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I know we're all tired of hearing about oil, but we really are fucked.

Save the filibuster--make a phone call NOW

ABC Casts Geena Davis As President

Davis stars with Donald Sutherland in "Commander-in-Chief." She assumes the presidency with twin teenagers and a 6-year-old at home, and a party that wants her to resign rather than take over for a dying president ( Read more... )

Simon Jones and Geoffrey McGivern are love.

Geoffrey:
But of course Simon Jones is much older than I have become and his knarled old fingers can't turn the pesky pages with the dexterity he was once reknowned for.

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From Wayne:Does the improvement in special effects over the last quarter century make any difference to the experience of ( Read more... )

Tin soldiers and Nixon's comin'.
We're finally on our own.
This summer I hear the drummin'.
Four dead in Ohio.

Gotta get down to it.
Soldiers are gunning us down.
Should have been done long ago.
What if you knew her and
Found her dead on the ground?
How can you run when you know?

Many people whose opinions I prize did not think highly of the Hitchhiker's movie, and I think that's a shame, for I am full of love.

( Like all versions of the Guide, it contradicts every existing version, including itself. Very spoilery commentary below, but the short version is, I hope the gloomy opinions of others do not cause people to skip this movie who might otherwise have enjoyed it, for I am full of love. )

I am ded from subtext.

That is all.

doorrepairgirl and I have determined that the following three stories should be written. They all promise to be on the long side, and neither of us writes quickly. I am therefore asking for your input as to which one we should tackle in the immediate future. (The titles are not proper titles and should be considered shorthand, like Aliens Make Them Do It ( Read more... )

Your Linguistic Profile:

65% General American English
20% Yankee
15% Upper Midwestern
0% Dixie
0% Midwestern

What Kind of American English Do You Speak?
As long as we're all treating this blogthings test as if it has any linguistic validity whatsoever, so far no one seems to have made the observation that was most immediately obvious to me, ( Read more... )