As most friends of mine know, I make glass jewelry, but I have noticed when I post anything like this on Facebook, only a handful of people see it.  Since some people still (I think) visit my LJ once in a while, I thought I'd try advertising some of my stuff here, especially since the holiday season is coming up and some people might be in the ( Read more... )

Couldn't have said it better myself.  This author does a good job of highlighting how disturbingly invasive this entire issue is becoming.

"Just because you cannot get pregnant does not mean I cannot think clearly, ethically, morally, rationally about my body, human life or the consequences of my actions. Just because you cannot get pregnant does ( Read more... )

A friend on Facebook posted a link to this interesting, albeit very dark interpretation of the Twilight saga: [note, major spoilers are contained therein and also in my post, in case you haven't read the entire series]:

http://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/mzm9d/up_vs_twilight/c354zbz

I have actually heard many of these interpretations before, but ( Read more... )

Music videos made nowadays aren't NEARLY this interesting.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djV11Xbc914

I am so freaking addicted to Battlestar Galactica, it's ridiculous. I can't remember the last time I was so addicted to (and enthralled with) a show, with the exception of maybe Dexter.

I have recently dicovered that BSG is streaming on Netflix. Since camfael highly recommended it, I decided to watch the first episode a few weeks ago. I was really ( Read more... )

LJ posted an interesting question on the homepage today: "If you were granted magical powers for just 5 minutes, what would you do ( Read more... )

So on the (LC, non-metro) bus this morning, I suddenly heard the driver call out, "Whoever has their cell phone ringing, please put it on vibrate ( Read more... )

This is too awesomely geeky not to re-post.

http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2011/04/08/the-geek-zodiak-pic/geekzodiak/

( Review and thoughts, with lots of spoilers... )

This doesn't come close to the most bizarre behavior I've witnessed in gyms, but it was a bit puzzling to me anyway ( Read more... )