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Twice now, I've tried to leave a comment on somebody else's journal, only to getError Invalid form submission. Please refresh and try again.
And because LJ uses these fancy dynamically-generated forms instead of the old ?mode=reply URL, the browser back button won't work to access my comment text. In fact, I don't know of ANY way of going back to ( Read more... )

[Crossposted from riba_rambles because news needs to get out]
Josh Marshall and the folks @ Talking Points Memo is all over this.

Here are the details, in brief:

• The National Republican Campaign Committee (NRCC) is making automated telephone calls, known as "robo calls."
• The calls begin "Hello, I'm calling with information about "
• If the recipient listens to the ( Read more... )

I'b home sick with a cold, and what I could really use is some good hot fanfic to keep my temperature up ( Read more... )

Two new posts on the Foley scandal over on riba_rambles!

Unfortunately, the latest update made my RSS feed too big for LJ's engines and now LJ is refusing to even look at my feed for another three hours.

So go to http://www.ribarambles.org to read:

• EXCLUSIVE: Foley on the record, and
• Foley: The ( Read more... )

for not bothering to check my syndicated feed for seven hours so far, after I tried so hard to post my review so area folks might be able to get to tonight's performance of AYLI (only 5 more after that).

I do try to pace my posts so LJ readers won't be overwhelmed. It's much more difficult than when LJ checked my feed hourly...

Last week, during the heatwave, I was looking at the friends page of somebody on my friends list, and noticed a really yummy-sounding recipe for cucumber soup ( Read more... )

[Crossposted from riba_rambles, where I've been writing about this opera for the last several days, to avoid syndication delays]
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I'm 60% LiveJournal!


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Good news: With so many people adding years to their birthdays to bump up LJ's statistics, LJ has now added an option to display only month and day of your birthday without the year (even if you have entered the year).

Bad news: In so doing, they changed everyone's preferences to not display the birthday at all, even if you previously chose to ( Read more... )