tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79499122024-03-13T03:29:58.321-07:00LiminalityRandom Musings from the Lap HuntressUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger279125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949912.post-24828783417570478272013-01-26T20:10:00.000-08:002013-01-26T20:10:13.245-08:00Guys & Birth & PainThere's a video circulating (somewhat like a UK one from a couple years ago), in which men are hooked up to electrical stimulation, and put through some labor 'contractions'. And make no mistake, it is pretty darn funny, because they are not expecting what they experience, at all, and they don't take it well.
http://youtu.be/A44oEcmDn1c
But is it anything like labor? Well, other than having Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949912.post-56090821506101682182013-01-09T09:20:00.003-08:002013-01-09T14:31:19.036-08:00Ex(wow, I didn't use this blog at all in '12)
A friend of mine is dealing with some stuff re; her ex husband; and her thoughts about it made me examine some of my own feelings about my wasband, and the feelings that surround that relationship:
Anger that he got away with abandoning his children, with having no responsibilities. Pity that all those behaviors I thought were because I was doing Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949912.post-82168071468236661212011-10-31T14:46:00.000-07:002011-10-31T14:48:51.128-07:00Outloud Myst PonderingsPoast of mine over on the Myst Online forum, thought it should have a wider audience. Cause I'm an arrogant twit that way. :) Natales said (in discussing bringing in new people to Uru) Another big problem is there is not a lot of exciting news to draw people in. New ages in an old game is a bit Ho-Hum. Until we start to get new user interface features and social networking tools people expect Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949912.post-52060843624624771792011-09-13T17:11:00.000-07:002011-09-13T17:18:18.032-07:00SpeakOut/GeekOut Day 2- Lazy Geek Is LazyI should be writing something Deep and Thoughtful for you all to read, but my brain is kinda mushy today- so I've been slogging through Guild Wars, instead. There's some things I want you all to see, though:OMG Snazzy Art & Jewelryhttp://hylianjean.deviantart.com/Did you know you can read ALL of the ElfQuest comics EVER online for FREE?? Do it, do it now!http://www.elfquest.com/gallery/Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949912.post-9711701464751392972011-09-12T12:14:00.000-07:002011-09-12T12:47:35.082-07:00SpeakOut/GeekOut Day 1- Meet the GeekHi, I'm Eleri. I'm 38 years old (First Annual 39th Birthday next month!), I have 3 kids, 9 cats, 7 budgies and one husband. And I'm a Geek. I should prob'ly start with my personal definition of 'geek', so you can, vaguely, get where I am coming from:GEEK (noun):1. Someone with a level of knowledge/skill in a focused area, who's knowledge/skill is best shared with others having the same knowledge/Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949912.post-77772259999740233992011-09-02T08:53:00.000-07:002011-09-02T09:04:09.543-07:00Speak Out With Your Geek OutFrom Blogger Monica Valentinelli:
SPEAK OUT WITH YOUR GEEK OUT
Sometime during the week of Monday, September 12th to Friday, September 16th post about what geeky hobby you love. Then, tell us why we should try it, too. Leave your fears (and edition wars) at the door. Forget about your latest rant. Tap into that well of positive energy and share in the excitement of all things geek.
Let us Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949912.post-12910420124215121302011-08-30T08:47:00.000-07:002011-08-30T09:51:02.691-07:00Reality in Disabled ParentingIn which Eleri rambles long about rose-coloured glasses, and how our society has failed parents.
