Put this Insulin Calculator (scroll to the bottom) at the top of the list of things I wished I’d been made aware of when I first got diagnosed. It probably took me about 6 months to figure out the exact same conversation rate (base sugar number, plus amount of carbs you want to eat = […]
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I have an interview with my fourth Dayton temp agency tomorrow. Four. I’m curious as to how many more there actually are in this city. I suppose I may as well collect the set.
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But even women who don’t put their pictures or real names online are subject to virtual harassment. A recent study showed that when the gender of an online username appears female, they are 25 times more likely to experience harassment. The study, conducted by the University of Maryland, found that female user-names averaged 163 threatening
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I’ve been having some issues with my sugar since I got back from Spain, so I’ve been running numbers like this (as a refresher: a normal person has a fasting glucose of about 80. I need to stay under 150. Over 200, you do permanent damage. I record three times a day: before breakfast, lunch,
I’ve spent the last couple of days devouring Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s Infidel. It’s been a long time since I devoured a book with this kind of desperate hunger, and I think my compulsion to lock myself in my room in order to finish the book surprised even me. Hirsi Ali is the Somalian-born former Muslim
Called in available to my temp agencies and scheduled another interview for tomorrow at 10am with yet another temp agency. That’ll be three agencies I’m registered with. In the meantime, on my tax forms, I put down that my occupation was “writer.” It felt much better than writing “employed.” Anyway, more GW edits. The book’s
If I declare myself and business and report my writing income ($4500), then I owe $1221. If I don’t declare myself a busines and report my writing income ($4500), then I owe $421. This probably wouldn’t have happened if I’d kept all of my con reciepts. EDIT: Final Federal taxes owed: $553 Yeah, right! I
Nickelback: Rockstar I’m through with standin’ in lineat clubs I’ll never get inIt’s like the bottom of the ninthand I’m never gonna winthis life hasn’t turned out quite the way I want it to be(Tell me what you want) I want a brand new house on an episode of CribsAnd a bathroom I can play
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“God’s War is a 97,000 word fantasy novel of faith, blood, betrayal and submission played out in the contaminated deserts of Nasheen, a matriarchal state engaged in a centuries-old holy war with polygamous Chenja.” Hm, no, that’s not right. I typed: Polygamous. No, that means multiple partners of either sex. What’s more than one wife?
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The only thing I hate drafting more than query letters are synopses. That’s going to be next. And I just printed out GW AGAIN so I can go through ANOTHER round of line edits. I hacked and combined several chapters during the last pass, and I need to make sure those run smoothly. I’ve also
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