Here's the group from Halloween

Kneeling from left to right: C, M, D, N, U
Standing from left to right: JA, me

Note the placement of the mirror. Cool, huh?

and the Dwarves

with two residents on either end to round out the Seven, then D, U, N, C, and M in the middle.

Legal issues and blogging

EFF: Legal Guide for Bloggers

A useful link, I'd say.

PS I just finished with all the books in the main library (sans special collections) that we have in place. Now to get to the ones that are checked out. Woohoo!

Aha!

Somehow I don't think the makeup session is the 'most important' time of day for women. But how do you decide whether you're one that can go without or not? Beauty is very subjective. Still it was interesting that beauty and fertility (or at least hormone indicators of such) were linked, and that 68% of men preferred the natural look to cosmetics. Of course, I was always taught that the key to cosmetics use is to use them to look as natural as possible...or so Seventeen magazine taught me. :) On the other hand, I never really got the Girl Handbook and am obviously not glamourous, so what do I know?

Makeup masks a woman's natural glow

How do I love?

"How Do You Love?" by Collective Soul

There once was love thrown into your room
But you never knew
A calendar of days just for you
But you never knew, never knew no
And the truth that you'll find will always be
The truth you hide

So how do you love, how do you love
When your angels can't sing, and your world is still
Lacking of me

There once were eyes that only saw you
But you never knew
A portrait of a flower in full bloom
But you never knew, never knew no
And the words that you fear will always be
The words you hear

This space where you've been living
Has gifts you've never given
That's the face you always show
Ask me for words of wisdom
Tell me of your condition
I don't know, I don't
I don't know

And the truth that you'll find will always be
The truth you hide

I don't know if I'll ever be in love, because I keep people at arm's length, or worse, I keep myself cut off from others, shut out. I rarely recognise when a person might be flirting with me, because it's like blinders at the edge of my vision...other people just don't exist, because I keep myself closed off in public.

There are people I love, of course, but not in a romantic way. I've only been in love once, and it was unrequited. Fortunately that eventually transformed into another form of love. But at heart I'm an incurable romantic, and I want to love and be loved. I want the companionship, but I seem to sabatoge myself with others. So one of the things I need to learn is how to be more open to others and let them in, or at least notice them. It's not that I'm stuck-up, I'm just afraid of being hurt like I've been hurt before. Now the trick is how to do that...

I'm rather fond of Pluto, and would like it to 'stay' a planet

Discovery of 2 more moons brightens Pluto supporters

Mould is the enemy (especially for those of us allergic to it)

Here are tips for assessing mould damage, health concerns, and how to deal with it, especially in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and Rita. It opens into a .pdf, so be sure you have Adobe Reader or some other way to read .pdfs.

Snow White

Here's a picture of me as Snow White. Okay, not the Disney version, I know, but hey, the story's older than that. I'll check with the dwarves and the evil queen to see if I can post their pictures here. Photocredit: Susan Wagers, who did a great job of capturing my image in the queen's mirror in the larger picture.

Two of my coworkers participated in this extravaganza

that has happened in Lexington for the last few years. N and N had a ball, and there's close up pictures of both of them in this photoset. I'll give you a hint, both of them wear glasses. :)

Mecca's THRILLER In the Streets of Lexington 2005 - a photoset on Flickr

Ugh...I feel hung over

Which is a bit annoying, as I haven't done anything to feel that way. Instead, I think it's the weather change (from sunny to cloudy)--my stomach and sinuses are giving me problems, and I just feel achy and blah. But I just ate a fruit and grain bar and I feel a little better already with something on my stomach. Yay. Anyway, happy November. Happy Samhain. I tend to celebrate old Samhain (November 11th-12th) but most pagans celebrate today.

Oh, well. Time to get to work on the endless sea of books that looks like it might end after all.