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Returning ... or something
Hey, look, I created a Dreamwidth account back in May of 2009! It's been idle since then. But it's still here!
Testing, testing, testing....
How do I Find Friends over here? Thanks! -
Places of worship
As I was logging in to LJ just now, a group called "Places of Worship" was listed. It asked for various shrines, churches, synagogues, etc.
It is extremely tempting to post a picture of the Bicycling Fandom wall in the massage/craft room. Does that count as a shrine? I could light candles.... :-) -
On race perception in Michigan
In today's Detroit Free Press, there's an article on the arrest of Elias Abuelazam in the serial stabbing case. At the end of that article, there is this section ( Read more... ) -
LJ is broken
LJ wants me to allow 'Share This' to run. Um, no. As a result, I can see only the last two entries on my Friends page. Sorry, that's not acceptable. I'm quite annoyed, because I just renewed for a year's worth of paid account. IMO, it's completely unusable in its current state. -
What she said
http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/012517.html
Teresa Nielsen Hayden on Google and YouTube, FaceBook and the rest. -
Against rabid nationalism
I have mixed emotions about Independence Day. I have mixed emotions about the World Cup, and about the increasing number of nation-oriented teams in professional cycling ( Read more... ) -
On the subject of autographs
Autographing: I thought about this a lot recently. I have gone to two top-level bicycling races in the past year, and at each I got a souvenir tshirt signed by many of the top riders at each event. I have been attending SF cons for a couple of decades; I have maybe ten signed books. WTH ( Read more... ) -
ALS Gears & Beers - I need support!
I have agreed to ride in the ALS fundraiser, Gears & Beers, on June 12. I'm planning to ride the Metric Century route - 100 km - through Dexter and Chelsea. If things go really well, I'll upgrade to the 100 Mile route, but you won't have to pay extra ( Read more... ) -
Cycling recap
Just for the record, this is a rough timeline of my bicycling history, since I got off the couch that morning last July, and going into it, one should note that my favorite riders for the past few years have been Dave Zabriskie, Lance Armstrong, Levi Leipheimer, George Hincapie and Jens Voigt; my favorite teams were Discovery (which became Astana, ( Read more... )