Laurabelle’s Blog

I'm rather tired, so this is going to be rather less coherent than it could be, but I wanted to post about my weekend before the glamor wears off! Yesterday was the Madrone Baronial Banquet, which was really delicious and really fun. I helped serve the food, along with Dieter and Halla (of the Bunnies), which [...]

When I sign on to AOHell these days, before minimizing it and going off to use a Real Browser, I take a look at what AOL/Time Warner's idea of news is. These days it's Iraq and the Oscars. (What a surprise.) I scanned through some photos of stars in wacky clothes, and I noticed a [...]

Holy horn-rimmed glasses, Stephen Cohen of librarystuff.net has linked to my librarian blog, saying More library school students should be blogging like Laurabelle. So my hits have exploded in the past few days, people are commenting like mad, and I'm left feeling a bit like I've been hit by a car and wasn't wearing clean [...]

There is a family story in which my parents and my brother (about 5 I think, and definitely before I was born) were sailing in a stiff wind that just touched up white caps on the waves. My parents fought against the wind to make it back to the dock, and my brother clung to [...]

Apparently pro-war people don't want to be called that; they would prefer to be called pro-troop. Excuse me? How is it supporting our troops to send them overseas to get shot at? There is a sign in the front window of my house which expresses my sentiments exactly: Support U.S. Troops: Bring 'em home! And don't get [...]

Neil Gaiman posted this quotation on his blog yesterday; I would just link to it, except that he doesn't have permalinks on his blog at the moment. (If you want to look for it, it's the last entry on March 21, 2003.) He's got permalinks! Here's the real link. Storyteller: Go home. His question unanswered, Hassan stumbles [...]

That runny nose I had yesterday has unfortunately exploded into runny nose, sore throat, and a bit of a fever. I went to bed at a reasonable-ish hour last night, but I woke up a while ago and couldn't sleep, so I decided to switch on Delilah and blog. The fact that I could then [...]

I've been fasting for 39 hours now, and apart from getting a runny nose and stuff, I'm feeling fairly well. Hunger comes and goes. I had a mug of ovaltine yesterday evening, but that's the closest I've come to Real Food. I can stick it out until this evening, when Jeff and Alita are coming [...]

So it started last night. Aquarion says it well: we have probably passed the increasingly blurred line that's labeled War Begins Here. When I heard about the few missiles launched at Saddam Hussein last night, I wondered where the big assault was, and whether it was really starting yet. I think that if there had [...]

I will be fasting for the first 48 hours of the coming war. Anyone in the Seattle area who would like to break the fast with me is welcome to.