On a usual day, I avoid articles about disabled kids, because they tend to irritate the heck outta me. Why? Because 79% (not a scientific measure) of them follow the same format:
LOOK! Parents of disabled kids! That must SUCK! See how they have perfectly structured their lives! See how they are Unknownnoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949912.post-71457072381459191192011-08-07T09:15:00.000-07:002011-08-07T09:19:27.391-07:00MYSTERIUM 2012If you haven't been paying close attention, you probably missed that there was, indeed, a Mysterium this year**. The well attended and superfun gathering just wrapped up today with the announcement that Mysterium 2012 will be next summer in Seattle, WA; and that Mysterium itself is will now be under the umbrella of the Falling Man Group not-for-profit organization. Snazzy stuff!**long story, not Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949912.post-18598141481464568372010-10-21T15:02:00.000-07:002010-10-21T15:09:09.669-07:00Help Me, Myst Nerds!All I need is two phpbb3 mods that SHOULD be relatively simple...but do you think I can find them anywhere? Noooo! I've googled and searched and poasted and begged and gnawed, and yet nothing. 1- Need to make people put their username as Firstname Lastname. Not gooberjoe324 or whatever. Despite instructions, I still have to fix this a dozen times a month. 2- Password at registration that sorts Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949912.post-35438570595022877262010-06-10T17:53:00.000-07:002010-06-10T17:54:13.945-07:00Mim newsMiri is finally doing better, she's up and moving, off the IV, and getting back to her usual bouncy self. Now the fun will be keeping her mellow while she's stuck in the hospital a few more days! Not sure yet what the plan for removing the drainage tube in her neck will be.It feels like all I do is ask for hand outs (yes, I can hear people nodding, and I'm sure the anonymouses will happy be all Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949912.post-38165143384425169642010-06-09T14:56:00.000-07:002010-06-09T15:02:26.307-07:00Miri in HospitalHeyo, all. Just a quick summary report on the Mousie. She'd been fighting an ear infection since early May, and was still struggling after 2 rounds of basic antibiotic. On MOnday she had a swolen, stiff neck, so we headed to the ER. They did a CT scan, found abscessing, and did surgery to clean it out and put in a drain. However, over the last couple days, her fever isn't responding like they'd Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949912.post-19538017821164351002010-05-17T10:30:00.001-07:002010-05-17T10:36:29.343-07:00Wisdom GankedCompletely ganked from Semionaut's Notebook (which you should be paying attention to, good stuff there...) 1. It’s Never “Just a Game.” 2. All Games Are Not Made for All People 3. Opinion is Not an Objective TruthStory is the shared exploration of a relationship over time.Play is any pastime with a primary goal of self-guided exploration of possibility within a bounded space.ToyUnknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949912.post-48759642570297745152010-05-14T13:04:00.000-07:002010-05-14T13:10:49.147-07:00Ponder...I have a question, in an area I know less than nothing about, so I fully expect rolled eyes and sighs of dismay from those in the know...Given that the Plasma engine is as complicated as it is, and even Cyan is having to reverse engineer it as part of open sourcing it...Would it make more sense from a time/energy/money investment sense, to start from near-scratch with an Open Source engine, like Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949912.post-42009339303483789282010-05-07T17:19:00.000-07:002010-05-07T18:35:25.493-07:00Uru Rationalist ManifestoUru Rationalist Manifesto (With Discordian Commentary)We, the undersigned (which might just be me, but hey, what's the internet for, but intense navel gazing?), being members of the Myst, Riven, Exile, Revelation, End of Ages, D'ni and Uru (Henceforth known as the D'niverse [cause who the heek wants to type those names out every time...]) Fan Community, do attest to and support the following Unknownnoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949912.post-35144867907941937232010-05-07T16:24:00.000-07:002010-05-07T16:44:28.531-07:00Modus OperandiStep 1- Break or skirt a rule. Get called on it. Step 2- Cry discrimination, point out every other instance of broken rules by others as 'proof'.Step 3- Sit back and watch the mayhem, as people wonder why their posts are getting modded, ask publicly, and get modded. Step 4- Point at rash of deleted posts as proof of forum inequality and irrationality, watch