did you know

Did you know that the reason cheap candles burn much faster than expensive candles is because cheap candles have much more air worked into the wax, and so it takes noticeably less time for the wax to melt away? Well, now you do. :)

yesterday…

Yesterday, I got sucked into reading Making Light, Teresa Nielsen-Hayden’s blog. In the midst of this blog, I found this entry, which, prompted by Meryl Yourish’s very fine question, “What kind of dates would the various superheroes be?” asked: If there’s a female comics fan out there who’s never once thought about this, would she please raise her hand? I certainly am not one who would be raising her hand in answer to this question. Ms. Nielsen-Hayden also made a very fine point about Wolverine: There’s got to be another…

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icky

Icky glasses. They make everything bendy. I will try them another day or so and see if they stop doing this. Sarah says it takes a while to get used to glasses that correct astigmatisms. I never had any astigmatisms /before/ this doctor. :P

so cute!

AAAAAH LUCY WAS *SO* *CUTE* last night! I was getting ready for bed, and I’m supposed to do these exercises for my back, so I was standing there in the dark next to the bed doing them, and suddenly two little cat feet reeaaaaaached up to my ribs, and she headbutted me and streeeeeetched! So I did what any normal, red-blooded, cat-liking person would do. I went right to bed and let her curl up on my ribs. :) And then I couldn’t keep her on my ribs ’cause of…

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blah

Can you say ‘overdid it’? We went to pick up my new glasses and switch out my not-strong-enough contacts for the ones that actually work. Don’t know that I like the prescription on the new glasses, but they told me to try them out for a few days. *dubious look* Then we went to the comic shop, where there were no comics, so instead I blew most of my allowance on the Rogue bust I’ve been wanting, and Ted got some more HeroClix. He’s awfully addicted. :) Then we went…

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