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I'm so glad for friends who just let me be (not in the "leave me alone" sense, but the "let me just exist as I am" sense). I just wanted to sit and be tonight, and no one pestered me about how I wasn't crafting or conversing most of the time. I really love my friends.

Thanks, mackenzie, wild_irises, and firecat. You rock.

Oh, and I did make a cute necklace after wild_irises and firecat left. It looks like it belongs on a twelve-year-old hippy, so it's perfect for me.

Tomorrow is for collapsing. I need a collapsing day. I shall look for work extra-hard tonight and then again tomorrow when I'm done with the nothingness of collapsitude.

And in case I haven't already said it here, if you know of any place in the east bay where my 20+ years of admin/clerical work and 8 years of copyediting and document QA would come in handy, please give me a holler.

Ginger People ginger spread

If you're into ginger, you really must try this stuff. We picked up a jar at the Berkeley Bowl, and I've been eating it on toast, but I have tons of ideas for other things to do with it, too. Yumma.

Way cool!

This was quoted on a local LTBG list, and I don't know its source, but still, very cool! I'm off to do some research to get a link instead of the full text.

Judge Orders Treasury Department to Make Paper Money Recognizable to Blind People
Tuesday , November 28, 2006

WASHINGTON ­ By keeping all U.S. currency the same size and texture, the government has denied blind people meaningful access to money, a federal judge said Tuesday.

U.S. District Judge James Robertson said the Treasury Department has violated the law, and he ordered the government to come up with ways for the blind to tell bills apart.

More here.

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charliegrrrl has a great holiday-season book-giving roundup for non-morons in the Bay Guardian. You should totally go check it out.