Some of these are for self-reference/motivation, and others are just fun. StumbleUpon is a neat little Firefox add-on that is like a little friend in your browser that will show you things to look at when you're bored with the web.

Ariana Osborne on how to start a project. Good, simple advice that is universally sound.

Twilight Cycles from Brandon Routh (Video) - Brandon Routh stars in a commercial for vampires and their human girlfriends who need extra protection during that special time of the month.

Movies in Fifteen Minutes - 2012 - cleolinda is so funny it shouldn't be legal.

Gelaskins DIY Mobile Art - Create skins out of your own (or any) artwork for your phone, laptop, iPod, gaming system, etc.

A "killer" gaming wallpaper (several sizes)

What The "Do Nothing" Obama Has Accomplished - A blog discussing the things that people were either unaware of, chose to ignore or failed to acknowlege.

Create a font from your own handwriting. - All you need is a printer and a scanner, and it's free.

Guinness cupcakes with Bailey's frosting - NOM NOM NOM

Get Excited And Make Things - I want this on a shirt, a poster, hell, I want that crown as a tattoo.

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Kripke!

*wails*

I am thankful for....

-Opportunites, in their various forms.
-Black shimmery nail polish
-Sushi
-Good times and funny stories
-Laughing till I nearly cry
-Crazy ideas
-Epiphanies

( Other stuff... )

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I'd love to get your opinion in this thread.

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15 Things to be Thankful for on a Thursday

1. Yummy coffee and even yummier banana bread (from p4intthestars! *hugs* thank you!)


2. I am done with my antibiotics!


3. Good friends, sushi, and fun.


4. Upcoming holidays and a chance to see my family.


5. My husband, who works really hard.


6. Ponytail holders ... and hair that is finally long enough to use them again!


7. The ability to read.


8. For the days when I wake up with this fire in my chest and words burning a hole in my brain.


9. Because it gets me through the days when my brain is like a DMZ.


10. For the people in the world who believe things like this. (this is about 20 minutes, but watch, it's awesome.


11. You know ... I think we're gonna be okay.


12. Good ideas.


13. Work.


14. Sweat.


15. Life.

Wouldn't ban a single thing. You come up with justification to ban ONE book, and you can come up with justification to ban anything.

Borrowed from ms_daisy_cutter:

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I go in for an MRI on my back today. The doctor offered to change my vicodin to something stronger but I don't think I'd be able to work while taking it, so I'm sticking with the vicodin for now. Not really sure if I want the MRI to find something or not. *shrug* I mean, I definately want to know why my back's fucked, but I'm worried about it being something serious. And we all know that serious = expensive and I'm already stressing about the cost of the MRI. Regardless, I can't go around like I am now, so it just has to be done. It's going to be a real knee-slapper when the doc comes back and says it's all stress induced. Hardy-har-har.

So a client of ours was asking about my back and I told her I'd be having the MRI. She proceeded to tell me not 1, but 2 stories about her MRI's and having panic attacks while in the machine and freaking out and all kinds of really unpleasant things. And I'm sitting there thinking to myself, WHY would you be telling that story BEFORE I have the proceedure done?!?! Sheesh, as if I'm not nervous enough. Thank you very much!

Anyhow...Tyke has his first loose tooth. :-) He's pretty excited about. Oh, and just for fun, there is an adorable pic of my neice and nephew behind the cut. ( snip )

Don't forget coffee this morning @ 10!

:D

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So a government task force has decided that women shouldn't bother getting a mammogram until the age of 50, and self breast exams are utterly worthless. I shouldn't be this irate this early in the morning.

My aunt beat breast cancer in her late 30's, BECAUSE she caught it early with a self-exam. And because she has had it, it puts me at a higher risk for it. But I shouldn't concern myself for another 18 years, because silly women, they get all paranoid every time they feel the slightest bump and it wastes time and money. This is some serious bullshit right here. Remember when they were telling women to consider themselves "pre-pregnant?" Some things only get more stupid.

#67 - Hammered, by Elizabeth Bear.

This was E. Bear's debut novel and what a ride! While I did enjoy her more recent stuff that's crossed my desk, you know I'm always a slut for sci fi books with female protagonists. Jenny Casey, aka Maker, is a broken down super soldier in a world that's just as broken down. It's 2062 and the US is in shambles, the border with Canada has been locked down and pretty much everything else has gone to hell in a handbasket.

Then a drug from Casey's soldiering days shows up on the streets of her neighborhood in Connecticut and things really get interesting. :D

I'm hesitant to say I'm jumping right into the next book in the series, since every other time I make a post about books I never end up reading what I say I'm going to.

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Wootoff! So soon from the last one, too. Must be gearing up for the holiday season or something...

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Is it sad that so far today, my biggest cause for joy is having my smartassness recognized on ljdq?

Well, it's got to be good for something. :p