This is for elainegrey, whose birthday was on my calendar and which I missed.  It was the muse's fault.

I'm very glad you were born.  ;)
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My son has bought me a new monitor.  I didn't actually need a new monitor, and this will give you an idea of how the mind of a game programmer works ( Read more... )

Our website keeps going down.  We get messages from Uptime Robot that say "the website is down."  Uptime Robot is apparently a monitoring program that sends up and down reports to our IT people - I'm on the list just because I like to keep track of what's going on ( Read more... )

Right now, The New Yorker is out from behind its paywall, and the article on Wonder Woman is worth your time.  Like all New Yorker articles, it's long but well written.  I was amazed at the connections - Margaret Sanger, Suffragettes, a menage a trois, more.  The article after that is on plus-size fashions.  It's a great issue for women - well, for ( Read more... )

The entire Korean entertainment industry has shut down.  There are no dramas being aired; concerts, fan meet-and-greets are canceled. Movie attendance has dropped way down, people are canceling golf reservations. Here is the most moving thing I have read yet.

I've been frustrated by the US news services which mostly present drama and ratings raisers instead of information.  If you are wondering about the causes of this tragedy,  http://english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_editorial/633566.html Is an editorial that explores the possible (probable) causes of both the sinking and the loss of life.  At ( Read more... )

This was posted on A Korean site by an anonymous songwriter/singer.  Listen to a bit of it to get the feeling - what do you think he's singing about?

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And now - the translation:

Bro - That kind of guy

The kind of guy who knows how you feel and comforts you ( Read more... )

Maybe gender is actually starting to be unimportant  - this is from a registration form Im filling out today for an event that has nothing to do with gender, but whoch does arrange housing for people:

Sex *
What do you identify as? Check all that apply.

• Male
• Female
• Other:

This is a required question.

I'm looking forward to this event . . .

I am obsessed by this song.  I seem to have to listen to it at least 3 times in succession before I am pacified, both at home and in the car.  This is B1A4, my long time favorite boy band.  I go into raptures for - believe it or not - the kid in the baseball cap, who has what I think is the sexiest voice in K-pop.  He's auditory velvet.

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I want our nation to be the most beautiful in the world. By this I do not mean the most powerful nation. Because I have felt the pain of being invaded by another nation, I do not want my nation to invade others. It is sufficient that our wealth makes our lives abundant; it is sufficient that our strength is able to prevent foreign invasions. The ( Read more... )