A while back, ailbhe passed on a recipe for making chocolate goodness in a mug. One of her commenters described it as dangerous knowledge. Quite. The recipe says not to worry about how much the muffin rises but the first time I made it, the mug went sailing round the microwave leaving small circular streaks in its wake. It might be wise to take that into account as messy microwaves could...

Please use the form below to submit feedback for ailbhe . All comments are screened. 1. Do you feel that you have received the help needed from your mentor to establish a successful breastfeeding relationship? 2. Do you feel that you mentor contacts you enough? 3. Do you feel that your mentor has sufficient breastfeeding knowledge to help you in the event that a problem arises? 4. What do...

ailbhe pointed me at unclutter_2009 . It's a bit overwhelming in volume of posts, but after a bit of thought I have decided to join the community but not watch it, so I can dip in and out as I feel able to, and stay inspired. The basic idea is to get rid of 1 thing a day, but also to get rid of something for each new thing you acquire, above and beyond that. Now, I'm not sure I can...

More "white people talking to white people about race and privilege" stuff here; if you're bored with that, feel free to scroll on by. So I have been thinking about privilege, and what it is. It seemed to me that there had to be a non-contextual definition. Then spiralsheep wrote this comment : I've understood the privilege of never being "wrong" and the reality of never being "right"...

In lieu of actual content, here's some of the interesting stuff I've been looking at lately: Breastfeeding: radical, feminist and good for you by Kate Joester at the F Word (via ailbhe ) " On a more sobering note, President Obama has killed his first civilians (that we know of) since taking office " by smhwpf . Is the Policing and Crime Bill 2008 a productive and reasonable...

Thanks this week go to at least the following people: Thanks to Dr. Asshole and his team of surgeons for safely and successfully operating on dbubley . Thanks to loracs , for bringing us the prescriptions I left at your house, and for holding things together on the home front. Thanks to stonebender , for always being there to keep me company. Thanks to someotherguy...

Inspired entirely and absolutely by ailbhe . This meme is copyright to her! And boy do I need to focus on the good things in life right now! Starting today it should be possible to find 2009 good things to say, spread across the days between now and 31st December. :-) 1. Lovely lie in this morning. 2. Cup of tea brought to me in bed by Tim, and reading my current novel while I drank it, still...

ailbhe . One of the big ones, too, if I'm not mistaken. I hope you were properly celebrated and had a great day.

Ten good things meme from ailbhe , because I kind of really need to focus on the positive today or I will cry. 1) Mon/Tue/Wed were eaten by meetings and stress, yesterday was eaten by stress, and I didn't get in until 2 p.m. today, but I still got my freelance work and my PW work in on time. 2) My deadbeat client swears they're sending me a $2500 check today, and another client is rushing...

Today Ludy & I went to see quatlet , who is now visible outside the uterus, much to the delight of thekumquat ! He was born on 12th September and is currently very small. I can report that he has the normal number of arms, legs, heads etc. expected for humans, although as one of his parents is conflux , he may actually be part-elf. He has pointy ears, likes being sung to, and...