Misty's Musings

Happy Birthday Dad

2009-07-31T08:56:47Z

My Dad, Clyde Frederick Stauffer, would be 88 years old today if he were alive. Blowing kisses to you, Dad

The FL Great Pyrenees Club contacted me today about adopting Tessa

While you're there - if you can - please donate a couple bucks in memory of Cindy Lou Who? The Club does a lot of great stuff for abandoned and abused Pyrs.

My Pretty baby, Cindy - 10/2000 - 7/27/2009

Going to a dress up event tonight!

2009-05-16T19:42:41Z

Well, we're going to casino night with the Krewe du Ya Yas

I'm going to try and be sponsored to become a Ya Ya. We ran over to Alabama last night to an outlet mall to get dress clothes - which REALLY need to be tailored, but there's no time, so we're making the best of it.

I'm wearing a long dress with no sleeves and light sweater over the top - it was too long so I tacked it up at the shoulders - won't show. I can't wear heals or anything so I got some pretty sandals (which still hurt my bad foot!!!) Brian's jacket just needs tailored, but it'll due for now. Bri is getting a haircut right now.

We should be getting the keys to our new house this afternoon, and I have some more housework to finish before I start getting ready - so catch ya'll later!

Have a great weekend!

Friday Five

2009-05-08T08:18:25Z

1. If you could live in any period in history other than now, when would it be? I know it says history - but - Some point in the future when society as a whole has become so advanced that it could allow people to be who they are without judgment and nobody ever had to feel like they had to hide anything about themselves.

2. What knowledge or skills do you think you'd have to learn to be able to fit in your chosen period of history? To let go of my anger.

3. If you could take just one thing from the modern world back with you, what would it be? My kids and husband.

4. What period in history would you hate to have lived in? Sometimes i'm shocked that i'm where I am now?

5. What thing from the past would you like to see make a comeback? Moving the human body.

OOO those bastards!

2009-05-08T07:53:45Z

I live in these apartments called "The Villas at jasmine Park" here in Pensacola. Villas my ass - they're dinky little apartments and the management doesn't enforce any of their rules until it suits them to do so, and guess what? they are suited to do so on me right now - i got 3 - yes 3 eviction notices today.

The rent is due on the first, they have a sign up that they issue a late fee on the the 5th, and they issue eviction notices on the 20th.

Last Friday the pool opened, and we went in on Saturday, and on Sunday my insulin pump site was hurting me, so I removed it, and puss ran out =- I also had the shits, and so did Collin and so did Kristen.

On Monday I contacted the Health department and filed a complaint - asked them to come check the pool for Bacteria.

Today (Thursday technically for me as i haven't been to bed yet) The health department called me back and said "We haven't opened that pool yet, so I don't know what you were doing swimming in it!"

I informed the health department lady that not only were other people swimming in that pool, but the gate was open, and the assistant apartment manager was swimming in it with us!

About an hour later we got 3 eviction notices - non payment of rent (see above where they issue those on the 20th of the month) for having bikes on our porch, and for not paying the dog deposit yet. None of which have they ever mentioned to us before and we see her all the freaking time.

The puss is gone out of my belly now, and the runs have gone away - the baby threw up last night several times but he is better now - so it's too late to go to the doctor and get any sort of evidence that we were exposed to bacteria by these people - when the pool wasn't supposed to be swam in.

I'm angry - not about the evictions - i want the hell out of here anyhow - I'm angry that they were intentionally negligent, and it made me very sick, and put my overall health in danger.

It angers me more that there isn't anything I could do about it. i'm not the suing type - I REALLY am not - I've been through things and in accidents and experienced stuff where everyone around has gone "so when you gonna sue?" and I just shrug - i guess I still believe in accidents. This was no accident though, and yes - I take it personal. If this pool had been up to date on it's inspe4ctions and Ok'd by the health department, then i wouldn't be angry - water systems get contaminated - it's an accident. You see?

We went and looked at a beautiful house tonight in Gulf Breeze - the rent is only 150 dollars more than here and it is a HOUSE with a HUGE yard, and 3 bedrooms. The man seemed Ok about our dogs, and the whole nine yards. We called the man and left a message that we have a 100 dollars this week to hold if for a week, and could pay him the rest next Friday - so PLEASE cross your fingers and toes, light your candles, pray, and think good thoughts for us! It was being "home" the minute we walked in.

