I've got a few shy ones not peeking out of shells; clicks, anyone?

( Many thanks :D : )

The Northern California Renaissance Faire opens this weekend, running for the next 6 weekends.

I'll be there every Sunday, and about half of the Saturdays. Anyone want to come by and say hi? :D

SAN FRANCISCO, California (CNN) -- Lesbian activist Del Martin, at the forefront of the battle for same-sex marriage in California, died Wednesday in San Francisco. She was 87 ( Read more... )

Ok. I'm bored. This is popping up on lots of journals.

Yes/No Meme rules:

1. You must answer yes or no.
2. You may not explain unless someone asks you to.

Taken a picture naked? Yes
Made money illegally? Yes
Had a one-night stand? Yes
Been in a fistfight? No
Slept with your best friend? Yes
Had sex in a public place? Yes
Ditched work to have sex? ( Read more... )

The wonderful, generous iulia_linnea has done me the honor of donating to livelongnmarry for the very, very talented betelin_notecor's offer to write a fic. For ME.

I can't express how excited I am!

This kind of gift is a lovely idea, too, don't you think? :D :D :D

I suppose that I should play too, after goading Iuls:

Post five things you've done in your lifetime that you don't think anybody else on your friends list has done. See if anybody else responds with "I've done that." If they have, you need to add another. Have your friends cut & paste this into their journal to see what unique things they've done ( Read more... )

Well, whaddaya know. The California Supreme Court today announced that it has struck down the state's ban on same-sex marriage as being unconstitutional ( Read more... )

Squeaky says he has both databases back, and hopes to have the site up again within an hour or so :D

ETA HE SAYS NO DATA LOST!

Squeaky thinks he may well be able to get the databases back. Just posted a minute or so ago on Twitter
http://twitter.com/insanejournal
Pray! Really hard.

I just learned some really appalling statistics.

In the county where I live, the population is under 500,000. I knew that for our population there is a relatively large gang population. I was not aware that there is an average of a murder each day in this county.

I did not know that in regards to those 365 murders each year, the killers have a ( Read more... )