Fried Noodles and Fudge

Kathe and I went to the Mongolian Grill last night, a rare enough outing for us to be worth mentioning. We had a coupon, made sure the tip was calculated according to the full price rather than the discounted, ate lots of noodles and veggies and meat, and had a good time.

When we got home, we found that our son Walden had come by and left us some of his latest batch of fudge. It was good.

The fudge was wrapped in aluminum foil marked NOM NOMS, so I sent him a text saying, "Thx 4 da noms kthxbaignite." He replied, "Youve been spending too much time in the tubes."

//The Magic Eight-Ball says, "hes probly rite u kno"\\

From John to Kathe, With Love

We Can't Find Our Christmas Card List

So if you are expecting (or would like to get) a card from us, please e-mail us at burtfamily@live.com and give us your current address.

My Bookmarks, As of December 2009 (Part 4)

Category: Funny Things
http://www.4chan.org/
http://www.amptoons.com/blog/
http://www.badscience.net/
http://drmcninja.com/
http://emailsfromcrazypeople.com/
http://beatonna.livejournal.com/
http://questionablecontent.net/
http://wondermark.com/
http://xkcd.com/
http://myrightwingdad.blogspot.com/

//The Magic Eight-Ball says, "'Funny' is a matter of taste, I suppose...."\\

My Bookmarks, As of December 2009 (Part 3)

Category: Fantasy, Science fiction, Comics Books, Movies, &c.
http://www.asofterworld.com/
http://c.urvy.org/?date=20080329
http://www.darkhorse.com/
http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php
http://girl-wonder.org/
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HomePage
http://io9.com/
http://www.misterkitty.org/
http://www.bigredhair.com/
http://pinktentacle.com/
http://precur.wordpress.com/
http://nosmokingintheskullcave.blogspot.com/
http://superdickery.com/
http://hoodedutilitarian.blogspot.com/
http://www.therobotspajamas.com/
http://www.thewaythefutureblogs.com/
http://warren-ellis.livejournal.com/
http://www.webcomicsnation.com/
http://luchins.com/
http://www.strangehorizons.com/
http://superfuturefriends.blogspot.com/
http://www.tor.com/
http://www.plaidstallions.com/
http://www.robmacdougall.org/
http://supergee.livejournal.com/

//The Magic Eight-Ball says, "Just how long is this list of yours, John?"\\

My Bookmarks, As of December 2009 (Part 2)

Blogs
http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/
http://myrightwingdad.blogspot.com/
http://obsidianwings.blogs.com/
http://www.oliverwillis.com/
http://dneiwert.blogspot.com/
http://www.pamshouseblend.com/
http://pandagon.net/
http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/
http://punkassblog.com/
http://www.sadlyno.com/
http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/SavageLove?oid=2017620
http://whatever.scalzi.com/
http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/
http://www.strangehorizons.com/
http://susiemadrak.com/
http://portlytruestories.blogspot.com/
http://www.theagitator.com/
http://thisislikesogay.blogspot.com/
http://www.weareallbadgers.com/index2.htm
http://wikileaks.org/
http://zeldalily.com/

I notice that some of these links are in the wrong folders. I must do something about that one of these days....

//The Magic Eight-Ball says, "What, there's more?"\\

My Bookmarks, As of December 2009 (Part 1)

Audio
http://www.620kpoj.com/main.html
http://www.opb.org/radio/
http://www.otr.net/
http://www.youtube.com/
Blogs
http://acephalous.typepad.com/
http://alicublog.blogspot.com/
http://theangryblackwoman.com/
http://supergee.livejournal.com/
http://www.balloon-juice.com/
http://bitchphd.blogspot.com/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/
http://www.cogitamusblog.com/
http://crookedtimber.org/
http://echidneofthesnakes.blogspot.com/
http://science-professor.blogspot.com/
http://www.feministe.us/blog/
http://www.feministing.com/
http://frugalfag.com/
http://hecatedemetersdatter.blogspot.com/
http://hugoschwyzer.net/
http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/
http://joemygod.blogspot.com/
http://kateharding.net/
http://konagod.blogspot.com/
http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/
http://lefarkins.blogspot.com/
http://www.miamiherald.com/leonard_pitts/
http://majikthise.typepad.com/

//The Magic Eight-Ball says, "Don't you have anything better to do?"\\

Sunday Go To Meetin'

I went to the Quaker Meeting this morning, which I used to do regularly, and have been trying recently to start doing again, with limited success.

I am really glad that I was there today, though, because one of the members said something that I really needed to hear:

He said something to the effect that Quakers talk a lot about the Light Within, but that he was much more concerned with the Light that forms between people, if they allow it to. He said this was one of the most precious, even miraculous aspects of being human, and tragically all too vulnerable. By comparison with the vulnerability of human relations, the Light Within is relatively easy to nurture and to heal.

As I said, that was something I needed to hear.

//The Magic Eight-Ball says, "Thank you, John".\\

Home Again

But we will be going back to Portland again next weekend.

Why will we be going back to Portland? Go ask the Magic eight-Ball.

//The Magic Eight-Ball says, "Reply Hazy, Perhaps Because of Embarrassment."\\

At the Montavilla Motel

In Portland to take care of various errands and see various people, will be returning to Corvallis, probably late, staying tonight at the Montavilla Motel, one of Kathe's favorites.

//The Magic Eight-Ball says, "Hurry back."\\