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Umm...what the what, now?
Can someone say, "oops"?
Er, you might want to back up your blogs folks...LJ might be closing its doors!
*Hugs flist hard*
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HAPPY NEW YEAR! And good news for Time Warner subscribers
Happy New Year! And in the estimable words of Sherman T. Potter: "May it be a damn sight better than the old one ( Read more... ) -
Oh, one more thing before midnight..
If you have Time Warner Cable as your cable company, you just might not have cable TV at all after 12:01am. Teel Deer: Viacom and Time Warner are fighting over profits...so TW is taking it out on their customers by refusing to air any programs.
Classy, huh?
Good luck, guys..
Oh, and Happy New Year!
ETA: It might just be shows sponsored by Viacom that ( Read more... ) -
To those who celebrate...
A very Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!
Sad tidings: Eartha Kitt has passed away . She was almost a family member to me. :( I'll miss her sexy, sexy voice and her wonderful Catwoman.
I don't care what anyone else says - she beat Julie Newmar, hands down.
Blessings to you, and your family - and may there be plenty of songs to sing ( Read more... ) -
Well, some good news re: Avatar kerfluffle...
At least SCI-FI Wire has picked up the ball, and they're recognizing fans are po'd: http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=3&id=63052
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Aww! :( Jeff MacKay...
You know, sometimes the saddest news you can receive about one of your childhood heros passing away is that there was no fanfare, no great news, no huge tribute about it - and that it happened a few months back.
Just a tiny blurb in Variety, and some fanmade tribute pages.
I'm sorry I didn't find out sooner, Jeff - I always liked you. I loved your ( Read more... ) -
Aww! It makes me want to cry! :(
The Animal Rescue site needs more sponsors to help pay for homeless pups and kits. Go to their site at www.theanimalrescuesite.com, click the purple box, and you're golden. That's all you do.
While you're there you can browse at the gifts and such. WARNING: Some of the images are guaranteed tear jerkers, so watch out!
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FYI - more background on the Handley case
ETA: If you can't join the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund for a year ($25), they have a Paypal account that accepts any denomination here.
This is the background on the manga case: An ordinary citizen, Christopher Handley, ordered graphic novels from Japan. The postal inspector from his city did not like the depictions on the books - and the postal ( Read more... ) -
WOW. IF YOU READ COMICS, READ THIS. *NOT. COOL.*
Did you know you can be arrested for possession of child pornography if you read comic books? No?
Well, if the Iowa courts get their way, it could become a reality. Folks, this is real stuff worth fighting for. Thank God for the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund. Talk about trampling rights and freedoms!
Let's hope this gets thrown out of court. If not ( Read more... ) -
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I've seen or read too many depressing anime/cartoon/comic books lately, and I said enuf was enuf after last night's Cowboy Bebop. Man, I loved that anime series (saw it for the first time this week) but...yeah. And here's a rec for an online fantasy comic that you absolutely have to read (but it's depressing too): http://www.zudacomics.com/ and ( Read more... )