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December 30th, 2009
11:43 am jducoeur [Link]	Ah, yes -- let's mess up my entire body at once Let's enumerate, shall we? I am getting annoyed with the progressive lenses. As I mentioned in comments to my last post, I'm used to using my peripheral vision, and looking at things just with my eyes. Having to turn my head side-to-side so much is disconcerting at best, and the fact that there are parts of my vision that are never in focus because of the nature of the lenses isn't thrilling me. (It's especially getting in the way of my using two monitors as effectively as I'm used to, glancing back and forth.) Should have expected this, but I am finding myself contemplating a switch to conventional bifocals. I'll give it a week or two, and see if I remain distressed by it. Just got to work via the flu clinic. Apparently Burlington is running one of relatively few free clinics that are currently open, so it's quite crowded: I got there ten minutes before they opened, so the line was only 45 minutes long. (When I tried yesterday afternoon, it was two hours.) Ran into my cousin Mark Reid in line -- he was coming from Carlisle, which drove home the point that there aren't enough clinics open. But I got the seasonal in my nose and the H1N1 in my arm, so I can expect fun mild symptoms tomorrow, in exchange for better odds against the bad flu season. On the actually fun side of pain, this morning was my first serious session with my main Christmas present, the Wii Fit. (The present included the Wii, of course, and we're going to get Rock Band when we find it in stock, but the Fit was the primary point.) It's quite different from what I'm used to: a less intense workout than my usual 45 minutes on the elliptical, but far better-balanced a regimen, with an impressive array of exercises. It starts off with a general physical evaluation, which came out embarassingly bad -- the thing is surprisingly willing to tell you that you suck. But it does provide a good motivational tool, and is designed to be used as a serious every-day program, with tracking of all stats. Anyway, I tried a few of the balance exercises yesterday, and was astonished at how badly I did on several of them. I think of myself as good at balance, but that's via lots of little constant adjustments. The Fit wants you to really balance -- control your central of gravity more precisely -- and that's going to take work. But some of the exercises are fun, especially the one where you use your balance to control what amounts to a Labyrinth table, rocking the table to cause several balls to roll into holes. Today I did the main aerobics, and they're an interesting set. The step and running exercises are pretty conventional, but the boxing hits some muscles I'm not used to, and the hula-hooping is way different. I can feel several mucles in my side going WTF?!? at me, but nothing feels actually pulled, so I think that's all good. I'll probably shoot to do this 2-3 times a week, interspersed with the elliptical... Tags: diary (21 comments \| Leave a comment)
11:02 am infryq [Link]	In Which I Visit Connecticut and Other Tales My private with Royston went well; I learned to turn from 4th instead of 2nd and when to spot (getting enough practice to actually do it is another thing), another way to think about sinking into my steps, and had my posture corrected (but ohhhh that one's hard). Among other things. But it's exciting! There was a somewhat egregious morning getting up and on the bus and on the train and then to sleep, but then after that it was better. To Philly and then to Hartford, where Paul's folks live -- their neighborhood reminds me a lot of the residential-downtown Needham area, with rows of houses and then a little center with shops and things that're easy to walk around. But then there's a sneaky more breezeway-mall type shopping center hidden in a hollow behind the library, too. Excellent stationery store, good food, a french bakery that's getting its feet, a real hardware store crammed full of useful stuff, and a lot of confusing clothing boutiques selling things I think only 5 people look good in. So, walking, baking (bread, bread, yeast waffles, black walnut cookies), cooking (I did up a mean salmon papillote, paul did a risotto, there was an amazing boiled ham for chrismas, lots of fresh horseraddish), reading (finished The Last Herald-Mage and went on to read the Vogue sewing book, a book-from-the-internet Mark got Paul and I for xmas, and a nice heinlein I hadn't read before that I wound up finishing on the train back), sleeping, making tea, doing crosswords, and playing ipod games (Zen Bound is highly recommended). All in all an excellent trip! It was a little awkward. But not too much. Good, I think. I may have teased Mark too much about being a pseudohipster. But I think he can take it. Getting back to the house from the train station in Pittsburgh was a bit of an ordeal. We got off the train around 9:20p (so just over an hour late, about as late as we were getting off in Hartford), checked the bus schedules, and headed for the 53F