tag:www.ealasaid.com,2010:/ego//1 2010-02-26T21:40:52Z Movable Type 3.2 tag:www.ealasaid.com,2010:/ego//1.3109 2010-02-26T21:28:55Z 2010-02-26T21:40:52Z

The BBC thinks most people will have only read 6 of these 100 books. Put an X next to the ones you've read. Count them up at the end....

Ealasaid www.ealasaid.com Book Meme]]> tag:www.ealasaid.com,2010:/ego//1.3098 2010-01-13T19:27:50Z 2010-01-13T19:37:05Z

Man, I've been quiet. Things are crazybusy in meatspace, and Twitter relieves my frequent urge to share stupid little crap, so... yeah. Quiet. But that's why we have RSS, right? I do, however, want to log on here briefly to...

Ealasaid www.ealasaid.com Linkage: New Commandments]]> tag:www.ealasaid.com,2009:/ego//1.3090 2009-12-18T16:49:56Z 2009-12-18T16:51:32Z

If you've ever watched The Colbert Report with me, you know that I HAVE to watch the Spartina logo at the end. You know, where the egret chilling by the pond gets eaten by a little fish. I always go...

Ealasaid www.ealasaid.com My life is now complete]]> tag:www.ealasaid.com,2009:/ego//1.3089 2009-12-13T05:04:49Z 2009-12-13T05:24:11Z

This is the weekend of rhythm gaming hardware badassery. FIrst, I rewired my beloved Les Paul controller. Les Pauls are easily the best controllers EVER for Rock Band or Guitar Hero, but they have one major flaw: the way the...

Ealasaid www.ealasaid.com Weekend Update: Rhythm Gaming Hardware Badassery ]]> tag:www.ealasaid.com,2009:/ego//1.3088 2009-12-11T23:46:45Z 2009-12-12T00:16:16Z

Wednesday was Umloud, a Rock Band fundraiser for Child's Play. It was epic win. The highlight of the evening for me (besides playing Boston's "Rock 'n Roll Band" on the main stage with Twon, Tim, and Witwix) was winning this...

Ealasaid www.ealasaid.com Umloud! Also, surgery update]]> tag:www.ealasaid.com,2009:/ego//1.3087 2009-12-09T18:14:00Z 2009-12-09T18:31:59Z

Because I am too tired to post anything real. :) Filched from the incomparable Dianne Sylvan....

Ealasaid www.ealasaid.com Memage!]]> tag:www.ealasaid.com,2009:/ego//1.3084 2009-11-30T18:41:49Z 2009-11-30T18:44:39Z

It's over! I finished. 50,040 is my final official wordcount. There was a last-minute kerfluffle when the NaNoWriMo official verifying wordcounter totally disagreed with the one in Open Office and I had to scrounge up another 900 words, but whatever....

Ealasaid www.ealasaid.com NaNoWriMo 2009: COMPLETE]]> tag:www.ealasaid.com,2009:/ego//1.3082 2009-11-26T01:40:28Z 2009-11-26T01:40:34Z

As previously noted, I had knee surgery this week! Woo! It went really well. The surgery was at Precision SurgiCenter, which was kind of a trip. Very fast, very efficient. But it was surreal to go to a normal-looking office...

Ealasaid www.ealasaid.com Post-Surgery Update!]]> tag:www.ealasaid.com,2009:/ego//1.3079 2009-11-03T01:57:38Z 2009-11-03T02:02:04Z

NaNoWriMo is here again, folks! Huzzah! Antwon and I went to the first-minute write in / Halloween party, which was fun as always. This year it was at a fellow Wrimo's house, rather than the traditional Denny's, and that meant...

Ealasaid www.ealasaid.com NaNoWriMo 2009!]]> tag:www.ealasaid.com,2009:/ego//1.3076 2009-10-30T20:59:18Z 2009-10-30T21:09:47Z

My recent entry on the BMI has resulted in some folks sending me links and me surfing around, so here's some of what I've been looking at recently! Here is a fantastic blog entry about why harshing on your own...

Ealasaid www.ealasaid.com Fat Links Post (heh)]]> tag:www.ealasaid.com,2009:/ego//1.3074 2009-10-27T19:45:58Z 2009-10-27T20:22:58Z

I have sworn off weighing myself. I started dieting young, like a lot of American girls. I was in Weight Watchers in Junior High, where my body clung to every last ounce it could and all I thought about, ever,...

Ealasaid www.ealasaid.com Rant: Why scales are a tool of BULLSHIT]]> tag:www.ealasaid.com,2009:/ego//1.3072 2009-10-21T18:24:46Z 2009-10-21T18:49:58Z

Last Saturday was the 20th anniversary of the Loma Prieta Earthquake. Like most Bay Area folk, I remember exactly where I was when it hit. I'd been home sick that day, and was still in my jammies at the dining...

Ealasaid www.ealasaid.com Loma Prieta]]> tag:www.ealasaid.com,2009:/ego//1.3070 2009-10-08T22:30:25Z 2009-10-08T23:06:56Z

So, remember back in June when I saw Dr. J and talked about surgery? I eventually decided to try PT instead. Well, I did PT. For months. And as I said to Dr. J last week when I saw him...

Ealasaid www.ealasaid.com It's KNIFE-TIME!]]> tag:www.ealasaid.com,2009:/ego//1.3068 2009-09-22T16:59:41Z 2009-09-22T21:58:31Z

Last week was Invisible Illness Week! I had no idea. Better late than never, though, so I'll post this now: 30 Things About My Invisible Illness You May Not Know The illness I live with is: Fibromyalgia I was diagnosed...

Ealasaid www.ealasaid.com Invisible Illness Meme]]> tag:www.ealasaid.com,2009:/ego//1.3066 2009-09-16T00:14:07Z 2009-09-16T01:21:58Z

So Gary Marcus wrote an article on Guitar Hero and Rock Band purporting to examine their popularity. He put my hackles up with his first sentence: In some ways, Guitar Hero and Rock Band seem like the stupidest games on...

Ealasaid www.ealasaid.com "What Makes People Want to Play Rock Band and Guitar Hero?" ]]>