for years i posted comments with the OpenID archersangel.blogspot.com (sometimes archersangel.dreamwidth.org when the other wouldn't work) now i upgraded to a regular account. my dreamwidth journal is the main one this post over at DW has more about me, if you care to know.

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the cross-osted entries say to comment at DW with OpenID, but you don't have to if you don't have an OpenID thing. You can post here on the entry.

found via sweetmeow

Adults responsible for your care actively helped facilitate your early learning. (Reading at bedtime, playing educational games, going to child-friendly museums...)
our mom read to us (brother & me) there were no museums, child-friendly, or otherwise, near us. mom probably taught us basic math too, but i was young & that was a long time ago.

You had a library card.
yes. only because a children's library card was free if you lived in the school district the library was located in. otherwise we would not have had one.

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When did you last . . .

1. Scrounge for change (couch, ashtray, etc.) to make a purchase?
it has been awhile. but i look for change to gather up to put into rolls to exchange for bills at the bank.

2. Visit a dentist?
later part of 2025.

3. Make a needed change to your life?
an unwilling change happened in jan. of 2017.

4. Decide on a complete menu well in advance of the evening meal?
well, we don't really have more than a main dish and a side, so this week.

5. Spend part of the day (other than daily hygiene) totally/mostly naked?
i don't know. and it's not really anyone's business.

other answers are over here.

the latest installment in this year's frivolous feb. is a writing prompt. unlike the random sentence or paragraph, it is an actual writing prompt (according to the site).

the one given to me was;

Perfect Smile
A situation that brings a smile to your face.

in my opinion this is less of a writing prompt than the random sentence or paragraph, and more like an essay topic.

in case you missed what this is about, here is the post explaining things.

another one of the more random of the random generator things is a breakfast idea one.

there's no recipe supplied, i guess you have to find your own. but they do have a picture so you can see if it is something that looks appealing.

the one given to me was strawberry oatmeal, which is just oatmeal with cut up strawberries in it.

one of the more random of the random generator things is a dinner idea one.

there's no recipe supplied, i guess you have to find your own. but they do have a picture so you can see if it is something that looks appealing.

the one it gave me was egg salad. i kid you not.
i think of egg salad as a lunch thing, but i guess if you really need dinner ideas it's worth a try.

also, someone did a fill for my prompt; Ghostbusters (1984), Any one of the 4 Ghostbusters, Getting offers to do commercials.

today's random thing (this post explains it) for frivolous feb. is a random weird word. well, they call it weird but some could be called rare, or little-used.
maybe someone could use one of them as a word for scrabble, or one might be an answer to a crossword clue sometime.


taurine
of, like or pertaining to bulls; bull-like

and according to merriam-webster.com it is also;
a crystalline acid C2H7NO3S that is synthesized in the body from cysteine and methionine, is similar to amino acids but is not a component of proteins, and is involved in various physiological functions (such as bile acid conjugation and cell membrane stabilization)

those of you who have cats know this is important for them to have.


also, if anyone is doing the 3-sentence fic-a-thon, post 4 is now up. post 3 is closed to new prompts, but you can still do fills for the ones there.

today's random thing is a paragraph. and like the random sentence could be used as a writing prompt, if someone was inspired to use it as such.

Twenty seconds were all that was left and Richard could hear each one tick by. Fifteen seconds now remained and the panic began to fully set in. Ten seconds and he wasn't sure he had enough time. Five seconds, four, three, two, one...

also a 3-sentence fic-a-thon prompt of mine was filled. this is the second fill for; The Golden Girls, Sophia, Her secret recipe.

as i mentioned in the first post of this month all of the stuff for frivolous feb. is coming from this one site that has a bunch of generators for random things; sentences, paragraphs, colors, questions, nouns, verbs, adjectives, names & other stuff.

today's random thing is a sentence that you (the general you) could possibly use as a story prompt;

He wondered if it could be called a beach if there was no sand.

the link to the DW announcement is here. there are 128 vids in 85 fandoms.

only a few i liked this year. the warnings and such are on each video post.

weapon of choice --clue (1985) [this is here mostly for the song]
breakaway --north of north
better with you --the birdcage
ordinary day --the pitt
here --labryrinth [another one for the song]