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Anyone still here?
Does anyone I know still use Live Journal?
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Fireworks scare many people and service animals
Some service animals get freaked out by fireworks and have to be tranquilized for days because of people setting them off for days before 7/4, and often when & where it is illegal. Similarly, many people with PTSD suffer greatly from firecracker noises (think of people who have been in war zones). It might be bearable for one day, but days on end ( Read more... ) -
Counter-troll comment parodying Old Spice ad
"Look at your comment. Back to mine. Back to yours NOW BACK TO MINE.
"Sadly, it isn’t mine. But if you stopped trolling and started posting legitimate crap it could LOOK like mine.
"Look down, back up, where are you? You’re scrolling through comments, finding the ones that your comment could look like. Back at mine, what is it? It’s a highly ( Read more... ) -
The Case Against Buying Christmas Presents
This.
The Case Against Buying Christmas Presents
Let's discourage "The horrendous, insipid, seizure-inducing advertising"
Let's send a better message to the kids: "for the joy of opening a few presents for a couple hours on Christmas day, we’re imparting on them consumerist values that will last them a lifetime. I think, instead, this ( Read more... ) -
300 years hence
I just read the first known utopian novel by an American woman:
"Three hundred years hence"
by Mary Griffith (1772-1846), published 1836
http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/griffith/hence/hence.html
I enjoy speculative and historical fiction - and this is both in one! Her story reveals a lot about life, views, and values of an American woman 174 ( Read more... ) -
My Christmas day
Marvin, my parents, and I were all at my grandmother's house from 10:30 a.m. until just a bit ago. We opened stockings, opened Xmas presents, had ham for dinner about 2pm, sang Xmas songs, played Yahtzee, had cookies & Gluhwein, and finally packed up when I was almost ready to fall down & go boom. -
((HUGS))
I find myself responding to many posts lately with simply "((HUGS))".
I hope everyone receiving them knows that they are sincerely meant.
I often simply have no words to go with them.
