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In a letter to my sister
Public Service Announcement -----This email includes a mention of Batman that is not a wry or mocking commentary on the recipient's documented obsession with Batman. In point of fact, this email includes an earnest and thoughtful evocation of Batman and his world, independently arrived upon in the course of the sender's internal musings. It is ( Read more... ) -
Ring any bells?
So BoingBoing posts something about a Portland citizen issuing a parking ticket to a police officer who parked illegally to get some Chinese takeout. (Apparently the officer was confronted first, and denied he was doing anything wrong.) The officer's name is Stensgaard. This probably doesn't mean much to you ( Read more... ) -
Daft Punk is the new Eye of the Tiger
work it harder make it better do it faster makes us stronger more than ever hour after hour work it never over
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whoops
Today I pressed seven on my microwave for the first time. It was a complete accident. So what I'm trying to say is... keep your fingers crossed for cool superpowers.
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Rather a lot of links in this post
I backed up my LJ onto LJBook. It's 405 pages long and rather plain to look at, but eminently searchable and even has a table of contents. If you believe in backups* and put a lot of your life into LJ, it is a good idea. Also, it's free.
* on the subject of backups: "Shut up. I know things. You will listen to me. Do it anyway."
A chat with empty_fork ( Read more... ) -
It comes with a "Get out of Apocalypse Free" card
You are even more damned today than yesterday, thanks to the Vatican. Now drugs, pollution, and genetic manipulation are counted as sins. (The guy also listed economic and social injustices, but haven't we heard that before? Camels going through the eyes of needles, and all that?) No mention of whether they count as venial or mortal sins, though ( Read more... ) -
I have a confession to make.
Politics is an ugly, ugly, corrosive thing in Congress and the White House. Maybe we don't have senators beating each other unconscious with canes anymore, but we do have rampant misogyny, race-baiting push polls, and professional thugs like Karl Rove "architecting" campaign strategies by accusing Democrats of wanting therapy for terrorists. And ( Read more... )