Baby Collin got in the car and said "Let's go get our stuff and bring it here." It's in the same city as Brian's new job, and very close to the beaches and the Gulf. The schools in Gulf Breeze are rated 10 out of 10 - now, i've heard some people say negative things about the schools there - things like the kids there are rich spoiled surfer kids, and they maybe test well, but they're wild. *shrugs* all I can do is give them a try - If it doesn't work, we'll do online school. The schools here in Pensacola are a nightmare with abusive teachers AND bad ratings (3 out of 10).

wow - The missing link

2009-05-06T21:16:36Z

Yoinked from martinhesselius

Viral Missing Link Caught on Film
Wired.com | May 5, 2009 | Wired Science News for Your Neurons
A virus so large and strange that it’s redefined the very concept of a virus has been photographed for the first time. It’s even weirder than expected. The virus was originally discovered infecting amoebas in a Parisian water tower in 1992. It was orders of magnitude bigger than any other virus — so large, in fact, that researchers figured it was a microbe.

It took 11 years for the mimivirus to be officially defined as a virus, though the definition didn’t quite fit. In addition to its enormous size, many of its genes came from bacteria. Some researchers called it a “missing link” that blurred the boundaries between viruses and living cells, between living and dead. Despite all this attention the mimivirus’ physical structure remained a blur. Like other viruses, it was made from DNA surrounded by a protein coat called a capsid, but long fibers on the capsid’s surface made it difficult to see the mimivirus’ underlying structure.

To get a clearer picture, French and American biochemists dissolved mimivirus fibers with enzymes, then used an electron microscope to take thousands of pictures that were eventually combined into a three-dimensional structure. The results, published recently in Public Library of Science Biology, provide further evidence that mimiviruses straddle the boundary between virus and bacteria. Whereas the DNA of other viruses are tightly wrapped, there’s a large gap between the mimivirus genome and its capsid. In some ways, this resembles less the structure of a virus than of a living cell, in which DNA is contained in a nucleus, which in turn floats in cell-wall-enclosed cytoplasm. - Read More -

See?

2009-04-26T06:45:14Z

This is total crap, and is completely horrendous, and I don't want to take anything away from the situation to point out my own agenda, but I was JUST telling sageincave about how things are in the south - How nasty and abusive these people are. It doesn't end at the schools, it definantly goes into the medical profession, in fact, i can see just this sort of thing happening to veterans here. It wouldn't surprise me if it was intentional.

people contact HIV and other diseases from unsanitary conditions at the VA hospitals in Florida, Tennessee, and Georgia.

Wow

2009-04-26T06:23:14Z

I was just chekcing the TV guide channel to find out of we get Britian's got tallent here anywhere, and saw that Bea Arthur died.

It's always wierd when stars you grew up watching die - you don't know what you're supposed to feel - I meen you don't -really- know them, yet they were such a big part of your life. it's an odd feeling, huh?

G's - apparently Britain has got some talent

2009-04-26T05:30:52Z

PS - this isn't Susan Boyles - it's a new lil girl from last night

I saw "Seven Pounds"

2008-12-20T10:15:43Z

Seven Pounds with Will Smith was such a good movie - i highly recomend it!

Warning though - My children were bored during it. It's a movie with a deap story line and deap charactors and if you have a hard time getting that involved with something, then you'll prolly be bored, too. They play it off as it's some sort of mystery or something, but the very first scene of the movie eliminates any secrets the movie may have.

It's been a long time (If ever) though, that i've felt so close to a set of charactors that I laughed with them, and cried for them, and felt haunted by their story - even though I didn't relate to their story in any way, and had never experienced anything even remotely similar... The emotions I felt were all for them, and I think that's an incredible achievement for a movie to pull off.

I'm very much looking foreward to seeing Valkyrie - Count Von Staufenburg is a family relative of mine (Not close, but definitely in the Stauffer tree!) and i'm excited to see the movie for that reason - gonna go on Christmas day when it opens. MGM took it out of the oscar running, and that worries me - don't they think it's good enough? Plus - you know, the nut job is starring in it. LOL

HEY!

