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In college I was a Serials librarian, and a lot of my day was spent helping students research and find journal articles. I loved that job and to...
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Poem: Humidity

EXPIATION/blog ― Trigger Warning: This poem discusses grief and suicide. Humidity Once again, I can't cope and I talk about the weather. It's too raw and it's rainy. You know how I am on cloudy days. I am not happy, I think I am ok. This is no different than anything... (more)
 Syn Etc ― Posted 2 days ago
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Vegan Stroganoff

EXPIATION/blog ―   I remember when I first got Vegan with a Vengeance  I was immediately drawn to the Stroganoff recipe, and was nearly incompetent at making it, let alone finding all the ingredients.  So this past winter I set off on a mission to make... (more)
 Syn Etc ― Posted 6 days ago
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Layout Love = Elegant CSS

EXPIATION/blog ― It’s been about a year and half since I started tackling pure CSS layouts.  This is my fifth attempt, and was by far the cleanest and easiest to make.  There are no HTML or CSS errors, there are no sneaky work arounds to make the layout look... (more)
 Syn Etc ― Posted 6 days ago
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Evangelion

EXPIATION/blog ― My first boyfriend was obsessed with Evangelion, and I thought he was stupid for liking big fighting robots.  He admitted to liking the series for it’s big fighting robots and also being a lover of other Mecha anime.  After we broke up I... (more)
 Syn Etc ― Posted 13 days ago
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The One Who Sees Right Through Me

EXPIATION/blog ― I am thankful to be something that many idiots believe shouldn’t exist.  I am a survivor of Complex PTSD and Severe Depression.  My full time job is as a mental health therapist, and PTSD specialist. There is a memory that comes back to me at... (more)
 Syn Etc ― Posted 18 days ago
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End Radio Silence

EXPIATION/blog ― It’s been a rough couple of months.  Though today I am rejoicing, I feel like singing, and since I’m just a little bit drunk, I actually might.  My body put me through a trial starting in January when my already terrible menstrual cycle... (more)
 Syn Etc ― Posted 18 days ago
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The Amazing Politics of Buying Macs

EXPIATION/blog ― Since getting my first iBook in 2003 I have been an Apple convert.  They own my soul, perhaps I don’t want children because they would have my first born anyways.  However, I can’t help but be mystified by the specs and politics of... (more)
 Syn Etc ― Posted 27 days ago
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Cat and Mouse

EXPIATION/blog ― It’s taken me a few weeks to tell this story, I needed some time so it could just be funny. We have two terribly mischievous cats.  When they aren’t destroying antique furniture, sleeping on our clothes, or chillin’ in the bath tub... (more)
Tags: Vegan
 Syn Etc ― Posted on Feb 12th, 2012
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Apologies for the Brief Absence

EXPIATION/blog ― I’m back, and have no intentions of going anywhere.  I had a lot going on in my personal life, and not stuff I was ready to write about.  My entire family had to move in early December, they are far enough away that I need to fly to go see... (more)
 Syn Etc ― Posted on Dec 26th, 2011
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Color Opacity with RGBA

EXPIATION/blog ― I love messing with opacity, when alpha opacity filters began to be supported in the early 2000s I was a very happy girl. However, the filter was limiting because it would apply to everything within that element. The next solution was transparent... (more)
 Syn Etc ― Posted on Nov 14th, 2011
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What the 99% have to Do

EXPIATION/blog ― With the economy continuing to go down hill, I worry about the future of the infamous boomerang kids.  While I’m continuing to learn money savvy, and ways to keep my career moving so I can have a roof over my head and food on the table these... (more)
 Syn Etc ― Posted on Nov 14th, 2011
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Why Use Firefox

EXPIATION/blog ― Firefox flew out of the ashes of Netscape a year after AOL formally cut ties with Netscape and Mozilla. Firefox came into being in a hostile environment for new browsers, and blew the doors wide open. Firefox through its solid page rendering, and... (more)
 Syn Etc ― Posted on Nov 14th, 2011
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The Sun is Rising at a Logical Time!

EXPIATION/blog ― For the first time in over a month my body naturally woke up at 6:30am. It feels so good! It is amazing to me that now that I'm older this sort of thing actually matters. All I ever used to care about is being awake within 15 minutes of needing to... (more)
 Syn Etc ― Posted on Nov 14th, 2011
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Morning Darkness is Eating my Soul

EXPIATION/blog ― When it comes to time I am a fairly normal American.  I’m not so crazy that I get up at 4 or 5am to go to work, and I’m cursed with that good ole 9 to 5.  However, I like mornings (usually) in the spring and summer I get up around 6:30,... (more)
Tags: Rants
 Syn Etc ― Posted on Nov 4th, 2011
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Mapping Inner Roads

EXPIATION/blog ― Two years ago I went riding around my neighborhood with my Canon point and shoot.  I rode through familiar places, the landmarks of my day with my hand out the window.  I was working with a vague concept, that I wanted to map these places to me... (more)
 Syn Etc ― Posted on Nov 1st, 2011