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Feb. 10th, 2006 04:26 pmOuting your real feelings in a nutshell: "If anyone believes that gay men can actually become ex-gay men, I have just one question for you: Would you want your daughter to marry one? (NY Times Op-Ed piece)
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Feb. 3rd, 2006 11:47 amIt's payday, and my six-month raise went through! I am finally making more than I did at my last job. W00t!
not promising
Feb. 2nd, 2006 12:20 pmAnd the first thing that happened to me today after getting out of the house was ... a flat tire. Oh, such a good way to start the day. Let's hope it can only get better from here.
State of the Union (the other view)
Feb. 1st, 2006 07:16 pmI love Mark Morford. A liberal somehow retaining both his optimism and his sense of humor.
Well, look at that. I'm curvy, soft, and green. Who'd-a-thunk-it?
Get your own spectral analysis from Area 23® |
I found this entry on one of my library-oriented blogs. This may be the most touching commentary on father/daughter (or parent/child) relationships I've ever seen. I think I need to go home and call my dad. And my mom. And my stepdad.
wishlist data mining
Jan. 7th, 2006 10:49 amData Mining 101: Finding subversives with Amazon Wishlists
I'd be a little scared by the privacy implications, but I'm too fascinated. Plus, since you CAN make a wish list private, and they're voluntarily created documents anyway, I don't think privacy issues really apply. What do you think the actual name used was? Something pretty common - Michael, or William, or something like that, I'd think.
Incidentally, have you loked at the Amazon wish list feature recently? You can have multiple lists! With varying levels of privacy. And you can make shopping lists for other people ("oh, mom would love that book, I should mark it down for her birthday ...").
Can we say how much better I'm doing with my posting frequency this year?
I'd be a little scared by the privacy implications, but I'm too fascinated. Plus, since you CAN make a wish list private, and they're voluntarily created documents anyway, I don't think privacy issues really apply. What do you think the actual name used was? Something pretty common - Michael, or William, or something like that, I'd think.
Incidentally, have you loked at the Amazon wish list feature recently? You can have multiple lists! With varying levels of privacy. And you can make shopping lists for other people ("oh, mom would love that book, I should mark it down for her birthday ...").
Can we say how much better I'm doing with my posting frequency this year?
who can resist
Jan. 6th, 2006 02:03 pman article about pranks? I love reading about these. I've got to get the book mentioned now.
http://www.economist.com/world/displaystory.cfm?story_id=5323412&tranMode=none
http://www.economist.com/world/displaystory.cfm?story_id=5323412&tranMode=none
most exhausting weekend ever
Oct. 3rd, 2005 01:21 pmI am moved. I have trucked everything I own up two flights of stairs. My calves ache, my back aches, my arms ache. There are boxes of stuff randomly distributed all over my apartment, and I no longer have any chairs in my living room, only a couch.
Thankfully for my sanity, we locked the cats in the bedroom for most of yesterday, with the unintended (but highly appreciated) result that nothing got dumped on the bed to be cleaned up before I could collapse. Must keep that in mind for the next move.
As for the differences between the apartments, you can judge for yourself whether these are pros or cons:
living room half the size
2 closets instead of 4
more windows - normal sized ones, and at a normal height
the bedroom gets very very bright in the mornings - direct sun on the bed at some points (the cats say that's a pro!)
tub instead of stall shower
no dishwasher
smaller kitchen
"balcony" - read: fire escape
And for this, I get to pay the same rent, plus the cost of electric heat. Oh, boy.
Thankfully for my sanity, we locked the cats in the bedroom for most of yesterday, with the unintended (but highly appreciated) result that nothing got dumped on the bed to be cleaned up before I could collapse. Must keep that in mind for the next move.
As for the differences between the apartments, you can judge for yourself whether these are pros or cons:
living room half the size
2 closets instead of 4
more windows - normal sized ones, and at a normal height
the bedroom gets very very bright in the mornings - direct sun on the bed at some points (the cats say that's a pro!)
tub instead of stall shower
no dishwasher
smaller kitchen
"balcony" - read: fire escape
And for this, I get to pay the same rent, plus the cost of electric heat. Oh, boy.
So, if anyone in the NYC area has nothing to do Saturday, would you like to come help me move? Yes, move. Saturday. And I've known since all of last Thursday.
My landlord is selling my building. Evidently, the new owners applied for some kind of federal loan that is specifically for small rental properties. For small, read "4 apartmetns or less." There are 5 apartments in my building, and ours is the one that is supposed to be combined with another one. So basically the sale won't go through until we move out of this apartment.
Luckily, there is an empty apartment in the building. Unluckily, the living room is half the size and there are half as many closets as our place. But, we only have to move stuff up one flight of stairs, and
not really pack. We just have to throw out a ton of stuff.
Evidently graduating and getting married was not enough life stress for one year, I need to also have the joy of moving. I can't wait for 2006.
My landlord is selling my building. Evidently, the new owners applied for some kind of federal loan that is specifically for small rental properties. For small, read "4 apartmetns or less." There are 5 apartments in my building, and ours is the one that is supposed to be combined with another one. So basically the sale won't go through until we move out of this apartment.
