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USA, Canada and the EU attempt to kill treaty to protect blind people's access to written material
http://www.boingboing.net/2009/05/29/usa-canada-and-the-e.html
Help pass the word so we can stop this! -
SQUEE!!!!
I just found out Colin Firth and Orlando Bloom are in MY city RIGHT NOW!!! They're filming a movie called "Main Street." How awesome is that?!?
I don't suppose I'll be lucky enough to run into one of them, but still...AWESOME! :-D -
Happy Birthday, Luthien!
I know, I know ...I'm too late on your time, but I squeaked in on mine. :-D
Hope it was happy! -
Tears of joy...
I'm so happy today! Hubby and I stayed up past midnight to see Obama declared the President-elect and to hear his wonderful speech. And yes, I cried! The last few elections I've really felt robbed (hmm, wonder why?), and I'm so, so grateful that someone like Obama has been elected President ( Read more... ) -
Old timey music (not to be confused with "timey-wimey")
If you like the "O Brother Where Art Thou" soundtrack, check out these links ( Read more... ) -
Qapla'! What was lost has been found!
In a strange bit of synchronicity related to my last post, I was cleaning out my kitchen cabinets when I found my long lost copy of The Klingon Dictionary. I haven't seen that thing for at LEAST two moves (or for around 10 years for those of you who measure time by the calendar ( Read more... ) -
Today is a GOOD day to write!
Some folks may not know that I earn part of my living as a technical writer. Almost EVERYONE knows I like "Star Trek ( Read more... ) -
Taking Comfort (fic/commentary)
I had a nice discussion with Ignescent recently about fanfic writers. My idea was that fanfic writers are the fairy godmothers of fandom, taking canon bits that can sometimes be quite awful and mollifying them, sometimes completely negating them, just as the fairies in "Sleeping Beauty," took a death curse and transformed it into mere sleeping, ( Read more... )
