WARNING: This blog contains opinions, rants, and bad language and even a few moments of sincerity. Welcome to my world.
I have a few regrets in my life, but not many. Most of the time I can acknowledge that I was doing the best I could with the knowledge and understanding that I had at the time. That’s really the best we can expect of ourselves.
I regret a few relationships, but then I suppose what I truly regret is that the other person turned out to be such jackasses. I Sometimes I know my words were sharper than... ...Read More
Helloooooooooooo Friends! Just a quick post to check in…
Well, it turns out the radiation thing was a complete disappointment! Not only did the whole thing make me woozy, but I did NOT get the superpowers I’ve been waiting for. I had my heart set on invisibility, but would have accepted telekinesis, telepathy, or any “tele” as long as it didn’t mean constantly getting Living... ...Read More
Today is a day I’ve looked forward to for 20 years. I always thought that 40 was when you finally became a real adult. In my twenties I felt like an imposter and feared that at any moment someone would figure out that I was only passing as a grown-up. Things started to click into place for me in my 30’s, but that was the decade during which I came face to face with and also learned to embrace... ...Read More
Just a programming note…
When I quit running the Writing Adventure Group back in July, I had planned and hoped to be able to pick it back up after a few weeks convalescing. Unfortunately, that hasn’t happened. In fact, I still haven’t managed to fix all the links after moving the group to this blog from its original home!
Today I’ll be emailing the Adventurers to let you know about... ...Read More
Sometimes life throws you things that require some coping skills. Sometimes other people are unbelievable ass-hats with nothing better to do than stride around the internet inflicting pain and grief on others.
Sometimes I wake up in the morning and just want to go back to bed. Sometimes I do just go back to bed.
And sometimes, if you’re very observant, you can see that no matter what your challenges,... ...Read More
I was clicking through some news links a friend on Twitter sent me a couple of days back, and I came upon a headline that read: “I thought I died’: Vic of savage gay-bias attack speaks out.”
That link led me to the article (one the same NY Daily News) which was more sensibly titled: ‘I thought I died’: Gay man Jack Price, beaten in Queens, talks about attack.
There’s not... ...Read More
My ambusher found this site yesterday (See, the Facebook section of my About Me page for details). I say ambusher only because stalker is such a loaded word. I wasn’t hiding exactly. India Drummond is, after all, my real name. So, hiding in plain site. Apparently my crimes include de-friending people on Facebook and having an email address she didn’t know about.
This led me to the... ...Read More
The existence of words with negative prefixes and no positive opposites bothers me. For example you can be inscrutable, but not scrutable, inept but not ept, nonplussed but not plussed, feckless but not fecked (unless you’re Irish), dishevelled, but not shevelled, and so on.
What bothers me about this is you can be negative with no positive opposite, but not positive with no negative opposite.... ...Read More
For those of you who don’t know my personal history with religion, I need to give this brief preface: I was raised as a Christian and attended Christian schools, but have since changed my mind and now follow a Buddhist path.
I say changed my mind, because there isn’t really a formal church-leaving ceremony. When you go in, you get baptised and take communion. But there isn’t an opposite,... ...Read More
I ran across Eternal Earth Bound Pets and my first reaction was to laugh inappropriately, thinking the site to be a spoof or an anti-religion statement, but I have to admit, the site seems so darned earnest and their offer sincere, it’s impossible to wrap my head around their motives.
They’re basically offering “Rapture Insurance” for your pets. A group of atheists have banded... ...Read More
I've blogged about many many things in many many different places all over the web. It's exhausting. So instead I'm bringing it all together in one place, and hope that those of you I know and love won't mind if I natter about techie stuff, knitting, writing, or crack some wiseass remarks about random topics. Let's call it... holistic blogging. 
