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PSA: LJ security problem yesterday/this morning
Some of you have probably seen this fifteen times already this morning, but I'm posting anyway for the benefit of those who haven't seen it yet at all.
There was an LJ security breach. This post has the clearest and fullest explanation I've seen of how to tell if you were affected and what to do if you were ( Read more... ) -
A plea for health care
Today, tucked in among the stuff of a reasonably busy work day, I filled out a contact form on Senator Klobuchar's website, emailed Senator Franken, filled out a contact form on whitehouse.gov, and called Representative Ellison's office, all to say I'm in support of health care reform. Because it's important to me and didn't take very long (and ( Read more... ) -
Fringe show: Drinking Stories
I saw a Fringe Festival show tonight! And because it was an excellent show, I'm telling all of you about it.
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About that 4th Street (con report in general)
I had put this note at the end, but it's a long post and I think the note stands better at the beginning: One thing being surrounded by writery types all weekend did was make me think about my intended audience for this post. And I decided it's me, several years from now when I can't remember what this weekend was like--hence the amount of detail ( Read more... ) -
More books read
As usual, I'm putting these behind a cut for now and I'll remove the cut later once it's off your friends page (i.e. when I make the next book post). But this time I'm leaving out the usual commentary on each book in favor of brief notes on just a few of them, because OMG it's been a long time since my last book post and if I try to do commentary ( Read more... ) -
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I'm trying to find a picture of a particular actress. This is made far more difficult by the fact that I don't know which one. She's white, at least occasionally blonde, and has appeared in major pictures within the last ten years or so. I was thinking it might have been Angelina Jolie, but after looking at her pictures on IMDB I don't think so ( Read more... ) -
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I'm going to try having all comments at Dreamwidth. If nobody talks to me anymore, I may shift back to having them both places, but I'll give this a shot and hope you'll still comment when you have a comment to give ( Read more... ) -
Borrowing your eyes
Lo these many years ago when I worked at a small bookstore in central Iowa, we carried blank books made partially from recycled bicycles. The binding was often used bicycle cable, they were held shut by bands of rubber from old inner tubes, etc. They struck me as a neat thing, but I had no use for a blank book and never bought one. Now I'm ( Read more... ) -
Getting a start on the good things I want to post about
Last Thursday, April 30th, was Dining Out for Life, when various local restaurants each donate a percentage of their day's profits to a group that helps people living with AIDS. I emailed a few of my friends asking who wanted to go, but most didn't reply. Mom did, though, and I enjoy her company (or I wouldn't have invited her in the first place ( Read more... ) -
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I am definitely buying a new bike seat ASAP. I biked the whole way in this morning (it was fun and it did great things for my mood*) and important parts of me have been numb ever since. My bike shop is out of the saddle that would have been my first choice (and it looks like the other local bike shops are too), but they have another (cheaper!) ( Read more... )