YAAAAAHH!!! Time to start scouring the used book stores for a copy of Final Exit.

-- This post from iteration_x

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number of days until Bush is out of office = infinity

A House bill has been introduced that would change the 22nd amendment and enable George Bush to remain President for the rest of his ( Read more... )

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If you didn't know it already --

Cat and Girl is a web comic.

It totally rules.

It is one of the very few postmodernist things I like.

Get your Cat and Girl

http://catandgirl.com/view.php?loc=3

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I'm sufficiently in synchrony with Tolkien's mythology that I reflexively avert my gaze when I see written Black Speech (e.g., the Ring inscription).

(Why in the Hell anybody would buy or wear a replica of that thing is completely beyond me ( Read more... )

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Has it ever happened to you that you were trying to do research on something and run across something that you yourself wrote? :-)

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Creating a Christian flag for God and countryInspiration: With publicity from 'The 700 Club,' the designer of a religious and patriotic banner prepares for a busy Flag Day ( Read more... )

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Waah! Scary stuff!
You really should read this carefully and now."... 250 foreign children are locked up. Almost all are American, but though kept prisoner, they were not sent here by a court of law. Their parents paid to have them kidnapped and flown here against their will, to be incarcerated for up to three years, sometimes even longer. They ( Read more... )

Interesting article I found through a post to ljbahai by lougheed -- N.B. this apparently dates back to Jan 2002http://www.livejournal.com/community/ljbahai/321231.htmlRead more... )

Long, long ago, I was visiting with some very politically-Liberal friends who began to criticize Ronald Reagan (then beginning his second term) and to look forward to how much better life would be once the U.S. electorate had dumped him ( Read more... )

I went to the movies tonight with some friends. Of course, we saw some lobby posters and trailers for current and upcoming films ( Read more... )

-- For purposes of this discussion, any romantic relationship that you may have now does not exist, i.e., you are in the market. --

You meet someone who seems to have a lot of good qualities and few bad ones -- all other things being equal, you would be interested in pursuing a romantic relationship with this person.

Question: How much older than ( Read more... )