My Latest Project

I'm practicing breathing through my nose. It's not easy. But by keeping my mouth full of water when I jog or ride my bike -- I just got through doing both in succession, as I've come to enjoy lately -- I force myself to do so. Sometimes I still have to swallow and inhale through my mouth. But I'm making progress. Whether this project will amount to anything useful, I can't say. At least it makes me feel like I'm improving my respiratory system's perpetually lackluster performance. And perception is 9/10ths of the law, right?

LJ Today

I can see why the folks at LJ felt obligated to restructure their menus. The number of pull downs had gotten out of control. And I don't have any major complaints about the way Horizon works so far. But do I really need to see that eye patch-wearing icon next to my user name? Or go to make changes to an entry and find that I'm editing the "Captain's Log"? I mean, what the fuck? If I wanted to play pirate I'd get that game my daughter keeps asking about or start cracking DVDs.