http://girlalive.com/blog1 A Blog About a Girl Who is Alive. Tue, 10 Jan 2012 22:05:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Last month, my husband and I decided that A) we're not going back to the US this year and B) therefore we can get some new hamsters. We decided to get some Russian dwarf hamsters, since that's one of the types we haven't had before. But we decided this a ... http://girlalive.com/blog1/2012/01/10/new-hamsters-and-other-stuff/ SOPA is a bill working its way through congress that would grant corporations enourmous rights to take down web sites over any accusation of copyright infringement. Let me explain this in terms that people who don't understand the internet will understand. Let's pretend that SOPA applies to books. ... http://girlalive.com/blog1/2011/12/17/why-sopa-is-bad-for-luddites/ This month I have been fighting a hard uphill battle against clinical depression. But even in the middle of that, it is important to remember that I have a lot to be thankful for. I have a fantastic husband who handles my roller coaster of moods better than I deserve. I ... http://girlalive.com/blog1/2011/11/23/happy-thanksgiving-2/ I have a coffee flask that's a bit like this, but the top part tapers in and is very narrow: It holds a liter of coffee, or tea. The problem is that you can't put tea bags into the flask because the hole in the top is too small, ... http://girlalive.com/blog1/2011/11/12/the-tea-mostat/ Okay, so I've referenced the book that I'm working on a few times here now, and now that I have nearly 20,000 words on the page I'm willing to go public with what I'm writing about. Actually, I'm working on 3 different books, but the one I'm furthest along on, and ... http://girlalive.com/blog1/2011/10/19/about-my-book/ This morning I was researching some quotes about Great Britain for a book I'm working on, and I came across one that is of no use to me for my book, but it is perfect to demonstrate why people have occupied Wall Street and why people all over the world ... http://girlalive.com/blog1/2011/10/17/the-core-reason-were-angry-at-banks/