which would drop us off just down the street from our house. OK, problem: the schedule says it'll be a such-and-such intersection at 9:40, but the route map says that after 7pm the bus takes a different route through downtown, and doesn't stop at such-and-such but at thing-and-place, another 5 blocks away. Augh. We walk the five blocks, find the (remarkably forlorn) bus stop, just in time to see the bus turn the corner just before our stop and head off toward such-and-such. And the next bus isn't for an hour. Great. We wound up grabbing a taxi from the stand outside that hotel on Oliver. Fantastic guy, mellow modern R&B on the radio, super-warm van, Paul directed him through the back way, and I think the fare was under $20, which is way less than I expected (although my only other experience is from taking a cab to and from Olin and Logan airport, so ... a bit skew). Annnnnd we're back! Strip trip today, cleaning up the aftermath from before we left (the dining room is a disaster), banana bread, checking on the beer, and just not doing much of anything. I want to try out the new inks I got in CT, and see about knitting up another left mitten to match the one I lost on the great trek across downtown last night. :( Alas! Oh and find another purse-type object. Paul got me a leatherman for xmas and while it technically fits, its makes it hard to maneuver things in and out. Current Mood: pleased (Leave a comment)
12:16 am catullus_5 [Link]	Strategy for New Year's resolutions that actually fly, and don't augur into a cornfield I read about a great idea that I'm going to make into a New Year's resolution. It's called the One Minute Rule, and simply put, it's this: If there's a task that you can complete in under one minute, you have to do it right now. That's all. It's that simple. When a mountain of tasks piles up, it can stress you out and affect your mood. The One Minute Rule is supposed to prevent that from ever happening, keeping you in comfort while also giving you momentum to tackle the larger tasks you face. This same blog has some good general tips for writing resolutions that are feasible. Choose goals that are small, measurable, achievable, and short-term. This way, not only does one find it easier to meet the goals, but one's success will beget yet more motivation, in a virtuous circle. So, I'm going to make this additional resolution, but apply it for only one month. I'll see where I stand at the end of January: No red meat in January. Pork counts as red meat. See, this is both more concrete and more achievable than an airy "Lose weight" or "Fewer fatty foods in 2010." I really think this could.... Wait a second.... No red meat means no In-N-Out Burger while in California. I cannot abide this. No, no, this won't do at all. Suppose I said no red meat in the Eastern time zone. Is that still legitimate, or wimpy and pathetic like a drug addict promising "okay, okay, just twelve more hits and then I'll quit"? (Leave a comment)
December 29th, 2009
09:55 pm little_e_ [Link]	So, does your tongue burn when you drink orange or cranberry juice? (7 comments \| Leave a comment)
08:52 pm jducoeur [Link]	Desperately holding onto the world until it stops rocking quite so much Good: I finally got a new eyeglass prescription a couple of weeks ago, for the first time in probably 4-5 years. Bad: time for the bifocals. I knew that was coming, though: one of the main incentives to get off my ass and deal was when I caught myself lifting off my glasses to read fine print a week or so before. Good: the new glasses are progressives. So while they are bifocals, nobody except me can really tell. And they really are a fair amount sharper, at both the near and far distances. Bad: these progressives -- well, they take some getting used to. It's not simply up-vs-down: the near-focus actually covers a semi-circular area around the bottom. This means that my core focal area is rather smaller than I expected. Worse, it means that if I turn my head side-to-side and keep looking at something, it actually shifts position and size on me. Only slightly, but enough to be startlingly dizzying. So I have to be more careful to actually look in the direction I'm looking with my head, not just my eyes. I'm sure this is pretty common, and that I'll get used to it fast enough. But I have to say, learning how to look at things differently is going to make for a strange few days... Tags: diary (15 comments \| Leave a comment)
