idle musings

When you read something on the internet, I would like to remind everyone that it is possible you do not understand the context of what you are reading, especially if you are not close with that person. It’s possible that there are nuances to what they write that you do not catch. And as always, [...]

I posted here about how I am going to have to change my specialist appointment because I am now going to be in DC. Yesterday morning, at the ungodly hour of 8am (it was my day off and I was trying to sleep in) my phone rang – it was the specialist’s office. They wanted [...]

I have now donated 20,000 grains of rice using Free Rice, with a best vocab level of 46. My next goal is 50,000 grains.

Stolen from Starra. “If you read this, if your eyes are passing over this right now, even if we don’t speak often, please post a comment with a memory of you and me. It can be anything you want — good or bad. When you’re finished, post this little paragraph on your blog and be [...]

I have been taking 37.5 mg of Venlafaxine for one week. After my previous experience on an antidepressant (of which I did not post about and barely talked about – I may rectify this but suffice it to say for now that the side effects won after only 8 days and I stopped), I was [...]

I went out last night with friends, and I didn’t feel the slightest twinge of anxiety the whole time. There was massive traffic heading over town because of an accident on the bridge – I just listened to my music and dawdled along. We went to get perogies at the Ukrainian Orthodox Church on W10th [...]

In the grocery store tonight: “If there’s a Josh in the store … who works here … … there’s a call on line one.”

Little White Liar’s composition challenge: Make a list of 5-10 things you want. Make them things you personally want for you (no Miss America “World Peace” shenanigans). Then think of one thing you need. You can’t already have it, because really, who do you think you are? Just rubbing your self-contentment in everyone’s gaping life-holes. [...]

Literature Map The tourist map of literature. Enter an author’s name, then see what authors are similar. The closer the name to the centre, the more similarities, or the more likely one will enjoy that author’s work. The further out, the less likely.