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Personal journal and weblog. Frequent topics include deafness, site design, queer news, and issues local to the Washington DC area.
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Daily Digest for November 28th
Dear @Sephora, all I want for the holidays this year is a gift cert any size for my beautiful wife to pick out what she wants! #SephoraClaus [etoile] Love the Papa John’s special: "Tired of Turkey? LG spe...
New Design
Somebody commented on my site and said “I love that theme, where is it from?” Of course I had long since forgotten, but the link was at the bottom of the page, so I sent the person to InfoCreek WordPress Themes. As I found the theme I w...
Daily Digest for November 27th
I’m thankful for being exactly where I want to be. There’s some things that could be better, but mostly everything is just right. [etoile] Not @flyaway47’s fault, but dinner tonight sucked. Potatoe...
Daily Digest for November 26th
Blood draw this morning: *checks rt arm* I’m going to check the other arm *checks left arm* Do they ever take it out of your hand? *sigh* [etoile] http://twitpic.com/qvj02 – Safeway has full size Tofurky...
Daily Digest for November 25th
Published Daily Digest for November 24th. Decided to stay home today to work on my 15-page paper on lesbians with disabilities. May have to expand the scope. [etoile] Hanky code iPhone app exists. ...
Daily Digest for November 24th
Anybody remember the article about the maximum # of people you can have meaningful follow-relationships with? Not sure how to describe it. [etoile] Poll: What do you want to see most in the new DC Agenda? http://dca...
Daily Digest for November 20th
New blog post: Daily Digest for November 19th http://journal.amanita.net/2009/11/19/daily-digest-for-november-19th/ [etoile] Chick on the metro would be so hot except for one thing: fake. Fake boobs, fake lips, fake...
Daily Digest for November 19th
Wow, I dreamed Janet Jackson gave me her phone number and email address written on a blue stuffed bunny. [etoile] Who’s going to @WashingtonBlade tweetup tonight? I know I am! #bladetweetup [etoile] ...
This is Dumb: The Vegetarian Myth
From The Vegetarian Myth by Lierre Keith: In his book Long Life, Honey in the Heart, Martin Pretchel writes of the Mayan people and their concept of kas-limaal, which translates roughly as “mutual indebtedness, mutual insparkedness.” ...
Daily Digest for November 18th
Hate when I put my SmarTrip card somewhere dumb. [etoile] Was running late so didn’t check email before leaving. Turns out both morning classes canceled. Nothing till 3. Oh well, almost to school. [etoile] ...
Daily Digest for November 17th
New blog post: Daily Digest for November 16th http://bit.ly/2qvbcv [etoile] I have 60 gigs free at the moment. It makes me giggle and I don’t know what to do with myself! [etoile] I only have...
Daily Digest for November 16th
New blog post: Daily Digest for November 15th http://bit.ly/2iVovK [etoile] I found http://www.geekgirlsonline.com/ and came across this pic: http://u.nu/828v3 – notice WHAT she is tied up with. (Both links NS...
Daily Digest for November 15th
New blog post: Daily Digest for November 14th http://bit.ly/1DJk6C [etoile] RT @nolageek: RT @cyanogen Yes, we will have Eclair on our G1’s and Magics. It’s just gonna take a little time. // Yay! Eclair...
Daily Digest for November 14th
New blog post: Daily Digest for November 13th http://bit.ly/hUbLu [etoile] One-a-Day now makes VitaCraves, gummy vitamins for adults. Serving size is 2 gummies. How is that one a day? [etoile] &quo...
Daily Digest for November 13th
New blog post: Daily Digest for November 12th http://bit.ly/lzfBW [etoile] I can tell I’m sleepy when my brain starts behaving like a Markov chainer. [etoile] Hmm. If my spring semester sched...
Daily Digest for November 12th
New blog post: Daily Digest for November 11th http://bit.ly/429qT [etoile] Cool article about accessibility and tabletop gaming (eg, D&D): http://boldpueblo.com/dazed/2009/11/accessibility/ (it’s by @kynn)...
Daily Digest for November 11th
There go any travel plans for the next three years: the water main to our house broke. Going to be well over $2000 to repair. [etoile] 3 things I hate about driving in DC: Tourist buses that stop in traffic lanes, c...
Daily Digest for November 10th
There go any travel plans for the next three years: the water main to our house broke. Going to be well over $2000 to repair. [etoile] 3 things I hate about driving in DC: Tourist buses that stop in traffic lanes, c...
Daily Digest for November 9th
My ideal iPhone Twitter app would have pop-up notifications (like texts or foursquare) and the ability to filter hashtags. Does this exist? [etoile] Regarding filtering tweets – I use the Greasemonkey script &...
Daily Digest for November 7th
Queued Baran. Queued Osama. Queued National Geographic: 30 Years of National Geographic Specials. Queued Tupperware!: American Experience. Queued Star Trek: The ...
Daily Digest for November 6th
Great, my iPod doesn’t know where the tunes are. The library seems intact but it will only play a few songs. [etoile] I seem to have downloaded a different version of Honky Tonk Badonkadonk than @codawann used...
Daily Digest for November 5th
New blog post: Daily Digest for November 4th http://bit.ly/3hUMDV [etoile] Why, Maine? [etoile] By the cold light of your halo, I wanna nail ya / Give you lovin’ and devotion that won’t...
Daily Digest for November 4th
New blog post: Daily Digest for November 3rd http://bit.ly/39fkyt [etoile] Somebody on a message board I run attempted to put the smackdown on me. What they don’t realize is…Homie don’t play dat. *...
Voting Complaint
I submitted the following to the Virginia Board of Elections, because it seemed like a fun thing to do, rather than letting it slide. While waiting to receive my voting card, I saw many people getting paper ballots. I asked if electronic voting was ...
Daily Digest for November 3rd
New blog post: Daily Digest for November 2nd http://bit.ly/1c5H4q [etoile] Almost had a really good shot of a mounted police officer for @blipfoto but the camera didn’t work and then the light changed. [etoi...
I Can’t Go to France
Malheureusement je pense que je dois quitter l’idée d’aller au France pour une mois l’été prochaine. Je pourrais y aller avec une programme de Gallaudet mais le voyage coûte plus que $5000 et aussi si je ...
Daily Digest for November 2nd
Google Voice invites are gone…more if I get ‘em. [etoile] Reviewed Free Enterprise. Shared Carlos Magana, "College Textbooks and the Holocaust, 1952-1978". G...
Daily Digest for November 1st
Can Blu-Ray movies even be played on a standard player? [etoile] Queued Logan’s Run. I have 2 Google Voice invites. 1st 2 people to DM me w/email address get them. Will post when gone. No Goo...
Daily Digest for October 31st
RT @ckoontz: Cheerleader symptoms may not be vaccine related. In fact, her condition may be a psychogenic disorder. http://bit.ly/ar4mS [etoile] Just watched a Netflix movie that ended with "CC and Audio Descri...
Potential Credit Classes
I can complete all of my required courses for graduation by the end of Spring 2010, graduating a year earlier than expected, except for one hitch: you need 120 credits to graduate, and I will only have 95.5 at the end of Spring 2010. I e-mailed my a...
