The Country Music Dilemma

As a friend of mine loves to point out, I am quite the critic of country music. While I love folk music and bluegrass and mountain music, I think modern country lacks a certain substance to it. It’s a little too much like twainy pop rock for my taste. But this friend assures me I have not given country music enough of a chance to pass judgment. So this past week, she burned me a CD of some of her favorite modern country. I in turn promised to listen to it with an open mind. This I have done, and... read more

OK I AM IN A DILEMMA NOW. IT'S ABOUT MY FUTURE AND MY LOVE LIFE! I HAVE FINALLY REALISED THAT I AM NO LONGER INTERESTED IN ENGINEERING. FOR THE PAST FEW DAYS I HAVE BEEN HAVING THOUGHTS OF QUITING FROM THE DIPLOMA IN THAT DISCIPLINE BECAUSE ENGINEERING IS NOT WHAT I SEE MYSELF DOING IN THE FUTURE. NATURALLY I AM MORE OF AN OFFICE-BASED CARRIER MINDED LADY. I WANT TO DO SOMETHING THAT IS CHALLENGING TO ME MENTALLY. SOMETHING THAT REQUIRES A CRITICAL THINKING AND PROBLEM BASED SOLVING YET...

Title: Dilemma Part Quatre – whose dilemma was it anyway ? Author: sportysmurf Fandom: Women’s Murder Club Pairing: Lindsay/Cindy Rating: PG Archive: Just let me know. Disclaimer: The characters are not mine they ’re James Patterson’s and I’m only playing with them. Summary: We’re just a tad nervous. A/N: This plot bunny influenced by something noted by demeter94  is on a roll, I think. Beta: emthefrootloop , as ever, my hero! Dilemma...

Nanotech silk plus shell for bone repair : innovation : Radioshows : Earth & Sky To quote: "That’s David Kaplan at Tufts. He and his team cloned silk proteins from the webs of golden silk spiders and fused them with proteins that build the shells of marine diatoms. In the lab, the engineered protein – part spider silk and part glassy shell – can build itself, crystal upon crystal. These scientists used nanotechnology – the science of the very small – to engine these new materials, which Kaplan...

I enjoyed reading Michael Pollan's The Omnivore's Dilemma and am about 80% done at this point (I've been skipping around). It's been, as I expected, a thought-provoking read, and I'm glad kenllama nudged me toward it. The book, and Pollan's recent essay in the NYT magazine, has spurred me to make some changes in a diet that was already moving away from my sugary excesses of years past. As a paean to the pleasures of conscious consumption and slow food, I think it's a great book. On the...

hey people so i've been doing so well this week - made 1 health bar last a day every day pretty much this week, except for one avocado/chicken salad thing. dropped 5 lbs. dilemma is that tomorrow night my boyfriend is cooking me this dinner that he's excited about, and i'm worried about how i'll handle it. any advice would be really appriciated? hope everyone is doing well