2008-12-20T10:01:20Z

I had a hard time logging in here LOL - couldn't remember my user name.

I have things to say - prolly gonna type a post later, but wanted to drop in and let you know I am still alive, wish you a Happy Holiday, and find out what's going on?

Faux News, and Obama

2008-06-25T20:41:36Z

Ganked from martinhesselius, and signed:

Dear Friends,

Right now, Fox News is trying to paint Barack Obama as foreign, un-American, suspicious, and scary. They're trying to send Americans the message that our country's first viable Black candidate for President is not "one of us."

I've joined on to ColorOfChange.org's campaign to push back on Fox, publicly demanding they stop their race-baiting and fear mongering. If that doesn't work, then we'll go to their advertisers and the FCC. I wanted to invite you to sign on as well. It takes only a moment:

http://www.colorofchange.org/foxobama/?id=2021-591858

Here's what happened recently:

After Senator Obama won the nomination, he and his wife gave each other a "pound" in front of the cameras. Fox anchor E.D. Hill called the act of celebration a "terrorist fist jab." Then last week, a Fox News on-screen graphic referred to Michelle Obama as "Obama's baby mama"--slang used to describe the unmarried mother of a man's child. It was a clear attempt to associate the Obamas with negative cultural stereotypes about Black people, an insult not only to Michelle Obama but to women and Black people everywhere.

After each of the incidents mentioned, Fox issued some form of weak apology. But what does it mean when you slap someone in the face, apologize the next day, then slap them again on the third? It means the apology is meaningless.

These aren't one-time incidents--they're part of a pattern that continues no matter how often Fox is forced to apologize. Fox has a clear record of attacking and undermining Black institutions, Black leaders, and Black people in general.

If we don't push back now, we will see more of the same from now until November. Please join me in helping to bring an end to Fox's behavior.

http://www.colorofchange.org/foxobama/?id=2021-591858

Thanks.

So much for a nap!

2008-06-03T22:01:28Z

Well, the puppy chewed a bone in my bed and slobbered all over it. I just changed the sheets last night so the pair was still dirty, and i'm skrewed out of a nap! Bleh - that puppy is so damned dumb. Cute and lovable though, so I usually overlook it - I just wish she didn't feel the need to keep Kaitlin shoeless!

...and me napless. :(

So, I unloaded and loaded the dishwasher - I may have to burn that pot the crab was in. :/ I mopped the kitchen and wiped it all down and vaccuumed. I think that's about all i'm gonna do today. lol

Have to go get Brian in an hour or so - so i guess i'll travel around and see what everyone is up to.

lol

2008-04-16T17:44:03Z

ZooooomG! lmao! I wonder if miss "I want to cut it down the front of my chest so I can breath" from yesterday will read My Beautiful Mommy to her impending children when her tummy gets all streched and saggy from carrying children and she can no longer wear a size "uhm, maybe an extra extra small?"

*Palms Face*

This is laughable - it's just so outrageous that you can't do anything but laugh. the problem with this story though, is that there are entire cultures of people who have struggled to find the right words to explain why mommy left for a day and came home bandaged with bruises, bigger breasts, a smaller nose, and a smaller tummy... after the swelling went down, of course.

As much as I strive to call myself non-judgemental, I'm thinking i'm going to call foul on this one. This is a horrible message to send to your children, and if you can't find the courage to show some self respect and some self love to yourself, then you have no business bringing children into the world to start with... the notion that a woman is not to feel happy because her breasts and tummy have sagged from having children is ludacriss!! Those are things you wear with pride, bimbo - give the kid to someone who has the guts to really love it, don't write a book to make your self-loathing jackassery OK.

You have to wonder just how far out of touch with civilization these people have to get to arive at this... place?

Writers block via Lupa

2008-04-14T21:26:30Z

lupabitch posed this question, and I thought that i'd answer it here so that the other folks my f-list could answer it to, because it's a toughie...

"What I'm really curious about (and here's where we get audience participation in Ye Olde Canne offe Wyrmes) is--at what point is someone rich? At what point are they poor? Is it a specific number? Does it have to do with hours worked vs. leisure time, or quality of life? Is it whether you can buy organic food, or whether you live on fast food (through choice or proximity)? Is it whether you feel you have enough, no matter how much you have? Or is it being content regardless of what you have? How do you define "rich" and "poor", and what are the connotations you associate with those terms?"

