Fairly self-evident. List your birthday and then 3 events, births, deaths, and holidays from that example. Stolen from beccastareyes .

September 5

Events
1666 - The Great Fire of London ends. 10,000 buildings have been destroyed.
1882 - First Labor Day in the United States, inspired by Toronto's Labour Day.
1942 - The Battle of Milne Bay ends with the first Japanese ( Read more... )

So in other news, I'm a fucking ninja ( Read more... )

So right after the Haiti Earthquake, I came across 2 references on BBC that the UN World Food Program(me) distributes food aid only to women. One was an article that made an off-hand reference, the other was a video that mentioned men being held back by barricades, but only to assure us everything went smoothing and peacefully (unless one wonders ( Read more... )

Aboriginies debate storing nuclear waste on their lands. You know, because it's not kind of exploitative considering it was produced by white and Asian Australians probably on the east coast. And because it's not like it affects tribes on adjacent land that aren't receiving any money from it.

Putting it in a part of Northern Territory that undergoes ( Read more... )

I don't really have a lot useful to say here, though I feel like I should. I was looking into the media on the "controversy" over the Canadian Women's Hockey Team, though fortunately, at least online, most people seemed to think it was ridiculous. But I came across something else that annoyed me.

Scotty Lago is a US snowboarder who got a bronze ( Read more... )

If you haven't seen Carly Fiorina's Demon Sheep Ad...

She's running for the Republican nomination for Senator. And yes, this is real. castlemew says she would vote for her on that ad alone.

I got off to such a great start this year and then just fell off the bandwagon. Whatever. Here's what I've read so far. Asteriks denote a reread.

1. The Furies, by Mike Carey.
I'm always hesitant to read something by someone writing in another author's universe, but this was amazing. Really good storytelling, excellent use of mythology, great lines, ( Read more... )

I can still taste alcohol on my breath occasionally. I had the volume inside the neck of the beer bottle, and only because I was offered three times and refused twice. I don't think it really enhanced the experience (I suppose it would have if I had gotten buzzed), but I was offered three times ( Read more... )