I grew up next to Lake Huron, and I adore it. I would be floating in 10+ feet deep water and see clearly down to the sandy lake floor. Once I moved to NC all the nearby lakes were man-made and had slimy red-mud bottoms. There are many things I like in NC, but the lakes are not among them.

From July 9-17 I'll be in Lexington, MI, in a cottage right on the Lake Huron shore (or so it's been advertised). I'm so looking forward to that. While I'll be spending a fair bit of time with family, if there are any Michiganistas who'd like to go out for dinner and/or a drink, please let me know. I'll have a rental car, so I should be pretty mobile.

I am only in the sense that I'm positive bad things are going to happen.

That would be Pete. Whereas I am a positive thinker. I worry about stuff, sure. But for the most part? A positive, things will totally work out!, sort of mindset.

While I'll be spending a fair bit of time with family, if there are any Michiganistas who'd like to go out for dinner and/or a drink, please let me know. I'll have a rental car, so I should be pretty mobile.

WOOOT!!

lots of people close themselves off from seeing solutions and opportunities, because they are stuck in a rut of ... self sabotage.

Cough.

From July 9-17 I'll be in Lexington, MI

I'll be across the lake on St Joseph Island, Ontario the first two weeks of August. *waves*

JESUS PEOPLE.

Shouldn't sucralose mean that you say diet or something on the front of the label? I shouldn't have to tell through taste, dammit. It's a freaking trigger. "All natural flavors" Nestea red tea is polluted. Bugger.

I'd like to promote my name as a sci fi baby name, thanks. Rocket it up through the charts. I also think even hinting at naming your kid Lazarus Long is very creepy and asking for trouble.

I think I am fairly optimistic about immediate issues, but become increasingly pessimistic about anything long-term.

But I am positive that this is awesome: [link]

Per Videogum:

Wait, this paintball tournament in which you compete against your favorite characters from The Wire is real? What happens at the end? You get paint-nailed into an abandoned paint house on the Paint Side of town? This is literally the scariest way to donate to charity that I have ever heard of.

I also think even hinting at naming your kid Lazarus Long is very creepy and asking for trouble.

Seriously.

I'd like to promote my name as a sci fi baby name, thanks.

Especially with a middle name of "Moon".

I also think even hinting at naming your kid Lazarus Long is very creepy and asking for trouble.

Yesssss. But wait, what's the consensus on naming your kid after a character in Stranger In A Strange Land? I need to know.