Still saying sorry...

(Overheard in our home)
Me: Some day I'm going to make myself a file of geeky jokes.
Chris: Honey... you are a geeky joke.
Me: Heeey! ::pause:: OK, fair enough.

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Slowly working my way through my ADR Apology article annotation (hey! I alliterated!). Slowly and painfully. Thank god there's something I figured out from fanfic writing that has been useful in RL writing too: colour coding. Anything in black (and usually with highlights) is stuff I'm still working on, not suitable for consumption for anybody but me. Anything in red says what I mean, but might need a little tweaking. Anything in blue is done, ready to print out, and does not need my attention.

So when I'm feeling overwhelmed, I look at all that's blue, and comfort myself that the red just needs a little nudge to become blue too. When I feel powerful and creative, I attack the black. When I'm feeling too lazy to use my brain for anything that requires deep concentration, I chip away at the red.

Don't knock it, it works. ( For me, anyway. )

wow

Got this link from a_dawn:

How the Grinch Stole Gay Marriage.

The Wisdom of Chris

We were stopped by a RIDE program today, and the cops asked Chris if he'd been drinking and asked if we were all buckled in safely. As we were sent on our way, the boys wanted to know why they did that. Long discussion ensued, covering road safety, drinking and driving, and legislating safety for those not wise enough to be safe just because it's the smart thing to do. This eventually ended with Chris telling us that there is one state where bikers do not legally have to wear helmets. In all the rest of North America, it's the law, but this one state doesn't make anybody wear a helmet, despite the fact that motorcycle mortality due to helmetlessness is staggering.

"And you know what? The bikers there don't wear their helmets. Proving once more, that people in general are too stupid to even protect their own brains."