08:14 pm luvrentboy [Link]	R.I.P. Mom My mother died 20 years ago today. Something hit me when I realized this today. 20 years ago today is when my life went to shit. Everything went awry and I was destined to a futureless meaningless existance. This is gonna be kinda deep and confessional, but I want to just let some stuff out. I was left to live wth my stepfather and younger brother. My sister moved to the 1st floor with her daughter. My sister had always hated me and treated me badly. My stepfather was a drunk. When my mom dies it got so much worse. He also started doing crack daily, as I watched. He beat me. Badly. He threw me around. Punched me like a grown man. Choked me and did whatever he needed to get his frustrations out. His son didn't get anything because I decided to take it all. We didn't eat, brush our teeth or bathe. It was a horrible life. My sister stole me from him. She took guardianship and I lived with her. That's when my younger bro got the beatings. Eventuakky he broke my 4 yr old bros leg and went to jail as the kid was shipped around from foster home to foster home. My sisters home was no better. She beat me, beat me more and worse than he did. I constantly went to school with fat lips, black eyes and bruises. But with her I had to clean her whole house and cook all meals and take care of her daughter. I was not allowed a social life. I was forced to work part time and turn over all my checks to her. She also got monthly social security checks I never saw. She ate great meals and I was only allowed canned spegetti os and hot dogs. Seriously, I ate that almost every day for 2 years. I ran away from home @ 16. I finished high school, put myself through college, worked full time and made my life a little better than it was. Ever since than life has really fucked me over. I've tried and tried and tried. But I can't make anything of myself. Now I am here in NY and realy happy with my new choices. But I'm still poor and have no future planned. 20 years ago I lost any chance of having a good life. Now its time to change things. But where do I want to go now? That's the question. Current Mood: aggravated (2 comments \| Leave a comment)
07:50 pm girlygothic [Link]	My Christmas Actually, my Christmas hasn't quite happened yet. My Mom and Dad both turned 65 this month. As a result, my Mom has been crazy busy dealing with the associated paperwork. So we all agreed that to give her some extra time, we'd delay our gift-giving until she's done with all the paperwork. So some as-yet undetermined weekend in January is when my family will actually exchange gifts. But we did get together just to be with family over the holiday. I headed up to my parents' house Christmas morning. Driving up 495 I happened to glance into the trees in the median at one point, and spotted what I think was a peregrine falcon. I suppose it could have been some sort of hawk. But even viewing it from my car, it seemed very big. So I think the body size of the falcon matches better. I spent Christmas day schmoozing with Mom and Dad. That night for dinner Dad and I had a simplified version of the traditional dinner - chicken breasts with turkey gravy from a jar, stove top stuffing, and squash. After dinner we watched the Peasant episode of Terry Jones' Medieval Lives, and then later on Dad and I engaged in our genealogical geekery. The next morning Sister and Brother-in-Law arrived, having spent Christmas day at his parents' house. Our visits only overlapped a few hours though, as early in the afternoon Dad and I headed up to the library where I helped him do software upgrades on their six Macs. As it got to be about 3:00pm I headed out directly from the library. On this drive I passed the remains of Whalom Park. It's been shut down for years, but I'm used to still seeing the remains of the roller coaster and other buildings. Not today though. It's all been razed and something new is being built. I'm very curious to see how that develops. My next stop was kelsboston's and FighterBoy's house, for several hours of schmoozing with friends at their post-Christmas open house. When that party faded I headed back home. The next day lady_gaby and I got together for some schmoozing, shopping and Sherlock Holmes. Driving about, we were witness to a most incredible display of idiocy. Attempting to pull into a parking lot, the entrance to said lot was blocked by a woman in her car. Her car was mostly smack dab in the middle of the intersection of several curb-defined roads within the lot. But I say "mostly" because she wasn't actually sitting still. Her car was every so slowly drifting across said intersection, holding up the people stuck behind her, and keeping us from turning into the lot. While that kind of behavior is annoying in most circumstances, in this case it was particularly disconcerting as she wasn't even looking where she was going, with her head pointed directly into her lap. Deciding that I didn't want to wait for her to slowly drift to where we could get past her, and not really wanting to see her plow into something while not looking, I tapped my horn to try to catch her attention. This is where the situation got totally ludicrous. She responded by giving me stink-eye and brandishing her cell phone as if to say, "Excuse me! I'm texting here!" Wow. Just wow. Way to be completely oblivious. So yeah, that's everything of interest from my weekend. Tags: christmas, family, friends, humor, weekend (1 comment \| Leave a comment)
12:01 pm jducoeur [Link]	Life imitates old jokes I have to say, I've spent much of the past few days ruefully thinking back to the Shoe-Bomber incident of yore. And what I've been particularly remembering is the joke that made the rounds at the time, as the TSA starting demanding that we step out of our shoes, "Thank God Richard Reid didn't hde the bomb in his underwear"... (Leave a comment)
