fallon's blog

Everyone always says not to give your contact information out online because some crazy pervert will find you, stalk you and quite possibly rape, torture and kill you. I, of course, rarely listen to that advice. Not because I don't worry, I do and I take what precautions I can. But, it's not the crazy strangers that I'm worried about, it's the crazy people I know that bug me.  Read More »

When I was in the fourth or fifth grade, I received an award. I can't recall what the reward was for- something to do with reading or writing, perhaps- I can only remember that it was this really big thing at my school.  Read More »

I'm never really good at death. Don't get me wrong; I know it happens. I don't fear it. I simply never know what to say when someone close to another has passed away. Having gone through it more times than I can count, one would think I would know what to say by now. But.. I never do. All of the words I can think of just seem woefully inadequate.  Read More »

I am what my husband lovingly calls a buddylist snob. My IM lists, my address book, my friend lists on Facebook, MySpace and here on ProgressiveU aren't chock full of people as are many others. Those that have a place on such lists have, for one reason or another, earned that place. If I don't know and like you, your friend requests on Myspace will go rejected.  Read More »

When my head hits the pillow, before my eyes ever fall closed, my mind begins to race. Everything I have accomplished and all the questions I've yet to answer swim forward to remind me that they're still there. My mind finally quiets and I begin to doze.  Read More »

When I was younger, I was notorious for running around with the gas gage so close to sitting on empty you could barely tell the difference. What can I say?  Read More »

This post probably breaks every blogging etiquette rule we've established around here, but I'm irritated and it's far better to get it all out at once than to do it in multiple blog posts and clutter up the recent post lists with one rant after another. So...  Read More »

For those of you that don't know by now (how could you not?), I'm Pagan and do a lot of activist and volunteerism things in that direction. One of those things is my involvement in the Pagan Unity Campaign... which brings me to the point of this post.  Read More »