Somewhere along the line, Phil Foglio drew a couple of pages as a proposal for a comic adaptation of Pratchett & Gaiman's Good Omens. Matt Howarth inked them. The proposal never got proposed, but the original pages are still around. They're being auctioned off on Ebay by Studio Foglio to benefit Alzheimer's Disease research, for tolerably obvious ( Read more... )

I'm joining widespread content strike. This won't make much practical difference to me since I don't post often, but I suspect I may very well leave livejournal if they make it difficult for any new-found friends to join in the fun.

If their policies don't change, this party may be over; it may be time to move on.

It would be difficult to overstate his influence on my life. D&D drew me out of my isolation after I tried to kill myself in high school.

I hereby promulgate the First Rule of Thumb: Do not zest your thumb.

Especially, do not zest your thumb with a grater covered with acidic lime zest.

This has been a public service announcement.

Constitution of the United States
Article II
Section 4 - Disqualification
The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.

I get five whole days off in a row. They called us together at 5:15 today (The meeting was announced at 3:45, but that's typical timing.) and told us all to take Thursday and Friday off ( Read more... )

This has been making the rounds in my friends' journals recently. It's all true, and yet it misses the point in so many important ways that I feel a great need to rebut.

If you're maybe noticing that you're older than you used to be, and are feeling sad/angry/confused/worried/frustrated that you haven't accomplished as much as you/other people in ( Read more... )

You are Bettie Page
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I was out on the back fire escape at my office this afternoon. I heard the "kee kee kee" of a kestrel, and watched as a kestrel and a peregrine falcon duked it out over territory. The falcon is a neighborhood regular that I've seen before. The kestrel was smaller than the peregrine; the peregrine was quieter than the kestrel. The flew up at each ( Read more... )

For the record, if you can get ahold of fresh herring, homemade pickled herring is dead easy and much, much tastier than the stuff you get in jars.