Because ownership and configurability are the milk in my cornflakes, my blog is moving to its own site, to become one with the rest of my web persona. And yes, there are actually posts there. Well, post. Please direct future inquiries to:

http://blog.johnath.com/

Hugs and Kisses, and of course I'll still be reading my friends page

--J

PS - For ( Read more... )

See the thing with LJ memes is, I generally don't partake. I am not trying to be a sourpuss or anything, I just know in my heart of hearts that that way lies madness, since they are a) designed to self-propagate, b) infinite in supply. By definition then, they are agents of our own demise; an unending viral cycle which, once entered into, ( Read more... )

Amy and I are singing along with all of these. Those are neurons I'm not getting back.

http://billymasters.com/music/canadiantv.html

I *totally* forgot about The Edison Twins.

Cool: being published
Cooler: being published while using the phrase "I found my salvation in a toaster."

Non-fiction, of course.

Thing the First

How many people here RSS aggregate? I've been thinking for a while that my blog should live on johnath.com, and be movable type or something else equally fun to tinker with, instead of LJ. However I recognize that to whatever extent I write in here to reach friends instead of just record thoughts for my own re-reading, that ( Read more... )

If you haven't read it you should -- Lloyd Axworthy just fucking DESTROYING Condi Rice... it's just, it's awe inspiring, whether one agrees with him or not:

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/westview/story/2610442p-3026695c.html

I assume everyone has seen this, but in case you have been under a rock as of late, it bears repeating. The Hitchhiker's trailer is available now:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/subst/home/home.html/102-0680710-4355336

I confess I enjoyed this more than I should have, given the poor lackey's exploitation; but then again, what a turd he is.

http://www.bobfromaccounting.com/shizzypage40.html

I am continually amazed at how hard it is to convince people to take free money. I mean, I understand that a certain skepticism is healthy, that in fact if you simply knee-jerk reject any good-sounding offer then you are less likely to get conned in life. Fine, but you also miss out on some decidedly nice little opportunities if you don't at least ( Read more... )

We're back and everything's fine -- here's a minor-edit version of the note I sent the family when we got back ( Read more... )