I expect a lot of people get weary of my regular crowing about how much I like the webcomic xkcd, but I keep on doing it because it speaks to me, and when a piece of art or music or whatever does that, I like to share it. I always check it out m/w/f first […]

I honestly love it when I find a succinct explanation of a problem that’s been bugging the hell out of me for a long time. Today, I found it in this piece from Rick Perlstein in The Daily Beast (by way of a link from Amanda Marcotte at pandagon): When one side breaks the social […]

If I can establish reliable routines and patterns, I tend to find I’m an easier person to deal with, and am generally more upbeat about things. Thankfully, after a seriously trying occurrence of Alexander Chuck and Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day that lasted most of a week, the new job, schedule, and general […]

if this post feels a little disjointed, it’s because I feel a little disjointed right now. There’s lots of stressful and often unpleasant stuff rattling around in the deep dark corners of my brain right now, and it’s got me both totally on edge and wallowing in what may not necessarily a deep well of […]

Overall, I’m sure moving to this new job is the good kind of stress. However, good or bad, it’s still stress, and it plays havoc with my system in all sorts of unpleasant ways. I am, as many know, a creature of habit, almost compulsively so; these changes (new position, new place of business, new […]

Those paying attention have probably noticed that for the last month and change, I haven’t been posting much, and when I have posted, I’ve dropped little hints about things happening that I didn’t necessarily want to talk about it. At this point, I feel it’s safe to talk about those things, at least in general […]

I’ve been doing a lot of heavy writing about VERY IMPORTANT THINGS™ in the social and political arenas lately, so today I’m simply going to make mention of a few of the little things that don’t necessarily have earth-shattering importance. This weekend, for example, I finally stumbled upon the missing element to cooking so-called “authentic” […]

Up. Down. From moment to moment. That’s been my week. It’s exhausting. Sun. Rain. Euphoria. Despair. Pleasure. Pain. Smile. Scowl.

Pepto-Bismol turns certain, uh, substances jet black. For a second there, I thought I’d turned into one of the undead or something.

For the first and probably only time ever, Doctor Phil gives me a reason to think that he’s not a complete tool: He scolded a mom for her intrusive addiction to the tedious and obnoxious facebook game Farmville. Video game addiction is a very real problem when it gets in the way of real life. […]