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By request from captainblack, I present a short film starring worry cat. She was only briefly worried. We’ve finally decided to provide a name for the incredibly cute behavior of the small cat, when she circles and makes worried mewing noises, occasionally reaching waaaaaaay up to give you the “Very Concerned Look.” She’s “Worry Cat.” For example, last night, worry cat was Very Concerned about the fact that had disappeared . . . → Read More: Worry cat You know you’re as old as me if the word “sike” means anything to you at all. I have new sympathy for all of you out there who have been slaves to the scale for lo these many years. I’ve made an effort over the past week to weigh myself each morning … and it’s already pissing me off. Yes, I weigh in at the same time each morning. No, I don’t . . . → Read More: Scale Apparently, redmed has an unexpected opportunity to meet with one of our state legislators (the crotchety white men who make the laws) this morning, on the topic of her research on HIV. I know about this because she decided to wear scrubs to work (prior to hearing about said opportunity), and I got a phone . . . → Read More: Rock star Good headphones. Tool. Mmmmmmmmm. Like scratching an itch all the way down in my brain-stem. Another ‘co-housing’, ‘intentional community’ model: ecovillage. Thanks to rjb5 for the link. These people have been “up and running” since 1997. They’ve got two neighborhoods, plus a community farm. The Best Boots Ever (mark-2) arrived today. It’s weird to have full foot support. My feet kinda ache from not having to do all the work . . . → Read More: More notes from my edge of the world I’m no longer sure if I’m being ironic about this hippie commune on the site of the old Pfizer in Ann Arbor, or not. This happens fairly frequently (the whole ‘am I being ironic? I no longer know?’ thing), so I’m not too worried about it. annacallahan alerted me to the presence of a co-housing . . . → Read More: Commune Several different little birdies cued me into the fact that Pfizer is laying off 10% of their work force, and ditching the Ann Arbor facility. I casually mentioned on earthshines journal that we should get a bunch of people and buy it to turn it into a hippie commune. Something like all of you responded . . . → Read More: Pfizer |
