In 1987, Chicago TV channels WGN9 and WTTW-11 were hijacked by this guy wearing a Max Headroom mask. 20 years later, he is still at large. "Remember, Remember the 22nd of November"

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A bill granting protections against discrimination in the workplace for gays was praised by supporters as a civil rights achievement.

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I couldn't understand why I've felt so sluggish and unproductive this week until I realized that it has been all darkness this week, plus a one-hour-early onset of "sunset" every day. So, basically, it has been as dark as possible for the past few days. It is depressing. I thought I liked overcast - I survived Swedish winter - but I guess it's more ( Read more... )

It has been a busy quarter. I have been taking two cognitive science courses, one of which is impossible for someone who can't remember science facts. It is about perception, so it is interesting, but it is just too hard to try and remember everything neuroscience-related for the tests. The other class is about how cognition can be distributed ( Read more... )

We're on fire!

We really are On The Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness. No one journals anymore. Soon, Facebook and Myspace will be abandoned, if they haven't been already - especially by early adopters (just look at Livejournal, and now Myspace). For most late 1985 to early 1987-ers, this will be the last year of college. Well, amusement park college, anyways.

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And "The Chills" gives me the chills.

I always get into pop music after everyone else has. Why is that? Save the Decemberists, that is. And kind of Andrew Bird, though hats off to Marilyn for that recommendation. She introduced me to all the good ol' boys. I guess I found out about all them at the culturally appropriate times. Not that post-societal ( Read more... )

I like the way this entree ends - like a Bret Easton Ellis novel.

Alex just blogged about this; it is actually real. Actually. Really.

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When Peter Bjorn and John try to say "chills," they say "shills" because they are really neat Swedish goofs ( Read more... )

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