Dolmena's Live Journal

NASA - Alternative Energy Crops in Space

2010-03-11T18:43:42Z

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/science/jatropha.html (via shareaholic)

Space station gardening!

Daily Tweets

2010-03-11T03:01:45Z

06:52 @BestAt the inventor of ramen noodles = patron saint or god of college students #

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Daily Tweets

2010-02-19T03:01:23Z

08:16 OK, I totally understand why you keep putting 2 spaces between sentences. But why are you randomly putting 2 spaces between words?! #

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Daily Tweets

2010-02-13T03:00:30Z

15:09 That's it--no one else gets to enter anything into my spreadsheet! Onyl it's not really my spreadsheet... #
15:09 I still need a quart jar of peeled garlic. #

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Daily Tweets

2010-02-06T03:00:58Z

09:00 was just told that someone is confident that I'll keep things in confidence--now I wonder what secrets I've seen/heard lately #
12:55 @brauhze Lovely! No blooms yet here... #
13:02 @GOOD the best part about my neighborhood is the little acts of kindness by neighbors, e.g., taking up our garbage can before we come home #
13:03 snow in the forecast AGAIN... dang, I was going to go to Costco... #

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Daily Tweets

2010-02-05T03:01:11Z

08:19 Waiting to be able to clock in... I have officially Worked Too Much in this period. #
08:20 I can witness the unfairness, but I'm not sure what I can do about it. #
13:04 @biancaphillips I want to be there, and I don't even drink regular beer... #

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change in posting habits

2009-10-01T13:36:09Z

We've got a new study group and coven website courtesy of a lady I met through my Yahoo group. (See www.risingoaks.com--it's still not exactly what we want, but it's strictly a spare-time project, and I'm getting the services of a talented professional for free, so I'm not complaining.) There's even a feed to this blog--or wait, is it just a feed? It shows all the text, instead of being a blurb and a link like I'm used to for feeds. There's probably a better term for it... or maybe it's just a type of feed I haven't seen as often... anyway, that thing... It's nice, and it means I don't have to create yet another profile, or start a new blog, or learn yet another new interface.But only my public posts show.

So, now I am going to be editing some of my archived religious stuff show that it shows up, and posting things as public that in the past would have been filtered for reading by friends who were likely to be interested. To my Christian/atheist/agnostic/other friends who will find all that stuff boring or annoying: sorry. I will never know if you skip reading a certain post. I'll try to remember to use obvious subjects and tags.

Hopefully, though, I will blog more. We'll see.

Personal Responsibility??

2009-10-01T12:22:17Z

Man who walked into Burning Man fire loses lawsuit

http://www.nonfluffy.com/archives/004231.html

This reminds me of giolabride's repeated story of Gypsyjane's song, "Is that a real fire?" and how it was inspired by actual remarks by idiots visiting a re-enactment encampment. A particular bozo who asked the above question had a child, which is depressing on several levels, and of course there would be the very real concern that this person would inadequately supervise the offspring, and the child would be badly hurt and/or the parent would sue.

Idiots and lawsuits are among the many things that worry me about going out into the internet world to find circle participants. I have always insisted before on meeting and talking a few times before doing ritual with someone and/or inviting them to my home; it's like when I was doing internet dating, and I insisted on meetings in a public place before going to my house or doing anything sexual (by which I don't mean PIV, I mean starting with kissing and caresses of erogenous zones.) Outer-court-style ritual is sort of like mild necking; it's not as intimate nor as dangerous as some other activity, but it has its rewards, it's nice to do it for a while before going further, and there are still a few dangers.

Writer's Block: Jury Duty

2009-08-17T13:03:24Z

I have served on a jury. It was a police corruption case, and the verdict was guilty on several of the counts. It took a week, and the jury was frustrated because we felt he was guilty of several things that he wasn't being accused of, including sexual harassment.

I'm a Parent, Not a Censor (article from The Guardian)

2009-08-03T19:05:40Z

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/aug/02/parents-children-media-aspergers

Writer's Block: Looking Back

2009-04-21T20:54:43Z

On Dec. 4th, 2003 at 2:57 PM, I entered:

Okay, I give up, I have a live journal now.

