Both McCain's concession and Obama's acceptance were gracious and moving. It was inspiring to watch ( Read more... )

Happy (belated) birthday n5iln!

I hope this year brings better things for you.

Pretty much everything I read on my friends page right now with regard to politics makes me positively ill. Bash bash bash, gloat gloat gloat, shake your boooooty. *sings ( Read more... )

Once again up too late, I just found Keat's Hyperion, and finished book one. I would love to give impressions, but the fact is that I'm really not very good at poetry. Even I can gather the mournful tone... perhaps as I read the rest I'll get better? I don't know ( Read more... )

I just finished Hyperion, the first of four books in a two-part (sci fi?) series written by Dan Simmons ( Read more... )

"You Can Call Me Al," by Paul Simon ( Read more... )

The Nietzsche Family Circus

It works too beautifully.

I have some really angry, nasty sunburn on my back. It is deep red and quite painful, and there's pretty much no way I'm going to be able to sleep any time soon. It occurred to me pretty much as soon as the really difficult pain set in that this is really nothing, as kingsleya would well know, so I'm not sitting around feeling sorry for myself... if only ( Read more... )

To kingsleya, starsaradia, and nishi_kaze (in no particular order).

Holy Congrats, lizztheblizz! I'm really happy for you guys. :D