links for 2008-10-27

It's hard for me to write about Halloween, because my mother hates this holiday with the heat of a thousand suns. She considers it to be a pagan holiday and Against God. So not only did we have that against us, my sister and I also lived in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by our equally religious grandparents and aunts and uncles and corn. (And she will probably be mad that I am writing about her, but I must include her in order to explain my ambivalence about Halloween. Sorry, Ma. I love you.)

Now that I had a little background on this wondrous new (to me) product, I had to give it a whirl. Order strange pills off the internet in the name of a food adventure? Heck yes! I read around on bulletin boards and found a site that people claimed was reputable, and received my package from them in about two weeks. I was excited and intrigued!

Everyone has heard of search engine optimization, right? But have you heard of findability? I hadn't, until recently.

The question I get asked more than any other is how I find time to read. When I mentioned this on my book blog recently several people commented that they sort of wondered about that too. The truth is I don't think I read a lot and I actually think I've been a slacker on the reading front lately. Most people tend to assume it's all about finding time to read. While time is a factor, it's definitely not the only thing that contributes to the quantity that I read. So here are my top ten answers for how I read as much as I do.

Here’s the short version of my break-up post: I had good times, I had bad times. I loved, I lost, I learned. I’m a different person than I once was, but I’m happy with who I am.

Have you considered skipping medications because of the cost? Have you considered the implications of that decision on your personal health?