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Well Clearly I Am Not Using This Thing
Especially if I can't easily browse backward through the last few years here to see what I've missed.
Maybe I'll start something on my site. Again. Someday. If I can be bothered.
(Edit P.S.: A proper goodbye) -
First I Must (Again) Sprinkle You With Fairy Dust
Why am I here?On my way back from my hometown this evening, I remembered something Very Important that I'd forgotten for a while ( Read more... ) -
Throughout The Projects
My latest works-in-progress ( Read more... ) -
The Year of Records
Much like Carl, I've been trying to be more agreeable and inclusive since the beginning of the year; I would hesitate to call it a New Year's Resolution, as that assigns names and rules in my head that I'm not concerning myself with, but I try to be mindful of the concept of "YES" (with all its flashing lights and fantastically ridiculous new-age ( Read more... ) -
Two Second Movie Reviews: Real Men, Real Movies
Gran Torino: I expected something different; I liked what I got even better. But please don't let Clint Eastwood sing.
The Wrestler: ASLKFLKGHSDGFS. AMAZING. This is like, the guy version of a chick-flick. I'm pretty sure every guy in that theatre was bawling right along with me. -
What I'm Up To
“2008 sucked. Why would anyone want it to be any longer?" Stephen Colbert on the "leap second" added to the end of last year
What? Christmas? New Year's? Yes, they were great; thank you for asking. Short version? eowyn797 and xantus are incredibly wonderful and ass-kicking people and I am damned proud to have them in my life. But actually I just came ( Read more... ) -
Listening To The Guy I Was | After The War
You might be pleased to know that I did manage to get all of the Cool Things I Want(ed) a few months ago. Since then, I've used the Toshiba laptop maybe once, while sitting in a laundromat, which was actually kind of fun for me ( Read more... ) -
Bucking the Twitter Trend
I realized this morning that many of the features of Your Face In A Book Dot Com are (to someone who used to write in a journal on a regular basis) simply shiny replacements for longhand writing, and are far less permanent (as far as I can tell). This isn't necessarily a good or bad thing, but a trend towards terse. So in the spirit of verbosity ( Read more... ) -
Hooray!
On The Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness, Episode Two is out!
Oh, and I also built our new coffee table and end tables tonight. It has been a good day. -
Things No One Should Need Explained: Why Politics Is Not "Polite Conversation" Anywhere, Ever
Politics can turn Thanksgiving dinner into a knife fight. Politics can create, merge, split, and destroy a community, family, friendship, or country. So why does anyone ever argue that politics can reasonably be inserted into casual conversation in a workplace, social event, etc.?
Perhaps if you are talking to someone who happens to agree with ( Read more... )