as forum explodes into debate, and modsUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949912.post-23784197444062228072010-05-04T18:30:00.001-07:002010-05-04T18:51:09.078-07:00What, again?So, there's another round of Teh Drama in the Uru community again, the usual 'so and so is a problem, Cyan doesn't care, how come they pick on us and let others slide' and so on and so forth. And, as usual, it's a small but very loudly opinionated number of people raising the most fuss, while the vast majority of people just sit back, enjoy D'ni, and wait for the latest bruhah to roll over. Yeah,Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949912.post-71625921379572275902010-02-19T07:53:00.000-08:002010-02-19T08:30:00.075-08:00Iterations of UruIt's been percolating though my head while sitting in Tsoghal, that there are, in essence, three different iterations of Uru at work. And all of these iterations have had dominance at one point or another.D'niverse Uru- This is the Uru concerned with history, lore and story. It started with, and centers, around the D'ni, Atrus, Yeesha, etc. Fans creating story of their own, have this as a Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949912.post-82391172030848088192009-11-03T07:13:00.001-08:002009-11-03T07:13:47.616-08:00Troop RallyThe City will be placing a large dumpster outside our home from Wed, Nov 4 to Wed Nov 11.On SATURDAY, NOV 7th there will be an ALL DAY work party starting at NOON, Rain or Shine!We will need help schlepping, hauling and mucking both inside and outside. The goal is to clear out EVERYTHING that is garbage, broken, unsalvageable, etc.This includes excavating out both backyard sheds, removing dead Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949912.post-69981711799588475032009-10-27T10:11:00.000-07:002009-10-27T10:12:16.860-07:00Emergency HtH CallThe financial situation here went from Going To Be Caught Up And Doing OK... to being $300 in the hole this morning.Turns out the anethesiologist put through the $1300 we still owed, instead of letting us make payments.And we have about $1700 in uncleared things, like all the smaller bills, and grocery shopping form last night, and the pumpkin patch, and my birthday. Each one will end up costing Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949912.post-87211089647547219792009-09-23T21:12:00.001-07:002009-09-23T21:22:23.865-07:00Unmanageable CommunityBlade says it better than I can:So, at this point, I'm done with Myst fandom. I've had a lot of very good experiences in it, but again and again, I've seen a subset of Myst fans tear apart almost any attempt for someone to take charge of something to get things done. Every time, people get accused of 'power grabs' and 'trying to make thenselves feel important.' There's a subset of loud fans who Unknownnoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949912.post-46269341518911263092009-06-15T14:32:00.001-07:002009-06-15T14:32:21.649-07:00PT @shadesong *NEW* Learn how to setup a proxy to help #Iran citizens get their media out! PLEASE RT! http://is.gd/12IA6Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949912.post-55074570950107039842009-06-13T13:03:00.001-07:002009-06-13T13:03:44.292-07:00Toss a buck in the Mirriam Support Fund. Medical Bills Suck. Paypal to mirriamfund@gmail.comUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949912.post-60559592934366830772009-06-04T15:11:00.000-07:002011-10-06T19:09:52.865-07:00An interesting discussion on "antagonists", excerpted from this article. Reading though it, it is easy to see how one or two people, by being 'antagonistic' (in the definition of this article), can bring a community to its knees. The word antagonists is defined and used throughout this article in this way: Antagonists are individuals who, on the basis of nonsubstantive evidence, go out of their Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949912.post-32316129648590582862009-06-01T16:10:00.001-07:002009-06-01T16:10:21.654-07:00You! Yes, You!You need more BABY OTTERS in your life!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949912.post-63414581163216983722009-04-27T13:11:00.000-07:002009-04-27T13:22:00.321-07:00oh, so that's what that is...Evidently I am a "Language descriptivist". this came up whilst experiencing second hand an argument about 'irregardless'. One one side, the ZOMG THAT ISN'T A WORD crowd, on the other the side I fell on... Are people using it? Can the communicate their meaning using that collection of sounds together? Yes? THEN IT IS A (&@)(*$^(* WORD!*I tend to find most arguments about spelling and grammar to heUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0