Article about a young Christian woman who decided to wear hijab for a year, to see what it was like. There are just so many problematic things about this. [link]

Very Black Like Me. I think I read that book twenty times when I was a kid.

I am having broiled salmon and asparagus for dinner. Then I think I'm going to dip some strawberries in sour cream and brown sugar, yo.

Hey shrift - how was PJ Harvey?

I had pizza for dinner. I am now Making the Arduino EMF detector

An elderly friend of my husband's family includes our e-mail address on his mass forwards of stupid e-mails. Today, I have deleted racist, misogynist, and otherwise unpleasant "jokes." I am very, very tempted just to send any future e-mails from him straight to the killfile.

Hey shrift - how was PJ Harvey?

Her voice was fantastic. She danced around the stage, and her supporting band all came out in suits and fedoras. Very dapper. I wasn't feeling good on Friday, but I'm glad that I went anyway.

Awwwww, I love sharing a birthday with Dylan!

I've been without a computer for the last 30 hours - how sweet it was to log in and see all of the happy birthay wishes! Thank you!

Happy Birthday, javachik and Dylan!

Happy birthday javachik and Dylan.

I had super hot awesome tofu for dinner. I ate all the rice and barely left any for the SO because it was so hot.

In my bizarre news about me, this morning I went to church like normal. And then a fit of the insane hit us and we offered our house for free for a month to a family we just met. Ack!

Me, with the issues about people in my house when I leave, finally has my own house where no one has the right to come in while I'm gone, and what do I do? I offer it up myself. But they're this new family at the church, just in town and the guy is looking for work, and they're staying with family but need a place to live.

We just looked at each other, and then hustled off the back to talk about it. But of course, all our assumptions turned out to be wrong (they are unhappy with the family situation, so might not have a place to go after their time is up, they have two younger kids a boy & girl plus the baby, though we thought that they had just the infant and an older girl (who turns out to not be theirs after all, just sitting with them)). So there's still plenty of scary, but we felt like, why do we have this gorgeous house if not to make it useful to people. So they'll turn up Wednesday and look at the place, but I think they're in regardless.

So. Summer tenants. Did I mention, "Ack?"

Tonight's diner: pears stewed in soy milk with brown sugar, honey, cashews,almonds and a tablespoon of wine, goat cheese melted in. Fresh strawberries added at the end, served over waffles.

Xpost with Liese's awesome kind heart.