A break, much needed, from the drudgery of moving and the seemingly endless nature of sorting a lifetime of things, trying to weigh that which no longer holds meaning against things which hold meaning only to us, and whether the latter are worth keeping any more than the former. I am Famine Irish stock, born of a mother whose own mother lived out ( Read more... )

Posted for everyone who has ever had the "Why aren't you coming?" "Because it isn't accessible." "Well, why should we make it accessible if you're not going to come?" discussion. (I am not the maker of this video, but I'd like to shake hands with the person who did.)

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I've said it before, and I'll keep saying it... I have bones to pick with President Obama. I do. I believe in Bill Maher's great line, "remember, he's your President, not your boyfriend."... because it's true. I adore the man, I have great faith in him, but I can adore him and have faith in him without thinking that he farts magic pixie dust and ( Read more... )

I'm watching a rebroadcast of Recount [trailer], and it's reminding me just how passionate I am about politics. I can't watch Recount without my chest clenching in that achy way, like a good concert, which is kind of weird.

That reminded me about Outrage [trailer], the newest film by Kirby Dick (director of Sick - The Life and Death of Bob ( Read more... )

[Disclaimer: I have been having a shitty, shitty week and a half or so where I hate myself and think I'm worthless and blah blah pity party. If I'm too harsh in this post, if you don't like me challenging your AB prejudices, or if I don't do it with enough tact for your liking, I'm sorry. I just don't have tact in me right now. I don't have it in ( Read more... )

I'm breaking my "I won't post till my icons are back up" rule, just this once, because if I don't, I'll forget.

I have this internet acquaintance, Scott Nicholson. He runs Board Games With Scott, which does video reviews/explanations of board games. It probably sounds boring if you're not into board games, but it was Scott who made it possible for ( Read more... )

I am hereby not allowed to make any more new posts until I get all of my icons back up. It's gonna be a long and tedious job, so I'm kind of dreading it, but... I'm also sick of not having the appropriate icon for the appropriate comment. Cause I'm strangely obsessive and organized that way ( Read more... )

Happy birthday (late) to tehsunny... glad it was a good one. I'm still working on various "five things" posts, but in the meantime, I have something more interesting to blog about. In my last post, I mentioned that I have friends with CF who know that I want to be a CF doc some day but (presumably) don't find me too terribly creepy, and that as someone ( Read more... )

hastily written, unbetaed Jed/Abbey fic, written for the ficathon here. Just schmoop, cause I can't do porn.

( Jed/Abbey (West Wing), prompt = 'reparations' - 'It's Never a Simple Dance They Do' )