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So, Yeah, Russia
You know what's going on there. I'm backing my LJ up, just in case.
Oh, and apropos of nothing, I get to break in my new (used) skis this weekend.
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Posting every couple years whether it needs it or not
I used to rank LJ, FB and Twitter like this:
LJ: Check out the pictures of our bathroom remodel ( Read more... ) -
Not all problems are temporary
Given the events of the past 24 hours, the Intertubes are all abuzz with the basic concept of suicide. We keep hearing that "suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem". This is usually in the context of depression or similar mental illnesses, implying that support and treatment (presuming the person can get it) will get them through ( Read more... ) -
Today's xkcd
Is an absolute must-read. (OK, they all are, but this one is especially worth looking at if you're reading this here.) And don't forget to mouse over it.
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What should Barilla do?
We all know about Barilla CEO Guido Barilla's icky homophobic comments, and the half-hearted apology. It looks as though Barilla's 25% U.S. market share is about to suffer a noticeable drop as a result. What now ( Read more... ) -
I'm just going to come out and say it
The Second Amendment needs to be repealed. Not that I want guns outlawed or confiscated--I DON'T, so hold the hate mail.
Two reasons:
First, I just don't believe that gun ownership is a right in the same sense as the freedoms of speech, religion or the others in the Bill of Rights. Gun ownership and use should be privileges in the same sense ( Read more... ) -
Entitlement
Someone just posted this to my FB feed: http://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesleadershipforum/2011/11/09/growing-up-when-everyone-wins-how-do-kids-learn-to-win/It's yet another article decrying sports leagues where everyone gets a trophy just for playing. This is what the author blames for the problem of his young new hires acting like they're ( Read more... ) -
Diet. WHAT?
Those of you who know me from high school will remember that when I graduated, I weighed 115 pounds (52kg, about 8 stone). I even made a bet (which I won) with my best friend's father that I wouldn't be overweight on my 40th birthday. By 1998, I was still only at 125. Then I quit smoking, and almost immediately jumped to 140. A heart-disease ( Read more... ) -
Breaking things, Part 2
...The only trouble I had with C25K was the same trouble everybody has: The jump from week 3 to week 4, where the length of each run doubles. That week lasted a fortnight. Week 5 is the first week where all three days aren't the same, and it ramps up pretty quickly, too: three 1/2 mile runs, two 3/4 mile runs, then a single 2-mile run ( Read more... ) -
Breaking things, Part 1
[Since I've always seen LJ as less ephemeral than FB, this does kind of belong here ( Read more... )