Well, so far this week, livejournal has laid off 20 of its 28 staff and some of its webservers have already started to behave oddly.

This might be the end of the line for the old girl. I think most of us have found each other on facebook by now, just in case LJ disappears without further warning ( Read more... )

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As only a very small number of you know, I've been a huge fan of Tom Paxton ever since I found one of his tapes in my father's collection when I was just knee-high to a buzzard.

I'm sure you're all familiar with The Marvelous Toy and Going To The Zoo. Those are two of his most well-known children's songs -- the kind of children's songs that are ( Read more... )

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Step 1.) Ignatieff quits the Liberal party, joins the NDP, and challenges Layton for the leadership.
Step 2.) Rae quits the Liberal party, joins the Green Party, and challenges May for the leadership.
Step 3.) Justin Trudeau merges the three parties in to the "Progressive Reform" party.
Step 4.) Mike Duffy's head explodes.
Step 5.) Profit.

For some reason, several friends-only locked posts over 2 years old have been mysteriously unlocked by Livejournal this week.

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Astounding performance by J.K. Simmons, but way too little screen time for him.

Great performances by all the actors, actually, but the movie itself was crap. Half as funny as Fargo, and 4 times as long.