Tales from the Spam Folder:

from Irene Nakande NoResponse@aol.com
sender-time Sent at 4:18 AM (GMT-10:00). Current time there: 7:42 PM. ✆
reply-to irenenakande@yahoo.cn
date Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 4:18 AM
subject Respond

Dear Sir/Madam,

Um. Yes? I'm sure one of those is accurate.

This is to officially inform you that we have verified your ( Read more... )

Lots of stuph happening in the background. (Just posting this openly, but not giving a ton of details, basically summing up ( Read more... )

from Mr Charles lep013@msn.com
sender-time Sent at 11:03 AM (UTC). Current time there: 6:41 PM.
reply-to lep0012005@yahoo.co.jp
date Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 11:03 AM
subject FROM CHARLES

Yeah, I got that, from the first line that said "From Mr. Charles". I guess you're feeling a tad bit more informal, now that you've introduced yourself.

IT IS A ( Read more... )

REJOICE!

Even though they had to sign a fake confession of guilt, the West Memphis Three are FREE!

And it is about fucking time.

This is EXACTLY WHY. When he's not being brutish and insensitive, he's being stupid.

To alleviate the bad taste in the brain from that, have a history of film title sequences in two minutes. Simple, evocative, and utterly brilliant.

You're welcome.

Goddamn Glenn Beck.

I have no words. I don't even have words to explain why I have no words. The HELL?!?

Finally, the push is on to kill DOMA! And--since this has been my main issue over the years--all I can say, over and over, is FINALLY ( Read more... )

Okay, so I went through the flist this morning, and dumped several accounts. With two exceptions, if I was friended to you, and you weren't friended back, clipped that link. With no exceptions (I think; it's hard to tell), I've left all groups, because I wasn't reading them anyway. And anyone with a deleted account has been clipped ( Read more... )

So, several things I've noticed.

First, obviously I don't come here as often these days, but beyond that, I'm noticing an overall drop in LJ usage. This may not be related to the second point, but paired with it, it's not making me want to rush back to the fold.

Second, there's this entry from Nodwick. Which makes me wonder if this entry is going ( Read more... )

This is really terrifying. And, while there is clearly a bias in that reporter--and that article--overwhelmingly it makes its point--there is peaceful protest, and there is thuggery. It is notable that the peaceful protesters, for example, were the ones who didn't show up with their faces covered.