The government has "poverty levels" that they measure how well we're doing on, but the way that I judge has to do with "freedom". If you are chained to your rent and utility of bills, then you really don't have a very high quality of life, and you're not "free". Brian calls it "fuck you money", and I guess i'll just let you come up with your own definition of that.

It's more involved than that though. The whole "quality of life" thing goes so deap that I don't think that anyone could have a singular answer for it. Everyone's definition of a high quality of life is different, and some people will never be content, no matter how much they make, and some - like my ex husband, will never be able to pay their basic bills, no matter how much they make. This some odd phenomenon that happens to people where they can't get out of their social class. G's - he makes 75k a year (not including his wife's income) and struggles to pay the rent.

I think those are peopel that the econmony sustains.. people that, because they have a skill and a decent work ethic, can't help but make a lot of money in a booming economy, but when it drops off... so do they. i expect him to fall into a hole any day now.

Everyone's definition of "rich" is different, too. For some, the rich are those that have everything, and have their faces smeered across the tabloids. For some, the rich are those that have a happy family, a little savings, some land, and a couple horses.

I think that for myself, having choices, and some sort of freedom, is my judge of wealth.

misty_moonlight @ 2008-03-28T09:37:00

2008-03-28T16:39:36Z

Goinked from teriel

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I ended up somewhere between spiritualist church and voodoo on their graph. lol

Atonement

2008-03-28T16:21:19Z

We rented "Atonement" last night. I have very mixed feelings about the movie. Artistically, I can see how and why the story bounces around so much. I meen.. stories have been told in the order they happened over and over and over again, so artisitcally, you would want to do something else. I think the "art" aspect of movies has been rather stagnet for some time now. they've tried weird camera moves, bouncing all over th eplace, telling stories backwards, and everything else, but they can't seem to get anything that makes us go "Ooooo". I think that the cartoons are the only ones moving foreward in this area.

That much said, I guess that I can "forgive" movies for these artistic flaws, because I can see people trying desperately to move forward in this area. The thing that bothers me the most about this though, is the fact that it makes it so difficult to get into the story and stay there. If the story isn't jerking you out by your ears, then the cameraman is, and I want to just get into it and stay there until they roll the credits. This is "Atonement's" biggest flaw in my mind.

The part of this story that grabbed me the hardest, and the younger people probably weren't shook as hard by this, but it was the notion that if you make just one mistake in your life, then "you'll ruin your entire life". This used to be a rather common theme in our society. I was told this over and over by my father. Other's in my age group weren't so much, but my parents were older. It was if you got pregnant before you got married, dropped out of school, didn't pick the right college, or got involved with the wrong man, you'll ruin your entire life! It seems there didn't used to be second chances, or even the notion of being happy with less than you were entitled to or ecxpected to have.

It was this very notion that made me so miserable for so damned long. I knew I was in the wrong marriage with Ken, and when i had kids with him, I was misserable.. my entire life was ruined. Now here I am married to a man I love,a nd doing something I love.. even with kids ... and a lot of them, and it seems so surreel to me. This isn't supposed to happen.. my entire life is ruined.

Atonenment perfectly reflected that idea. He just typed the wrong words, and sent the wrong note, and his entire life was ruined. So was hers. This used to be the theme we were raised with.

The movie was rather tragic, but I just "almost cried" at the end, and had a knott in my throat. I blame this on my innability to get into the story and stay there. I couldn't get as emotioanlly invested as I could have if it had flowed more easily.

I have to do it when I have the chance - sorry

2008-03-27T16:06:52Z

Gloat, that is. Just because so many of you on my F-list are shoveling snow this week! I'll be nice,a nd put it under a cut, though. ;)

Bullhead City, AZ Weather Forecast
3:34 AM PDT THU MAR 27 2008

TODAY - Mostly sunny. Highs near 90. Light wind becoming northwest around 10 mph in the afternoon.

TONIGHT - Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s. Southwest wind 10 to 15 mph.

FRIDAY - Mostly sunny. Highs near 90. South wind 10 to 15 mph.

FRIDAY NIGHT - Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s. South wind around 10 mph in the evening becoming light.