Writer's Block: Looking Back

2009-04-21T20:52:23Z

dolmena @ 2009-02-19T11:24:00

2009-02-19T17:26:06Z

The weirdest part of the dream involved trying to make my toes into sushi rolls, and having trouble making the rice stick.

random phrases in my head...

2008-10-08T17:36:04Z

"you've got either blood or chocolate on your face..."

"he won the Nobel Prize for sophistry..."

Re: Recurring Themes in My Life Lately

2008-09-30T19:00:43Z

Okay, it seems that the theme of "something's going to change" was a prediction of conditions outside my mind... the person at my job who is most likely to be my backup or vice-versa is quitting. And she was supposed to be helping me more with this horrendous project I'm doing... that may have been a factor in her leaving. It could be worse I suppose; this may increase my job security, if I don't crawl away gibbering.

I'm ever so eager now to find out what the Arachnid of Unusual Size portends. I hope that was just a visit, not an omen. Or if it's an omen, I hope at least it's not an omen of household infestation.

Recurring Themes in My Life Lately

2008-09-29T20:53:23Z

1) something is about to change--and it may be something about me

2) things need to be cleaned out/gotten rid of before something else can come in-- from boxes vs. freezer to much less material things

3) 100% responsibility/ Thou Art God/ all things partake in deity/creation/etc.

4) things must be organized and/or systematized

5) people are ill/worried/in pain

6) I am not listening well and need to do so again

7) great big spiders!

Edit: these are recurring in that they keep happening or I keep hearing them or hearing about them.

Elaboration upon request and/or in filtered entries

Writer's Block: Autumn Begins

2008-09-22T23:10:45Z

It is definitely a season in itself, but every season is a transition. Autumn is the time to pick things, put things by, and prepare; it's time to come out and breathe, eat your vegetables and do your homework.

Roe vs. Wade PSA

2008-09-12T14:45:33Z

Tech Consumer Opinions Wanted

2008-08-05T20:55:57Z

So, should I get a Zen Stone or hold out for an iPod?

dolmena @ 2008-07-29T16:03:00

2008-07-29T21:03:36Z

The Infoplease Word for the Day is crapulous. The day matches what the word sounds like, and I am tempted toward what the word really means.

Lessons in Love, by Way of Economics

2008-07-18T15:04:04Z

Everybody’s Business

Lessons in Love, by Way of Economics

By BEN STEIN

Published: July 13, 2008

If economics is the study of the allocation of scarce goods and services, what could be scarcer or more precious than love?

Birthrate

2008-07-15T15:08:10Z

No Babies?

Magazine
No Babies?
By RUSSELL SHORTO
Published: June 29, 2008
Birthrates across the Continent are falling at drastic and, to many, alarming rates. Why are Europeans so hesitant to have children, and what does it mean for their future and for ours?

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Note page 6 of the article, where the conditions that apply are discussed.

quotes of the day

2008-07-11T20:41:33Z

While I was buying gasoline today:

(two men in line for cigarettes)
"Do you smoke menthol (mumble mumble?)"
"Yeah."
"Do you smoke grass?"
"Yeah-- I'll smoke anything."

(on a tee shirt)
JESUS LOVES YOU - BUT I'M HIS FAVORITE

Cars...

2008-07-10T20:21:19Z

I told someone recently that when I was asked what car I wanted (after my previous was wrecked), I had said I wanted a MINI (Cooper) or a VW Bug-- now what can we afford? Actually, I think that I followed up with a mention of hybrids, which I also anticipated as pricey.

But the fact is, I don't shop around for cars until I know I'm about to need one, and it always surprises me to see people I know randomly checking out car sites on the internet, or hear them blithely quote how much a 2008 Mustang costs.

So a few weeks ago I looked at Toyota and Honda hybrid models, and more recently I built myself a MINI online. I was highly amused by the TOS when I signed up to send myself a link to my configuration. And I can't remember now which movie I agreed to see within the next year... (Edit: the MINI "Insider" TOS has all sorts of silly things in it, including promising to see some movie or another.)

quote of the day

2008-07-10T20:08:07Z

"She trusts us to be honest until next week."