08:50 am neko038 [Link]	Back in MA. Very tired and have a cold, suck but it was great seeing everyone. Crys (Leave a comment)
December 28th, 2009
09:44 pm jducoeur [Link]	Yummy yummy eels H-Mart comes through again. I've come to the conclusion that, odd and idiosyncratic though it is, it may be the best place for me to go when I want something New and Different for dinner. Tonight I wandered in with few preconceptions, when my eye was caught by the Seaweed Salad, a traditional sushi-bar favorite app of ours. This led me to wondering what to make with it, when coincidence led me to the display of prepared and packaged Unaji: big eel filets, pre-cooked and marinated. I know when kismet is calling to me. The results are truly wonderful. The eel just needs a quick reheat in the oven, and a bed of good sweet rice made in the fancy Japanese rice cooker I picked up a couple of months ago: poof, nearly restaurant-grade Unaji-don (one of my favorite dinners) for maybe a third what it costs in a restaurant. Not an every-week dish, but a very easy treat for tired work nights... Tags: food (3 comments \| Leave a comment)
08:44 pm girlygothic [Link]	New Year's? I'm trying to figure out my plans for New Year's Eve. Before I weigh my options, I figured it would be good to make sure I know what they all are. So... What are my friends' plans that could include me? Tags: misc. (2 comments \| Leave a comment)
07:45 pm apiphobic [Link]	I can't take a shower in my house, so I started wearing a wig. (Leave a comment)
03:56 pm asmodai [Link]	WTF (went to france) Well, I'm off to Paris. See you in a few weeks, kids. (1 comment \| Leave a comment)
03:30 pm siderea [Link]	[lit, love] An Invitation to a Great Deed (in small, easy pieces) Friends, I write to invite you to do a bright thing, a modest act of wonder. A dear livejournal friend, bluetourmaline, has just suffered the destruction of much of her library of fantasy and science fiction through no fault of hers. She is, of course, in shock and heartbroken. Many of the books lost were not merely "old friends", they had been gifts from friends and treasures long sought. We who are her friends are rebuilding her library. I am inviting you to join us. This is not about money. The list is not so long, it would be simple enough to just buy replacements. But in light of how they were lost, the callousness of their wanton destruction, and their particularly personal history, I would like to do something more. The books lost were, many of them, gifts, given by book lovers to a book lover. Let them then be replaced in kind, by gifts from those who love books, who understand what a book can mean to a person. Let them come from the shelves and hands of those who have loved them themselves. If you would like to participate in this distributed deed of love and literature, ms_danson, whom I vouch for personally, is coordinating the replacement effort here: http://ms-danson.livejournal.com/813546.html If you are in the Boston area, and can get a book to me (deadline TBD), I'd be pleased to ship it with mine and spare you the cost of postage to Canada. Tags: lit, love (21 comments \| Leave a comment)
12:51 pm girlygothic [Link]	Happy Birthday ldycat1170! Doh! I got another friend this morning, but spaced that you too share a birthday with my Mom. So you too might be interested in her birthday page. Hope you have a great day! Tags: birthday (1 comment \| Leave a comment)
09:35 am catullus_5 [Link]	Dave Barry on 2009 Ah, Dave Barry. I miss his weekly columns. Dave Barry was a strong influence on my sense of humor. Growing up, the four funniest things were Dave Barry, P. J. O'Rourke, The Simpsons, and Calvin And Hobbes. Mr. Barry is semi-retired now, writing only on certain occasions instead of regularly. Fortunately, the end of the year is such an occasion. Don't you love it when you glance at the very beginning of something and can immediately tell that the rest of it is going to be great? It was also a year of Change, especially in Washington, where the tired old hacks of yesteryear finally yielded the reins of power to a group of fresh, young, idealistic, new-idea outsiders such as Nancy Pelosi. As a result Washington, rejecting "business as usual," finally stopped trying to solve every problem by throwing billions of taxpayer dollars at it and instead started trying to solve every problem by throwing trillions of taxpayer dollars at it. (Leave a comment)
07:57 am girlygothic [Link]	Happy Birthday anastasia1! And hey, since you share a birthday with my mom, you might be interested in her birthday page. Hope you have a great day! Tags: birthday (Leave a comment)
December 27th, 2009
