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The Oscars this year were so boring that I was forced to gnaw my own ARM off to break up the monotony, but yet -- I could not turn them off! I played computer games, found last year's tax return, discussed quantum mirrors over IM, and yet I continued to watch the Oscar broadcast. It's like a DISEASE. Send help. -
pantsless in babylon
1. I have a cold. More precisely, I have the Office Cold, which I have been fending off for weeks. Among its side-effects are sinus headache and irritability. Fun ( Read more... ) -
It's all chat to me
Have you people seen IMified yet? It's a chat service that allows you to interact with a whole bunch of web apps, including Backpack, Blogger, Typepad, Google Calendar, and oh yes, LJ ( Read more... ) -
Ah, LiveJournal...!
You know how when you rollover your own user icon, the LJ popup says "This is you"?
Is it wrong that I really enjoy that?
Yes! That IS me. Thank you, LiveJournal, for the reminder, and for the validation. -
New fic: Ex Post Facto (SGA)
I came up with the idea for this story during the sga_flashfic "Earthside" challenge, but then I thought "Nah...."
Which goes to show that in this fandom, you should always write your flashfic ideas before the show writers get to it first. (You hear that,
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Last night I went to the opening party for Etsy Labs, which is within walking distance of my Secret Lair, for certain values of "walking distance." I know a couple of people active in the crafts community in the area, so as we walked in I was scanning the crowd for familiar faces. There was a woman on the booze line who looked really familiar, ( Read more... ) -
That's a visual that'll take a while to fade
From the blog of Alex Ross, the music critic for The New Yorker:
The limits of my fame: when I announced myself at the Met ticket window as "Alex Ross," the youngish guy behind the glass cheerily said, "Just like the painter!" At one point I thought of asking the other Alex Ross to illustrate the cover of my book, drawing Schoenberg, Shostakovich, ( Read more... )