From the ACLU:

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desperance found an old copy of Pilgrim's Progress with a school report from 1911, recommending Harry Hoad as a promising young man in Northumberland who excelled at sketching, as well as some photos from the same period. desperance's readers dug in to discover who Harry Hoad was and what became of himWe looked at the dates. We hoped against odds. But Cpl. Henry ( Read more... )

There are Adult Concepts behind THIS LINK. Don't play this loudly at work.

MAO

Is there some standard way to attach full album credits to the album downloads? I have been using Windows Media Player because it automagically grabs the basics, but I would be happy to change to something better ( Read more... )

My CD Walkman just died. I mean, sort of. I paid extra for the all-weather jogging Walkman because I figured that would come in handy for power commuting on public transportation. But now, even the tiniest jolt makes it just stop. That means a new portable music device and I have decided to jump into the MP3 pool ( Read more... )

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Graydon once wrote: "... even in :Volsungasaga: Sigfried/Sigifrith is every bit as bright as a ten pound bag of twenty pound hammers." On this Graydon scale, how would you rate Matt and Suresh?

Extra points for (a) completing the subject line quote and (b) identifying the author.

MAO

and I'm addicted to stationery.

And I am about to start my last Super Conquerant cahier avec couverture rigide. I bought some in Geneva and then when that stack was running low I found some around here. Now I can't dig up a US source. In short, I am desperate.

Is there anyone out there in the wide world who knows a source of THESE?

MAO

I don't suppose Mr S reads my LJ, but what the heck, press on.

Dear Mr Stross:

I love your books. I love your characters and your settings and your stories and your wonderful way of packaging them all up in language. I immerse myself in them and eagerly look for your next works. Glasshouse should have won, dammit ( Read more... )

I have just been to Borders and must report that half the SF&F shelf space has been switched over to Romance. It looks like most of the remaining SF&F is bodice-rippers of the vampire and elfish subtypes ( Read more... )