04:30 pm luvrentboy [Link]	xmas So, I brought Freddie with me 2 boston for xmas. He had nowhere 2 go and was gonna spend the holidays alone in his apt. I felt the ghosts of xmas past would come get me if I didn't take him. So I did. It wiped out my bi-annual booty call with matt, but that's ok. It was hard 2 explain to people that I broke up with him in june but we. R still close and affectionate. It took 7 hours 2 get 2 boston. Then we went to paulas and spent the nite there. Some of my old friends were supposed to come over but they all bailed. No wonder I left. The nite was real nice and relaxing. The next day we chilled, ate @ panera and met up with Lisa. We grabbed a spliff and went 2 gardner. Spent the nite there and socialized til we passed out. Xmas day was @ lisas bros fam. Food was catered and not very good. It was nice tho, they r all very nice storybook kind of people. Then. We were dropped @ kristas in roslidale. Big fam so we were quite busy catching up. They r more my fam, than....well, my owm fam (wherever they are). Spent the nite, and the next day we vegged and smoked all day. Was awesome to relax. Then met up with paula again and did alum nite @ rocky. Was weird seeing all the old peeps performin together again. I really liked it. A lot. Than passed out, and woke up and headed to the bus home. I'm on bus now, listening to the damn bus driver blab on his phone and drive slow as shit. Can't wait to get 2 my apt and play with my bunny and the cats. Ahhhhh home again home again jiggedy jig. It was weird. I went "home" for the holidays and stayed @ a different place every nite. I had no base where I could leave all my luggage. Where I went, so did my bags. There was no real place to call my home and be welcomed @ every nite. It was actually really sad for me. I realize how alone I was in boston. How I was seperated from the people who r technically my family. How I was going nowhere and how unwanted I was. Moving to NY was. The best decision I've ever made. Just typing that last paragraph was hard 2 do. Current Mood: blank (2 comments \| Leave a comment)
04:10 pm siderea [Link]	[movie review, feminism] Brief note re "Ultraviolet" (2006) So I finally saw Ultraviolet courtesy of Netflix. In short, it was a hot mess, with a bunch of inspired cinematographic moments, some Waterworld-bungie-cord moments of fight choreography (we all know of "suspension of disbelief", but these indicate a related-but-different "suspension of mirth") and lots of ravishin architecture shot up by a well-built woman. The villian was deliciously megalomaniacal but I successfully guessed his Big Secret in his second scene. But my purpose here isn't to review the whole movie, but address one small important part of it that I picked up on and would like to praise. ( This requires major plot spoilers. ) This isn't a reason to rush out and see this movie, or anything. I'm not recommending it or anything. Just commending it for not getting one particular thing wrong. P.S. I also appreciate that they made the protagonist reasonably paranoid about even her co-conspirators, in a useful way, such that she reasonably anticipates what they're going to do when she tests them and preemptively takes action. She sometimes comes across as emotionally messed up, but never stupid about people for the sake of increasing plot conflict. P.P.S. If you are going to rent this, see it on the biggest screen you can manage so you don't have to squint at the pretty violence. Tags: feminism, movies (Leave a comment)
06:08 am gaussjordan [Link]	I don't know if anyone reads my journal for my movie recommendations (among other reasons, no doubt), but since it's the end of the year I am able to decide on my favorite movies this year. My favorite is Up in the Air, which just came out this week. It's a multifaceted movie which — like all the best comedies — is funny because it tells the truth about serious things. I couldn't do it justice with a description, but it is excellent. It's directed by Jason Reitman, who also made the excellent films Thank You for Smoking and Juno. My other two favorite movies are An Education and Star Trek. Much as I like Star Trek, my fondness for quirky niche films puts An Education a nose ahead. The screenplay is written by Nick Hornby based on the memoir of Lynn Barber, who as a 16 year old British schoolgirl in the 1960's had an affair with a dashing man in his older 30's. An Education has a surbub (an Oscar tipped) performance by the 24 year old Carey Mulligan, who you may know from the "Blink" episode of Doctor Who. As for Star Trek, well, it's just awesome. It has a good script, good direction, and by far the best overall acting that the Star Trek franchise has ever had. One noteworthy honorable mention is James Cameron's Avatar. It's a big budget, special effects drenched action movie, but it doesn't feel like one. It feels much more like a movie from the Golden Age of Walt Disney. It's a film that shows what you can do if you have a vivid imagination and a $200 or $300 million budget. There's not much plot, and what there is is entirely predictable, but that doesn't matter much. It's a movie about imagination and feeling rather than plot. The effects are superb, of course, but they are subtly executed and never get in the way of enjoying the movie. I saw it in IMAX 3D and it looked fantastic, but unlike most 3D movies, I completely forgot that it was in 3D after the first 10 minutes. Avatar show the way 3D movies should be done. Still, since I'm a fairly intellectual person, the lack of a thoughtful plot keeps this movie from being more highly ranked. One other movie I want to see is Crazy Heart. It's supposed to be very good; Jeff Bridges is widely expected to win the Best Actor Oscar for it. It's technically part of this year's movies, as it was released in New York and LA on the 16th, but it doesn't come to Boston until January 8th. (Leave a comment)