SATURDAY - Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid to upper 80s. Southwest wind 10 to 15 mph. Gusts up to 25 mph in the afternoon.

SATURDAY NIGHT - Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.

SUNDAY - Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower to mid 80s.

SUNDAY NIGHT - Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.

MONDAY - Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.

MONDAY NIGHT - Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.

TUESDAY - Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.

TUESDAY NIGHT - Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.

WEDNESDAY - Partly sunny with a 20 percent chance of rain showers. Highs near 80.

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV

misty_moonlight @ 2008-03-25T21:15:00

2008-03-26T04:16:49Z

From kokyu

I don't know anything about this, but it made me smile, so I thought i'd share.

Been a good friend or family member to someone with a "mental Illness" today?

2008-03-25T22:49:00Z

lupabitch posted a link about a man who is pregnant. Lupa said: "it's not quite what people would assume; however, I think people like Ms. Somerville, quoted at the end of the article, need to realize that not everybody fits into their nice, "safe", dualistic perspective."

She's right, of course, but isn't that what all of life is about? Perceptions, and our perceptions are formed from what we're taught, and we're taught what has been taught for years and years. Oh sure, our perceptions do evolve, and in the middle of the evolution, different people with different ideals are called names, have rocks thrown at them, and some are beaten to death.

It frightens us. Change frightens us, and things and people that are "different" frighten us. We develop the fatalistic approach of "it's a sign of the times" and instead of looking at what we see as something that is different, we see it as a societal trend that started when we stop praying in school or something of the sort.

The thing that fascinates me in all of this though, is the approach to "mental illness". it doesnt seem to matter if you're conservative or liberal - christian or new age - when someone has depression, anxiety, OCD, hears voices, or the multitude of other "illnesses" that I can't name at the moment. We all stick a label on them, and start feeding them pills, or advise meditation, exercise, and special diets... because it seems, we ALL see these people as ill.. broken.. suffering.. and we.have.to.fix.them!

"Life, liberty and the pursuit of HAPPINESS!"... we write about it in our constitution.,. By gosh, "It's what this country was founded on." We won't allow someone to be unhappy. We won't allow them the right to not fit in. We won't let them just be themselves. We laugh, we poke, we we point, we talk about, we medicate, we lock them up, and we advise, and just have to get ourselves as far away from those "mental illnesses" as we possibly can!!!

We won't befriend. We won't accept.. we can't take them like they are. It brings us down. And it scares the living shit out of us to look at them, because it's a big reminder that the human brain is capable of "malfunction" - which means we could end up just like them at any point. A natural disaster, a violent crime, a drug addiction... we're just inches away from being there ourselves, and if we accept those people as "normal" members of society and give them a chance to contribute, then they just serve as constant reminders of our own weakness. Pathetic creatures we are, aren't we?

Just an FYI - people who "suffer" from mental illness have historically put out some of the most beautiful art that any of us have ever seen - They are the playwrights, the painters, the artists, the musicians, the geniuses.. We pay phenomenal amounts of money to own a piece of the history they created. The history they created without pills and while being persecuted by their peers. What we perceive as suffering is much of the time capable of such outstanding aesthetics that no-one else could ever conceive of them.

So, the next time want to judge - take a minute to imagine the beauty that is going on inside their brain, and maybe you'll see them just a little differently.

misty_moonlight @ 2008-03-20T15:00:00

2008-03-20T22:01:57Z

Found this interesting...

2008-03-19T03:49:57Z

I just learned that Stephen Covey wrote a "7 habits for highly effective people with diabetes" booklet and have ordered it free from Bayer. Covey is a guy Brian introduced me to, and he writes about organization, time and money management, and the like.. he's got a whole line of planners and all of that.

We went and saw he and FLYlady speak one time, and FLYlady commented that "They have to start with me, and then move to you, because when I get them, they don't even know how to use a calendar." So - he may be a little bit too advanced for me. LOL! I'm still looking forward to reading the book.

