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gwydion* "Republican Official Calls For Gays To Be 'Purged' From GOP:" http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/07/mary-helen-sears-michigan-gop_n_4740426.html?utm_hp_ref=tw
* "8 Former Republicans Who Ditched the Extremist GOP:" http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/gop
* "Young American adults abandon religion in record numbers:" http://www.patheos.com/blogs/progressivesecularhumanist/2014/02/young-american-adults-abandon-religion-in-record-numbers/
* "Three endangered whooping cranes shot in US:" http://gulfnews.com/news/world/usa/three-endangered-whooping-cranes-shot-in-us-1.1288555
* "Deep sea (mesopelagic) fish biomass 10 times more than previously thought:" http://www.techtimes.com/articles/3295/20140208/deep-sea-mesopelagic-fish-biomass-10-times-more-than-previously-thought.htm
* "How the vastly improbable has determined what animals got where:" http://arstechnica.com/science/2014/02/how-the-vastly-improbable-has-determined-what-animals-got-where/
* "Biology of early human relative uncovered:" http://phys.org/news/2014-01-biology-early-human-relative-uncovered.html
* "New study changes conceptions about the determinants of skull development and form:" http://phys.org/news/2014-01-conceptions-skull.html
* "England's 'only female doctor'?" http://thequackdoctor.com/index.php/guest-post-englands-only-female-doctor/
* "The defeat that stunned Victorian Britain:" http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-25728231
* "Justice Department To Launch Push For Full Recognition Of Same-Sex Marriage:" http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/eric-holder-gay-marriage-full-recognition
* This is a site that people can go on to share safe to pee restrooms. Even if you aren't trans, please add safe restrooms to the database. It will help a whole lot of people out. "REFUGE restrooms:" www.refugerestrooms.org
* Today there was not nearly enough sleep. Oh, I tried to go to bed at a reasonable hour, but I dropped the good DvD player, and ended up spending an hour prying it open to fix it and putting it back together. The good news is it was fixable. I just needed to pop it open, extract the trapped DvD, unscrew an interior cover, pop the tray back into place, and close it all back up. Of course Hector freaked the fuck out. He's been having particularly bad nightmares what with us losing his Mache cat, and he's really clinging to his rituals. I looked like I was going to bed, and then I didn't. He committed everywhere, which I discovered by stepping in a puddlew when I went to put the screwdrivers away. I cleaned myself and the floor, medicated Hector, and went to put more bits and bobs away, discovering another puddle with my foot.
I had just got into bed when Squirrel got back from work. He wanted to try out his new slow cooker, but is very new to cooking, so I put on pants and showed him how to make baste, donating some of my veggie broth and herbs. I know nothing of crock pots; I grew up poor, so my cooking is very old school equipment and making from scratch, but I know all sorts of basic things including meat stuff that I never use for myself, but can remember in a pinch when cooking for others. Squirrel's tastes are very simple, so I did a basic garlic and herb set up, but his meat with two veg (not a euphemism) smelled right when I got back from my collection of small errands I was doing and he said it tasted good. I'm so happy for him learning to cook.
I managed to zombie out of bed in time to do a list of small errands I wanted to do before I left town tomorrow. My shelving arrives Friday. Two of the errands were a fail, as one clearly requires a second pair of hands, and the other one involved finding a business I hadn't been to in it's new location and the map was vague enough that I simply couldn't find it and didn't have time to keep searching. (Either the business was no longer there and the Internet map out of date, or their signage sucked. It was dusk and the signs that weren't lighted were hard to read. Both are possible). I missed making a phone call before leaving, it being to late by the time I achieved enough control to be moving around. I succeeded at another when I got back. I achieved three errands including ordering the shelving, and dropped two errands off the bottom for it being time to turn over the car to Squirrel for his game night. Now starts the moving of boxes to make room for shelves, the organizing of directions, and the packing up of an overnight bag for tomorrow's mission. I am already tired.
