The Chocolate Mine

Yeah, not dead yet. Still recovering, though, and in full WTF?! mode about a million different things. ^___^

This one just caught my eye - how in the hell can we write fanfiction without triggering this?! O_O I just hope DHS enjoys the ficage... ^____^


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2150281/REVEALED-Hundreds-words-avoid-using-online-dont-want-government-spying-you.html

Mind where you're walking... O_O Especially in NZ!


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wildlife/8930070/Worlds-biggest-insect-is-so-huge-it-eats-carrots.html

I swear, I am working on fic, but with stuff like this distracting me, it's hard. O_o

This would probably be of interest mostly to people who know and/or do chemistry. I don't, but I learned a lot of scary chemistry-ish things when working for a nutritional supplement company, and this run of blog posts is just fascinating. ^___^ Not to mention that the writer is deliciously dry.


http://pipeline.corante.com/archives/things_i_wont_work_with/

I have no great hope that this will actually post, but just in case... >_> It just took 20 minutes to make less than a dozen replies and each one had me holding my breath that it would actually go through. *sigh* Apologies for such a long delay. I really hate it when a DDoS coincides with my person wibbles. >.< Sorry, all.

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Yeah, yeah, I know: Where the hell is the fic?! >_> Well, I'd have some if the freaking hamsters would get off their damn wheels and just cooperate. >.<

Instead, I have this... I've seen this guy's Ted Talks and he's really cool, so anyone who maybe needs to refresh or get a head start on something might find his vids helpful. I'll be starting with the basics, like adding and subtracting. *snicker* After I check out the American History section. I do not think Someone was paying attention in her history classes all those years ago and I feel the snarky urge to double-check. ~____^

http://www.khanacademy.org/

I once wanted to be a teacher. >_< For all of you who actually are... my condolences for the stupidity of government.

http://www.hollandsentinel.com/opinions/x227108199/COLUMN-Teaching-in-America-No-Child-Left-Behind

For the geek in all of us...

http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2011/04/08/the-geek-zodiak-pic/geekzodiak/

It's Monday and I am cranky again. I'm not sure why that would ever be a surprise. ^___^

Crankiness today stems from not being able to find a pattern that I've been searching for for ages. This is a sewing pattern, Butterick to be precise. I only buy sewing patterns when the local Joann's has a special dollar/two dollar each deal and this one has eluded me for almost two years. >.< I'm fairly sure that if I want to waste some fabric and rip out some hair, I could probably kludge the things myself, but for a couple of bucks (on special) why not save the fabric and the stress? Except... every time I go looking for the damn thing, the store is out. Crumps. Not in the usual pattern-has-been-discontinued manner, but in the super-annoying sure-we-have-a-tab-in-the-drawer-but-*you'll*-never-get-one way. >_< I feel like I'm hunting some impossibly rare animal; I keep seeing the spoor, but the animal itself is waaay elusive. It's not yet extinct, but I fear it will be before I can find the bloody thing! O_o

Isn't it amazing the things that set me off? ^___^ Better to be mad about a paper sewing pattern than judging sniper posts, though. I do have the edges and the curves that my mom used for designing and I've always got paper and pencils around, so one day I will reach a point of fury and just make my own damn pattern. And then my kid will expect me to design stuff for him... O.o Oh, dear... I should probably search harder for that pattern... >_>

Knitting and crocheting designs are so much easier, and so much easier to fix! ^____^

If you haven't already scuttled past me to the fic, do so now; shoo! ^___~




( BFB – Part 103 – Crazy is as Crazy Does )

My usual mode of filling downtime is to post a funny link or a LOLcat photo, but today, it's just a random not-even-a-rant about the decline of civilization. *sigh* Yeah, yeah; I know.... BOR-ing! Most probably. That's why there are cuts. ^____~


( ranty crap )

I am still laughing... ^______^


Warning! Violence. *snork!*


http://ninjerktsu.blogspot.com/2011/01/carl-sagan-and-his-fully-armed.html