You should totally pat yourself on the back! And yes, the money would be a big motivator for me.

IO9 has a job posting: [link] Why don't they post a salary? Because I am passably qualified for that (I did a fair number of their SPN reviews last season, for crying out loud), but I actually like my real job and the amount it pays me.

My mother has turned into a horrible person in her golden years. I know she hates Obama and Obama-care, and bought a gun before that right was taken away from her. Talking to her today though, as she was ranting about a car she saw covered with stickers ranging from various statements about pro-Obama, green stuff, she lumped in there an LGBT sticker. That's when I drew back in shock and realized that I couldn't talk to her. I don't think she always felt that way, but she definitely seems to now. But the vitriol she spewed made it clear it wasn't a conversation that would end well for our relationship. She says she would have keyed the car if it wasn't already so beaten up. That's when I told her I had to go make dinner. Opinions in my family don't change. They just get entrenched when given opposition. Maybe being a middle child in this family was a blessing.

Two words, ita: Nick Denton.

ita !, DH linked that IO9 position to me. The best social media URL's reqs I'm a little vague on; what do you think they are looking for? Twitter followers? Blog posts? Interviews and reviews? Facebook Business pages?

I don't know if I fit the qualifications entirely, but I am intrigued.

Thoughts, ideas, advice?

Amy and Matilda are sitting on the couch knitting together and chatting. Amy's helping her with casting on. It's cute.

Aw, knitting.

Well, once in a while I'd like to open a bottle of wine, but I know I'll only drink 2 glasses at most, and I don't want the rest of the un-drunk bottle to go bad, so I wish he drank simply to keep the bottle from going bad.

Tep, may I commend to your bridal registry the Vacuvin Wine Saver [link] (I do not have that exact model, I have probably two or three older and cheaper version that still work fine, that was just the first link I found). I regularly have one glass of wine out of a bottle, vacuvin it and don't open it for up to several weeks, and it's fine when I do open it again.

I just buy cheap wine! I tossed half a bottle of vinho verde the other day, but it was a $5 bottle, so no big loss.

This past Friday I finished the Sauvignon Blanc that I opened some time in June. Delicious.

Speaking of lives not turning out like we expected - I am finding that I am pretty on top of shit at work and it is only occasionally stressful, but my leisure time totally frazzles me. What's up with that?

I had a trauma-riffic therapy session this evening. I think my Mom senses when this happens, because these are the nights she calls me to complain that I never call her.