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Archive for May, 2007

Take this cheese to sick bay!

Wednesday, May 30th, 2007

Michael’s home safely, and I’m glad to say that his weekend eventually began to look up. He brought me a present–a personalized, autographed picture of Robert Picardo, whom I have admired since Meg Mucklebones and China Beach, so when he became a cast member in the Trek franchise, it was a win for me. Apparently, [...]

Hopefully, today will go a little better.

Sunday, May 27th, 2007

Here I am, Memorial Day weekend, quietly putzing around my house. I can not tell you how welcome a stretch of three days with nothing to do and no company is. Michael has headed off to wonderfest, and has already called a couple of times to let me know how things are going. They had [...]

Reference to layman type article.

Sunday, May 27th, 2007

Better Veterans Stress Testing Urged
I think I need to do what must be done in order to start working with this population, eventually. I worry about what is going to happen to these kids, I worry about the lack of understanding so many people have regarding the process of this very complex and difficult issue. [...]

Nothing fires up a crowd like Burl Ives!

Thursday, May 24th, 2007

Commander of USAF Air Demonstration Squad (Thunderbirds)
Oh, wow, I had to watch the Daily Show episode with the LTC Kevin Robbins interview like… 857 times. The guy is so charming that I may fall over from the force of it.
Hope he uses his powers for awesome.
OMG

Beginnings of Sorrow

Thursday, May 24th, 2007

Adbusters : The Magazine - #71 Beginnings of Sorrow / The American Left’s Silly Victim Complex
In the pseudo-Orwellian political landscape that is modern America, to self-identify as a liberal is almost tantamount to thoughtcrime, a dangerous admission that carries with it the very real risk of instantly and permanently alienating a good half of the [...]

Am I ever to catch up?

Monday, May 21st, 2007

After so many years, I touched my mother’s oil paints. I believe I last did that when I was 5.
Starting with something simple. I want to make a painted cloth for an archery kit–I need a quiver. I’ve got a heraldic bow, heraldic arrows, and a little paint will give me a heraldic finger [...]

Monday’s Words

Wednesday, May 16th, 2007

5/14/07
I have to get better at using every available moment.
Thumbnails from a weekend that was primarily good:

So, things I got done this weekend:
1. Started the heraldic patch for the green kirtle.
2. Made another coif. Because I was using the second linen stocking, the coif is on the bias. Yeah, that was a reminder about [...]

Unhappy Mother’s Day

Monday, May 14th, 2007

It’s usually terrible for me, but this year’s was the worst in a *long* time. It started out with me waking to a phone call from my crying daughter, sitting in my driveway, while I was 1.5 hours away because I had misunderstood/misremembered our Mother’s Day plan, and it just went downhill from there. [...]

Happenings, condensed. Or Not.

Monday, May 7th, 2007

Let’s see. Again, much time elapsed. Farg. Well, let me see how much of my recollection I can cram into this evening.
Activities in passing

* Sunday: Watched Kiernan in the morning. He was teh cute, as usual, but of course, I am prejudiced. I spent the afternoon at a Baronial SCA event, visiting with people [...]