December 26th, 2009
02:42 pm jducoeur [Link]	High Tide [Actually yesterday's post. Dad is the IT department for the Pointe Santo complex, and was rather chagrined to discover last night that most of us were unable to connect to the Internet. He got to spend the morning tracking that down to a problem between the DHCP router and the new complex-wide industrial-grade Wifi setup. But with those mundanities out of the way, and the all-important connectivity restored, on to my usual impressionistic posting about my vacation...] I'm standing on dry(ish) ground: sand that is just damp. Suddenly, we're up to our knees in water, and the cold splash comes all the way up to our shoulders. We jump a bit. The roar of the breaker is quickly replaced by the carbonated hiss of the receding waters, full of popping bubbles. Shelling on Sanibel isn't like other places. Huge iridescent dark shells as big as my outstretched hand litter the shore at the high tide mark, so common that one little boy has built his sandcastle mostly out of the ones nearby. We dicuss what they might, inconclusively, along with wondering about the papery tubes littered all over. Big clam shells are so common that you could outfit the Carolingian Cooks Guild with flour scoops just from the ones found along a few feet of shoreline. Birds abound, looking for their meal among the bivalves. A posse of little terns huddle and strategize just above the tide line. As the wave washes out, they walk along with it; as the next one splashes in, they run back up to the safety of the seaweed. A pelican floats lazily, a couple dozen feet out, unperturbed by the way he is rising and falling four feet every few seconds. One realizes that Sanibel is shells, an eight-mile-long sandbar of them, and nothing more. Every few dozen yards, we encounter a stretch of shore that is made of nothing but small shells -- I can reach down, scoop up a handful, and come away with half a dozen small but elegant perfect shells that would be a prize on most beaches, but which aren't even worth the dime a dozen here. A bit further on and it is entirely made of fragments and shards a millimeter in size, not really shells any more but not quite willing yet to surrender to sandy senescence... Tags: diary, sanibel (Leave a comment)
08:26 am richenza [Link]	A boxing-day miracle... So, I was rushing to take out the trash. I hauled it out to the curb with about 30 seconds to spare when I saw something awesome. Some idiot had parked halfway into the road, and the garbage truck could not get through. Two of the garbage guys were trying to lift the rear end of the car and scoot it over, but couldn't quite get it to move. They tried squeezing the truck through anyway, but stopped when it was clear that it wasn't going to fit. Finally, the guy driving put the truck in park and came out. All three garbage guys grabbed hold of the rear end of the car, and with one gigantic heave moved the whole thing about a foot closer to the curb. Merry Cristmas, blue-car driving moron. You certainly did not deserve it, but the guys at DPW did you a solid this morning. Frankly, I'd have been tempted to just rip your side mirror off to teach you a lesson. (Leave a comment)
December 25th, 2009
11:26 pm girlygothic [Link]	Dork! Dork! Dork! Tonight after dinner, Mom, Dad and I got to geeking about family relationships. What's a second cousin? What's a first cousin once removed? Nobody knew. Everyone was confused. I come from a family of geeks. Mom looked it up in Wikipedia. Dad and I drew graphs. We figured out who was related to whom in what ways. We determined who wasn't technically related to whom even though we thought we were. We coined a new term... M-Cousins. Later, after Mom went to bed, Dad and I engaged in complete geekery and redrew a graph in OmniGraffle. So... smaugchow, meet fionathecelt. fionathecelt, meet smaugchow. You two (Jeff and Ruth) are M-Cousins! I know, Dad and I are complete dorks. Tags: family, flickr, geekery, omnigraffle (2 comments \| Leave a comment)
04:39 pm cokebottletuque [Link]	bad idea # 5324D; co2 regulator, 20 oz tank, expansion chamber, solenoid valves, vortex block, bullpup, coaxial barrel/ammo piston. (Leave a comment)
08:03 am girlygothic [Link]	Merry Christmas! Merry Christmas Everyone! I hope you and all your loved ones have a wonderful day. Photography Meme Standing Offer - Whatever you want, I'll take the photo and post it. Alternately or additionally, give me a category or general description of a photo you'd like to see, and I'll pull one from my collection that fits. Tags: christmas, ljimages (1 comment \| Leave a comment)

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