* For the record, I really like the Arthur Darvill as Mephistopheles version of Marlowe's Doctor Faustus. It is beautiful and exactly the right level of stylized for my taste.
* "8 Former Republicans Who Ditched the Extremist GOP:" http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/gop
* "Young American adults abandon religion in record numbers:" http://www.patheos.com/blogs/progressivesecularhumanist/2014/02/young-american-adults-abandon-religion-in-record-numbers/
* "Three endangered whooping cranes shot in US:" http://gulfnews.com/news/world/usa/three-endangered-whooping-cranes-shot-in-us-1.1288555
* "Deep sea (mesopelagic) fish biomass 10 times more than previously thought:" http://www.techtimes.com/articles/3295/20140208/deep-sea-mesopelagic-fish-biomass-10-times-more-than-previously-thought.htm
* "How the vastly improbable has determined what animals got where:" http://arstechnica.com/science/2014/02/how-the-vastly-improbable-has-determined-what-animals-got-where/
* "Biology of early human relative uncovered:" http://phys.org/news/2014-01-biology-early-human-relative-uncovered.html
* "New study changes conceptions about the determinants of skull development and form:" http://phys.org/news/2014-01-conceptions-skull.html
* "England's 'only female doctor'?" http://thequackdoctor.com/index.php/guest-post-englands-only-female-doctor/
* "The defeat that stunned Victorian Britain:" http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-25728231
* "Justice Department To Launch Push For Full Recognition Of Same-Sex Marriage:" http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/eric-holder-gay-marriage-full-recognition
* This is a site that people can go on to share safe to pee restrooms. Even if you aren't trans, please add safe restrooms to the database. It will help a whole lot of people out. "REFUGE restrooms:" www.refugerestrooms.org
* Today there was not nearly enough sleep. Oh, I tried to go to bed at a reasonable hour, but I dropped the good DvD player, and ended up spending an hour prying it open to fix it and putting it back together. The good news is it was fixable. I just needed to pop it open, extract the trapped DvD, unscrew an interior cover, pop the tray back into place, and close it all back up. Of course Hector freaked the fuck out. He's been having particularly bad nightmares what with us losing his Mache cat, and he's really clinging to his rituals. I looked like I was going to bed, and then I didn't. He committed everywhere, which I discovered by stepping in a puddlew when I went to put the screwdrivers away. I cleaned myself and the floor, medicated Hector, and went to put more bits and bobs away, discovering another puddle with my foot.
I had just got into bed when Squirrel got back from work. He wanted to try out his new slow cooker, but is very new to cooking, so I put on pants and showed him how to make baste, donating some of my veggie broth and herbs. I know nothing of crock pots; I grew up poor, so my cooking is very old school equipment and making from scratch, but I know all sorts of basic things including meat stuff that I never use for myself, but can remember in a pinch when cooking for others. Squirrel's tastes are very simple, so I did a basic garlic and herb set up, but his meat with two veg (not a euphemism) smelled right when I got back from my collection of small errands I was doing and he said it tasted good. I'm so happy for him learning to cook.
I managed to zombie out of bed in time to do a list of small errands I wanted to do before I left town tomorrow. My shelving arrives Friday. Two of the errands were a fail, as one clearly requires a second pair of hands, and the other one involved finding a business I hadn't been to in it's new location and the map was vague enough that I simply couldn't find it and didn't have time to keep searching. (Either the business was no longer there and the Internet map out of date, or their signage sucked. It was dusk and the signs that weren't lighted were hard to read. Both are possible). I missed making a phone call before leaving, it being to late by the time I achieved enough control to be moving around. I succeeded at another when I got back. I achieved three errands including ordering the shelving, and dropped two errands off the bottom for it being time to turn over the car to Squirrel for his game night. Now starts the moving of boxes to make room for shelves, the organizing of directions, and the packing up of an overnight bag for tomorrow's mission. I am already tired.
* For the record, I really like the Arthur Darvill as Mephistopheles version of Marlowe's Doctor Faustus. It is beautiful and exactly the right level of stylized for my taste.