Question for anyone who has seen the film "Sunshine": I noticed what seemed like four Kubruck references, and I'm wondering if anybody else got that ( Read more... )

1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the next 4-7 sentences on your LJ along with these instructions.
5. Don't dig for that "cool" or "intellectual" book in your closet! Just pick up whatever is closest.

"Assbackwards as usual. You don't test when there's ships out, not even if ( Read more... )

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You know how somebody will be straightening a shelf or something and say that they are "really OCD" about such things? Well, no. Firstly, OCD is not an adjective, it is a verb. Secondly, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is an actual mental disease, and I'm sure it must be really insulting to those who actually suffer from it when people whimsically ( Read more... )

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This song never fails to make me feel incredibly nostalgic for that... o so special night, in April of last year. It makes me want to do it again.

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I watched an interesting documentary last night, called "Restrepo." It is about a company of soldiers stationed in the Kournegal Valley in Afghanistan, apparently the most dangerous place in the country. Gunfights every day. Brutal conditions ( Read more... )

I'm interested in this idea right now, inspired partly by an article by columnist Joe Manning in this week's LEO (just realized that probably half of you have no idea what that means [here it is if anyone is interested: http://leoweekly.com/raised-relief/not- ( Read more... )

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