So I set (and meet) goals all the time. This week the Happiness Trap wanted me to think about SMART goals, and I (and every other corporate employee in America collectively) cringed. For those who don’t know, SMART goals (“Specific,
CAT NEWS DAILY – May 16
Max and Charlie both cooperated for the administration of the good drugs this morning (which is amazing – normally I can’t medicate Charlie and he’d just have to grin and bear it). Max also got an anti-inflammatory (by which point
Vet Update: Max and Charlie, May 2019
So Max and Charlie haven’t been to the vet since Dec 2017, and at that time I was broke and couldn’t afford to schedule them for the teeth cleaning that the vet recommended for both of them. Also at that
Social Media Slime
I have been thinking about social media a lot lately. About how it’s not what it was in the early days – about how we’re all now just commodities trading our information for advertising. How all of these “free” services
Therapy in 2019
My therapy appointment this week consisted of talking about: how fucked we are by climate change how infuriating it is that we’ve known that this was coming since the 70’s and nobody did anything about it except kick the can
ACT and thinking about Values
So for the last six weeks or so I’ve been working through the ACT introductory program by Russ Harris called The Happiness Trap (note that it’s on sale right now, so if you’ve wanted to do this program, now’s a good
Holy Crap This Blog is Old
So I had an idle thought today and paged through WordPress to see when I created this blog. First post is on 17 April 2008. I created this space to have a place to put my ramblings that didn’t have
Oh and one more thing – on getting roped in…
Last night was Loch’s Populace meeting – the business meeting of the barony. I left having promised to apply for the open Chronicler position (the person who writes the newsletter) and to help with the Serpent’s Symposium event in August.
Ansteorran White Scarf Ruby Anniversary
The event this weekend was an absolute blast – I got to see old friends, amazing rapier fighting, meet new people and even spend part of my day in service to the community as a scribe. Plus I got to
Dreaming the Dream
So after many long years away, I’ve decided it’s finally time to really rejoin the SCA for really real. I played seriously from 2004-2010, and then a little in 2014, but hadn’t even unpacked my garb from the move over