Not Much Worse…
… than wacky sugar numbers and the resulting cognitive fuzz that makes you just not care. So tired.
Minimum Credit Card Payments for April:
$410.00 Yup, that’s the last time I can pay those without being employed. If nothing comes up next week, I’ll pick up those food service applications. I’m not going to make it, otherwise.
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International Pixel-Stained Technopeasant Day
In honor of the first annual International Pixel-Stained Technopeasant Day, here’s Two Girls. This story’s been freely available on and off for years, but never sold. In addition, of course, there are the stories freely available on the sidebar.
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Decision
I turned down the job offer yesterday morning, after speaking with family and friends about it. As much as I need the money, and the first-day health benefits, well, if I took that job, packed up my shit, and started Monday, I would *really* need the health benefits because I’d break myself down. It took
Struck Dead By Technology
For various reasons, I’m up late tonight, unable to sleep, and began obsessively clicking on my “stumbleupon” button in the upper right hand corner of my toolbar. Suddenly, I was brought up short with a pop-up window stating, “Unknown error – database failure.” I continued obsessively clicking on the button, and continued to get the
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Job Offer
Well, my old boss back in Chicago pulled through and made me a job offer. I asked for 45K and a 5K moving bonus. I received a job offer letter for 43K and a 4K moving bonus and a 30-day “free stay” at the company residential “service center” place. Medical starts right away. 3 weeks
Insulin Calculator
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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Collecting the Set
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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The Anonymity of the Internets (or lack thereof)
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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Sugar Acrobatics
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,