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Under orders from the woman responsible for our meeting...
Posting our wedding website: http://leticiaandbrian.info and our wedding registry collection page: http://leticiaandbrian.info/links/36-gift-specific There, Beth, posted. :)

White Wolf Makes the Right Move
http://jesshartley.livejournal.com/392052.html

In short: Free core rules for exalted, and one time 10% discount on their other PDFs, through the 12th. Go browse and support people who do the right thing via ebooks, folks. :)

Back Pain: A Note
For some reason, the issue of back pain has come up on multiple blogs I follow, and LJ. Misdiagnosis and "It's not serious, it just hurts a lot, I won't go to a doctor!" seem to be a common theme.

Let me say this, as a two year veteran of a prolapsed disc: See the fucking doctor. If you slip and hurt your back and the pain comes back or persists for more than that day, _see the fucking doctor if it is at all possible_. There are hundreds of ome remedies that will help you with the pain-- epsom salts, relaxation, yoga, etc. Check them out, sure. But /see the fucking doctor/. Get it checked out. And if you still feel pain after following what the doctor tells you, see a specialist, if you can, and if not, treat your back with velvet gloves, and watch for the pain. For pity's sake, do that even if you've got the insurance and the specialist says you're mostly okay.

I believe in a Creator, yes. I also _know_ there's evolution. I don't see a conflict. You can have a divine Creator and still be a work in progress. In fact, it's almost a certainty for a living, changing universe like the one we're in. But whether you're an atheist or a theist, these are the facts: Our backs-- muscles, spines, and so forth-- despite millions of years of evolution, were originally designed for horizontal, quadruped creatures. We've come a long way, but major change goes on and on, and there is a reason that back problems are persistent and chronic for the human species-- our backs are taking pressure in ways that they're not yet 100% suited to (and may never be so without deliberate engineering, which may not be wise-- there are some uses to being able to switch handily between modes of transportation).

Treat your back with respect and care. This is how you move. This is how you live. I wish now that I'd been far, far more aggressive about my care and diagnosis than I was-- and the consequences for my loved ones are greater because I did not. So if you won't do it to spare yourself, do it so that you don't become a burden on those you care about.

Current Mood: SRS

>_>
Since Zeffy

is old enough to start helping with other playmates, I decided to get

and

now for her company. ^^;;

Mew
*pets the growing hatchling gently, and gets all sorts of flying/aeronautical/etc. themed toys and learning centers and such o.o*
s'growing. M'not ENTIRELY bad.

Current Mood: bouncy

Behold!
We have our rings. Our celebration of our us. <3

I love you, Leticia. Thank you for agreeing to partner our lives.

*hugs egg tenderly*
I'm going to lose the poor thing, I just know it. ;_;

^_^
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays, folks.

*blinks* Thank you!
Well, apparently, I've been given a vgift and two months of paid LJism. Thank you, to whoever the anonymous gifter is! I highly appreciate it.

However, I am also an extremely curious sort of person! Care to give more hints as to your identity, Extremely Nice Person?