• On Life and Love

    Eating my words: Bjork

    I’ve never been much of a fan of Bjork. Her music has always tended to sound like someone took a sweet, friendly, normally quiet cat and strung it up with dental floss by the pads of its paws in a chimney while the fire below it built to a nice and roasty heat. Tonight, though, a DJ on Dublab (Chicken George) mixed a track that I immediately knew to be Bjork (I mean, honestly, the woman is very distinctive) that has made me eat my words. It’s a track called “I Miss You”, and although she still makes her characteristic odd sounds, the song is amazing, with a nice little…

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    Lunch linkage

    I’ve decided to start posting the links I find daily for perusal and commentary. These are links from my del.icio.us site, simply gathered daily and posted. Micro Persuasion: Bookmarklets Every Blogger Should Have » Not just bloggers, but those that read blogs or generally want to use the web in as networked a way as possible. Skinny Daily Post: Magnificent obsession » A magnificent obsession that I may live with for the rest of my life. This is wonderfully well-written.

  • On Life and Love

    Snip, snip.

    These past few days have been busy and stressful enough to send me to tears. Anyway, we finally got WO’s hair cut (after months of talking about doing it), and… I have photos! Roommate-Guy was less than impressed, but I’m pleased, and WO seems pleased that I’m pleased, so everything is cool. Plus, WO says Roommate-Guy has no taste. As for what else has been going on, there were the 10 hours I’ve spent since Friday evening on my Software Requirements and Specifications project (and we were ahead!) and the 6-ish hours I just spent on my AI project. I had good results with AI, with the exception that I…

  • On Life and Love

    Saying the right thing to the wrong person.

    It dawned on me that for many of us, our lives contain these wrong people who we continue to try to please (but won’t ever) and these fixer-upper situations that just continue to spring leaks as we scramble to patch them. And the point is that the fixer uppers won’t ever be fixed. Some fixer-uppers of course just need a little paint and the odd ant trap. Others are an emotional money pit. The hard part is knowing the difference. (From Krista’s November 3 posting.) Read the whole thing. The whole damn thing. Then think about your life. How many times does this type of situation occur? How many times…

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    On life…

    I saw it on Karsh’s site and had to copy: This Is My Life, Rated Life: 5.4 Mind: 5.5 Body: 4.1 Spirit: 6.7 Friends/Family: 5.9 Love: 7.7 Finance: 5.5 Take the Rate My Life Quiz