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[the_rck]

I had a very nice lunch with Scott's sister and her friend. We went to Cafe Marie. My SIL and I arrived just as her friend was walking up. The friend looked familiar to me but didn't seem to recognize me so maybe not. Then again, she may be someone I've seen at the public library a few times or something like that. We talked a lot about kids and schools and a bit about business-- My SIL and her friend both have their own home businesses selling products from different companies. My SIL does Stampin' Up. The friend does Norwex.

I ended up bringing a Norwex catalog home because one product in it looks intriguing-- The have an extra absorbent head towel thingy that's long enough that I wouldn't have to fight to get all of my hair into it. The microfiber head towel I've got now isn't nearly long enough for my hair, and bit are always hanging out and escaping. I don't know, though; it's $24, and I know nothing at all about the company. My SIL's friend did say that she and her daughter both use them and that her daughter's hair comes down to her waist and fits easily.

My right foot and ankle aren't hurting any worse today than they were yesterday, so apparently I didn't overdo. I'm more than a little surprised because we had to park a fair distance from the restaurant and walk to and from it. My left ankle and knee are kind of cranky, though, because I'm walking in ways I'm not used to and because, when I get up from sitting at my laptop table, I can't readily put weight on my right foot due to space issues caused by the boot.

My SIL has permission from her alternative practitioner to slowly start reintroducing foods into her diet. She wanted to start with cheese, but the practitioner said absolutely not dairy. They negotiated, and goat cheese is apparently fine (the practitioner claims it's easier to digest than cow cheese). My SIL wants cheese back because her regular doctor is quite concerned about how much weight she's lost. My SIL wants something she can eat that will provide more calories than what she's currently eating.

I did about an hour of link finding before lunch and another five or six hours after lunch. The other moderator has asked me to post again this week because they're ill. They haven't yet told me that their links are in, so I probably won't post until tomorrow. I've got to find a balance between metanews and writing. I seem to be able to do one or the other but not both.

Scott made turkey burgers last night. Given how much ground turkey we have, I expected him to make a lot of burgers so that we'd have leftovers, but he only made four, and we ate all of them. I have no idea what we'll have for dinner tonight. I'm saving the last piece of chicken so that I can chop it up tomorrow night when Scott's working late so that Cordelia and I can use it on salads. I had Scott buy some of that pre-cut lettuce because I didn't see myself being able to cut both the chicken and the lettuce.

I have two books I've almost finished reading. I just need about ten minutes on one and maybe half an hour on the other. I have about half a dozen other books that I want to read but haven't yet started. Three of them are manga volumes, so they ought to be quick reads. I've just been putting those off because they're yaoi, and I haven't been in the mood to deal with the conventions of the genre. I have been reading some fic, nothing spectacular, just some relatively okay and long stuff.

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[booniverse.livejournal.com]

I don't know if you've captured this Hugo scandal link or not, but it's a good discussion of the whole kerfuffle and it has clarified my waffling on the No Award choice.

http://www.philipsandifer.com/2015/04/guided-by-beauty-of-their-weapons.html?fb_action_ids=10206662470188710&fb_action_types=og.shares

[ramenkuri.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the link! I'm finding it an excellent read so far (probably because I'm left leaning myself)

[booniverse.livejournal.com]

Awesomesauce!

[the_rck]

Yeah, I saw that one. I don't remember where I ran into it, but I saw it. I didn't read it in detail because I didn't feel like I needed to clarify my opinion on Vox Day, but I linked it on today's metanews post. Hopefully it will be useful to the people who read that.

Thanks for thinking of me! This is just the sort of thing I need to keep an eye out for.

[chorus-of-chaos.livejournal.com]

I can't do cow dairy but have no problem with goat milk or goat milk products, I hope she has good luck with it! goat milk yogurt is the bomb if you can find it!

[the_rck]

I'll let her know to look for the yogurt. Thanks!

I'm just dubious on general principles because I think the person she's been seeing is a quack. To the best of my knowledge, my SIL never had trouble with cow's milk products before this person told her she had to avoid them entirely.