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So Timothy Caulfield's great book The Cure for Everything is quite the engaging read! I'm finished the third of 5 main chapters now and well it's already encouraged me to buy the wonderfully colourful vegetables I bought last night to make stirfry for lunches this week and to move my body more… yes exercise. I… Continue reading On reading The Cure for Everything

So life continues to be busy this September, but partially since Laury had a week off from work, this past week was a marvelous balance of productivity (as I get used to my gamification routine while at home) and fun and games (literally! I love board games etc.!). Last night was trivia night and our… Continue reading Trivia, ropes, board games, and networking!

… is when one is in pain. And usually it's my wrists that annoy me (though lately it's occasionally my whole arms or sometimes my eyes or my head or…) but lately it has been my back. It's only a mild annoyance but it's hard not to go and stretch tons (which doesn't work —… Continue reading The downside of working…

So I'm good at procrastinating. That's a well known fact. And to break some of my more frustrating productivity habits, I've decided that when I have unstructured time at home I'll roll a D20 to decide which of a number of tasks I will concentrate on. The list currently has thesis represented more than anything… Continue reading Gamifying productivity…

I adore social media. I have enjoyed it for many years now but each network of people I communicate with has its own pros and cons. I tailor my online behaviour to accomodate these differences. For example my LJ (the home of this blog) is perfect for longer musings, for watching the communities that interest… Continue reading The difference between social networks…

September is a busy month — in fact in some ways it's one of the busiest months (and not just because of that school thing that seem to be doing), because everyone returns from vacations and hunkers down to restart whatsoever it may have been that was on hiatus during the summer months. And of… Continue reading On being a Girl Geek

So I received my music downloads (from the hugely awesome Amanda Palmer kickstarter — which really was a steal of a deal! The music was inexpensive, lovely and wonderful! If I were made of money I would have totally loved the Bed Song Book, but as I sit here wearing my NeverWear Neil Gaiman quote… Continue reading Amanda Palmer music for the win! 🙂

So yesterday's board game gathering (themed around Asian food) was a rousing success! We played a number of games including a bit of RA, Kill the Overlord, Hilarium, some Conversation cards, Cards Against Humanity, and Smart Ass. What I was most excited about was trying out Kill the Overlord for the very first time. You… Continue reading On Kill the Overlord (the first Kickstarter game I have received in the mail!)

And this doesn't just mean frozen pizza (or delivery) though that's sometimes good too… I love having fresh fruit and veggies in the fridge that don't require much prep, alone with some nuts (or other easy munchies) and things like my sandwich maker and toaster oven to make simple sandwiches and breadsticks taste oh so… Continue reading Some days I'm happy for lazy food!

So over the past few months I've had people make the comment that I should move my blog to a different site. And sure I've contemplated it over the years (in fact, at some point I do want to make alikira.com into something significant), but I really do like what LJ brings to the table:… Continue reading LJ vs. other sites