Luckily, there is an empty apartment in the building. Unluckily, the living room is half the size and there are half as many closets as our place. But, we only have to move stuff up one flight of stairs, and
not really pack. We just have to throw out a ton of stuff.
Evidently graduating and getting married was not enough life stress for one year, I need to also have the joy of moving. I can't wait for 2006.
interests meme
Sep. 21st, 2005 10:20 pm1. bookmarks:
I have always saved any site that looked well-done as a bookmark, in case someone I knew asked me about the topic. Then I became a librarian, and strangers asked me about topics. I have over 1500 bookmarks organized in my personal hierarchy and publicly posted on a web page.
2. buffy:
I love(d) the Buffy the Vampire Slayer series, and even have a certain fondness for the movie. And I still read the fanfiction a couple of years after the demise.
3. csi:
CSI is also a favorite TV series. I love the building up of the clues to a picture of the event - it's like my favorite mystery novels.
4. etymology:
I'm fascinated by language in general, and how words evolve, shifting meanings and connotations.
5. folksonomies:
A new online trend of allowing "folks" to create their own categories for things (usually bookmarks), instead of a formal taxonomy decreed by some authority.
6. liad:
One of my favorite (and less well-known) SF series is the Liaden books by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller. Just amazing writing and world-building.
7. lost:
Another favorite TV series. For a librarian, I'm a serious TV junkie. I hope I don't have to explain what Lost is to anybody. However, I will say that survival stories have always been one of my favorites genres - Robinson Crusoe, Clan of the Cave Bear, anything where people are essentially in the middle of nowhere with no equipment or supplies - I love that.
8. paganism:
I consider myself a pagan, someone who reveres nature and believe in a mother goddess. I'm a solitary practitioner, since most gatherings of pagans seem to concentrate on stuff I have zero interest in, like tarot or astrology or auras or other new-agey crap. I would say I gradually converted starting around the time I moved to New York, though I had been interested in the idea since high school.
9. science fiction:
I've loved science fiction since early adolescence, and keep up with several series.
10. tivo:
I love, love my Tivo, though I'm not one of those evangelists trying to convert all my friends. Though I can lean that way if they ask me about it. I only wish they would hurry up with the tape one/watch one ability, for when my shows coincide.
I have always saved any site that looked well-done as a bookmark, in case someone I knew asked me about the topic. Then I became a librarian, and strangers asked me about topics. I have over 1500 bookmarks organized in my personal hierarchy and publicly posted on a web page.
2. buffy:
I love(d) the Buffy the Vampire Slayer series, and even have a certain fondness for the movie. And I still read the fanfiction a couple of years after the demise.
3. csi:
CSI is also a favorite TV series. I love the building up of the clues to a picture of the event - it's like my favorite mystery novels.
4. etymology:
I'm fascinated by language in general, and how words evolve, shifting meanings and connotations.
5. folksonomies:
A new online trend of allowing "folks" to create their own categories for things (usually bookmarks), instead of a formal taxonomy decreed by some authority.
6. liad:
One of my favorite (and less well-known) SF series is the Liaden books by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller. Just amazing writing and world-building.
7. lost:
Another favorite TV series. For a librarian, I'm a serious TV junkie. I hope I don't have to explain what Lost is to anybody. However, I will say that survival stories have always been one of my favorites genres - Robinson Crusoe, Clan of the Cave Bear, anything where people are essentially in the middle of nowhere with no equipment or supplies - I love that.
8. paganism:
I consider myself a pagan, someone who reveres nature and believe in a mother goddess. I'm a solitary practitioner, since most gatherings of pagans seem to concentrate on stuff I have zero interest in, like tarot or astrology or auras or other new-agey crap. I would say I gradually converted starting around the time I moved to New York, though I had been interested in the idea since high school.
9. science fiction:
I've loved science fiction since early adolescence, and keep up with several series.
10. tivo:
I love, love my Tivo, though I'm not one of those evangelists trying to convert all my friends. Though I can lean that way if they ask me about it. I only wish they would hurry up with the tape one/watch one ability, for when my shows coincide.
stupid questions
Aug. 12th, 2005 05:52 pmYou know that saying, "there are no stupid questions"? Well, I'm sorry, but there are. When it is 91 degrees (F) inside a public building, "Why isn't your air conditioning on?" is a stupid question. It isn't on because it's broken. There is literally no other reason on this earth why it would not be on if it were working.
The AC at work is STILL broken. It is miserable here - 89 degrees, 52 percent humidity last time I checked. Plus, no patrons are coming in anyway, so tell me again why we're open? I hate feeling sweaty and sticky. The branch should close and all the staff should be sent to other branches.
Here's an article (editorial, I guess) about the incredibly different lives kids lead. This one is a little more all-encompassing than the nature-deprivation one:
The Boredom Machine
She certainly makes some good points. When was the last time you saw kids making up their own games? Playing outside unsupervised? They just expect to be entertained by others, thus the "I'm bored" refrain.
The Boredom Machine
She certainly makes some good points. When was the last time you saw kids making up their own games? Playing outside unsupervised? They just expect to be entertained by others, thus the "I'm bored" refrain.
the hammer has dropped
Jul. 28th, 2005 12:44 pmRich has officially quit his job, which I have been expecting for several months. Hopefully, once he can work on job hunting full time, he'll find one he likes fairly quickly.
