So, in these first two weeks of the New Year, I’ve uncovered a few things about myself – my limitations and expectations, and how reality is meshing with them all. Especially over this weekend, since I’ve literally been forced to sit in bed with nothing more to entertain me than my own thoughts (well, when I wasn’t spiking a fever. Dang flu.) Number one is, this first couple of months of this sabbatical have...
read more ›Yes, I’m terrible. Here it is, January 4th, and I’m just now wishing everyone a “Happy New Year”. I had a reason, though… I wen to West Virginia to visit with my family and we were down there for almost 2 weeks. My mom doesn’t have a great internet connection and… well, we tend to not spend our time with electronic devices anyway. So, that being said, I get “Inglorious Basterds” as a...
read more ›I just wanted to give a little update on my previous posting about my new treadmill desk setup. It’s still set up the same way – my husband hasn’t been able to actually create a better working desk than the current prototype, due to an unexpected garage emergency involving electrical wiring and discussions about suing the dude who did the house inspection before we bought the place because we’re seriously lucky our house hasn’t...
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Why I moderate comments
Many people feel that moderation of comments of a blog (such as this) is bad practice, and is performed pretty much by people who believe themselves to be the end-all of correctness. Only people who love themselves and care nothing for other people’s opinions moderate the comments on their site. (This observation, anyway, is something I’ve seen in my years as a blog-reader and Twitterer, but I don’t have any direct references to such...
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