving everything - including the current table - out of my end of the room so I can start the assembly.

Now if I can manage not to injure myself in the process..... *crosses fangs and claws* :)

No, no reason to panic. I've been cleaning and expect to be getting a new desk, which will enable me to organize things a lot better. But, this means I've had to move a whole bunch-a-shit off the current one, and clean out underneath, in order to prep for moving out the old desk and assembling and installing (heh) the new one.

I've been checking up on things as I can, but haven't been at the keys long enough, really, to be monitoring IRC with any regularity while cleaning. Once the new desk is in, I'll be back though. :)

Probably one of several, I'm sure. But I almost cackled my way onto the floor with this one, so I thought I'd share the youtube...




(If the video doesn't work here, you can visit the YT page itself directly instead.)

Happy Holidays everyone!

(Happy belated Yule, Happy Hannukah, Merry Christmas, etc.)


(Description: Tortie cat on flowered bedspread staring at camera with eyes photoshopped to glowing blue. Caption: "I ate your x-mas lites. Sorry")

Second life can be amusing in it's own way, so I thought I'd share some fun and Thriller thrills.

What?

Think that's bad, try it with Tinies.

(You can also compare to the real version)

This moment of insanity brought to you by the charming folks in Second Life. :)