I opted to take the #66 out to Amy even though it would take about the same amount of time as walk/Red Line/Green Line and I'd be more likely to get to read on the subway.  I did actually get to read a fair amount and I snagged a seat partway through.  I remember being awake at Coolidge Corner.  And then it was Malcolm X Boulevard and I wondered if this was too far.  And a couple stops later we were...

" Joy Sadhana is a daily practice in the observation of joy." - mylittleredgirl [ more info ] "Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come.  You wait and watch and work: you don't give up." --Anne Lamott Good things about today: chainkill was biking to work this morning but was ahead of schedule so...

[FirstChurch Mailing List] I can see clearly now, the rain is gone! Come and praise God for Sun! Dear Beloved, I saw the sun, I saw the sun! Come to Rest and Bread tonight to praise the Maker of sun (and rain)! Our service is at 6:15 tonight. Music for meditation is at 6. Our biography is about the builder who build a house on sand and the rain washed it away. It is about the builder who built...

HBS did layoffs today (as did the rest of the University, I believe).  I gripe that we are nearly unfireable and the incentives system is poor and I gripe about particular people I work with, but actually looking at someone having gotten laid off... it's a human being vulnerable and in pain.  (Yes, I was actually surprised that I had this reaction -- I have a self-identity as a misanthrope in certain...

Responding to the recent blowup about warnings on fanfic, fox1013 wrote : Before I read a book, I will read the flap copy, the one-sentence Library of Congress summary, the LoC list of subject headings, and at least two or three reviews. I won't go to a movie without having read a detailed synopsis, and with a few exceptions (such as my attempt to see if I could deal with Survivor sans...

SCBC 9:00-9:30am prayer group.  Ross invited us to write down a couple of prayers we have for the church and then a couple of personal prayers.  I, um, did my usual list of personal prayers, and I managed "for "All Means All" to be a reality in the Church" as a church prayer.  Because there were only 5 of us, he invited us to share our prayers aloud.  I explained that I had listed lots of personal...

I went to bed at like 9:30 last night, woke up at like 6:30 this morning (yeah 9 hours of sleep!), woke up again (and got up) a couple minutes before my 8:00 alarm. Dreams included going through a series of tunnels ( Star Trek reboot movie -- which I haven't actually seen -- mixed with Cold War era) and the last security door we had to go through our IDs didn't work and an official was examining...

" Joy Sadhana is a daily practice in the observation of joy." - mylittleredgirl [ more info ] "Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come.  You wait and watch and work: you don't give up." --Anne Lamott Good things about today: omfg egg&cheese croissant (delicious croissant, so much better than Dunkin' Donuts...

" Joy Sadhana is a daily practice in the observation of joy." - mylittleredgirl [ more info ] "Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come.  You wait and watch and work: you don't give up." --Anne Lamott Good things about today: Cailin's attempts to deal with talking about me and Jason and Cate amuse me. discussing...

[from yesterday] (I didn't get home until after midnight last night and didn't even turn on my computer.) *** Blake Huggins said , "The Revolution will not be Televised. It will be tweeted ." One of the big things going around re: the Iranian election is: دنیارابگوییدچطورآنهاانتخاباتمان دزدیده اند Tell the world how they have stolen our election The next person who says, "We have so...