If you're looking for me, you might as well go to Facebook.  I have drunk the cool-aid so-to-speak, and very rarely come here.  It's not because I don't love you, I'm just lazy, like a cat.

I sent my daughter in to clean her room, and overheard her singing a parody of this song along the lines of "I've just swept..." It planted the seed in my head, and as she stomped about sullenly seething at the intolerable burdens we place upon her, I fleshed it out in the full.

I suspect she'll be pissed at me, but she does get half-credit for ( Read more... )

Ricardo Montalban dead at 88. Will be buried in casket of rich Corinthian leather [Sad]
-Fark

I haven't a clue at this moment how to tell you to do it, but I know there are tools out there. Appears LJ is going under...

The Russian Bear Slashes a Social Network
Courtesy snackpants

Update:
Changes at LJ HQ
Courtesy alice_bunnieFinding a good backup tool and using it might still be a good idea, if you're particularly partial to your journal and the loss of which ( Read more... )

We had a false start, but we are back on our way now.

Michael Crichton died today of cancer. He was 66. Jurassic Park is, of course, a favorite of my kids. Sphere was the first book I read cover-to-cover without putting down once. He will be missed.

Today, on Woot, the original deal-a-day website...“Ralph, you look so sad! What is it ( Read more... )

Happy 9th Anniversary, alice_bunnie! Plus the 6 1/2 years before that. :) ;) >;)

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This discussion over IM was prompted by Engadget, and was filmed in front of a live studio audience. This post has been edited for content, and to try make it read like an episode of Mary Tyler Moore.
jingoro This one's pretty wild - recent research in the UK finds that people who grew up in the era of black and white media dream in monochrome about a ( Read more... )