I just blogged about eating for the instant gratification, and not thinking beyond the next 15 minutes, and I guess that is one of the habits he encourages for diabetics (makes sense) ... Anyhow.. this is what I read that fascinated me so... It's only common sense, but it made a light bulb click on in my head when I read it:

"Healthy Coping Using the habits outlined in Covey's The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People(R), as well as the AADE7(TM) Self-Care Behaviors, survey respondents were classified into the following four segments and compared:

-- those that manage both their life and diabetes well; 12 percent -- those that manage neither their life nor diabetes well; 56 percent -- those that manage their life, but not their diabetes well; 24 percent -- those that manage their diabetes, but not their life well; 8 percent

The survey suggests that successfully mastering specific life management skills can have a very positive impact on one's diabetes as well. For instance, prioritizing is critical. Adults with diabetes who manage their lives and diabetes well are twice as likely as those who manage neither their lives nor their condition effectively to say they excel at prioritizing and acting on important issues in their lives (90 percent vs. 46 percent). When it comes to diabetes management, it should be a high priority for people to monitor their blood sugar daily in order to maintain consistent blood glucose level control. The survey found that those who manage their lives and diabetes well are more likely than those not managing either well to test their blood sugar seven days a week (75 percent vs. 59 percent).

For more information about The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People(R) with Diabetes, or to receive a copy at no charge, please go to http://www.diabetes7.org/."

Speaking of life management and coping skills and the like.. One of the guys on my friends list - Taylor Elwood teriel - also a published spiritual book author, just received his certification to become a Life Coach. Taylor is giving everyone a free half hour session if you'd like to see if life coaching is the right thing for you, then check it out.

AHEM!

2008-03-18T05:20:30Z

Heh - look at this!

Misty,

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Please contact me to let me know if you accept our offer. We have selected you for the month of July and we will post your story live in July 2008.

You also need to send us your address as the Hall Of Fame Recipient receives a small token for their great work!

Congratulations on quitting smoking! I look forward to hearing from you soon!

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July 17th will be 2 years for me since i've had a ciggarette!

Distopia, anyone?

2008-03-16T19:19:27Z

Well, I know that i'm in the minority here, but I didn't like "No country for old men". The message of the movie, may have been soemthing about desensatation, and how dangerous it was to live with no compassion. (I think this is why it took place in 1980 - that's when that message first started coming out and they were telling us to protect our children from violence on TV) But, I felt the movie was an extreme example, and unless it's purpose was to prove those ideas were silly, it missed it's mark by a long shot.

So - moral messages aside, the other factors of the movie were that I 1) wasn't entertained and 2)Didn't "feel" anything. Basically how I judge a good movie.

I did find it somewhat intrigueing that the charactors of the movie, while they were being killed off, became more and more desensatized about their own deaths, as I became desensatized by watching so many deaths of people that I had no emotioanal stake in. I meen, everywhere that guy was, someone was going to die, and there was no sense in rooting for them. lol. It's not natural human behavior to just non-chellantly accept your fate with death. Humans deny it, they fight it, they run from it, and they bargain against death.. they don't just accept that it's their time to go because this man with an air gun is standing before them. That basic part of human behavior will never change... I don't care how much violence we're exposed to on TV or video games... it's a hormonal response, not an emotional one.

Beh - two thumbs way down.

Shhh - just listen

2008-03-14T17:37:06Z

I often say that to my kids and to people I know well, but I don't really think that many people understand what i'm talking about. To listen... really listen, and with ALL of your senses, and not just your ears, seems to be something that many folks can't do, or don't want to do for fear of sensory overload.

We rented August Rush last night and I have to say that I really enjoyed it. It touched briefly on listening with all of your senses and all of your body, but I think it did try and keep it something that the average person could understand about listening. At any rate, it was a beautiful, magical story that was told very well. The acting was beautiful, and so was the writting. I had expected it to be a "Disney" type story where everything always happens in definant black and white, but this story had a lot of different shades of gray, and I really appreciated that aspect of it.

It didn't seem to be exciting enough for my kids, so even though it's a family movie, keep that in mind if your kids like a lot of action in their flicks.

Link love

2008-03-07T04:00:53Z

Minding my Own Brain is a new blog by Edalia - an extremely entertaining and comical writter.

Dave McKean's new cover of the new Neil Gaiman book. I like it, but it's missing something, to be honest.

I had this Ginger Papaya Salsa on fish yesterday for lunch and it was SO GOOD!

You suck at Photoshop! Episode #6, and episode 7 are up for your comedic and educational pleasure!