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Book club scams and such
cluegirl has been complaining recently about false letters claiming unpaid debt for subscription services. We recently got a very strange letter, perhaps part of the same scam ( Read more... ) -
SOPA/PIPA et al
My laptop died last week so I haven't been on LJ (not really SFW) so I came back to a torrent of protest on my friends page. I'll say here what I said on Facebook: petition signatures have maybe a tenth of the impact as a phone call. Congressional staffers count phone calls differently and presume that for every person who took the time to call, ( Read more... ) -
Sci-fi/Fantasy Book List
Bold if you've read, italicize ones you fully intend to read, underline if it's a book/series you've read part but not all of.
1. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, by J.R.R. Tolkien -- But not the Hobbit
2. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams -- Only the first book thus far, but I do intend to read the rest
3. Ender's Game, by ( Read more... ) -
HPDH.2
So I finally got to see part 2 today! (I know, I'm probably the last person in fandom but I have a good excuse - I got married!)
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HPDH Pt. 1
Went to see it tonight after work. It was pretty good. Definitely not a kid's movie, which I appreciated ( Read more... ) -
I just saw the Prop 8 briefing schedule
And yeah, December seems a long way off, but then I was like, holy shit, 31 before the opening brief is due? 15 days for the reply? To brief Art. III standing *and* the merits? Of a constitutional law case with a 100+ page district court opinion? Dyaaaaamn. I *almost* feel bad for the fuckers ( Read more... ) -
Lemons
What do you do with them, other than make lemonade?
Seriously, I've got 7 lemons in the fridge, and I need to use them! -
Dropping an Easter Egg on Jesus's Head
Reading it with an Australian voice makes it even more crackastic.
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Boycott Saigon 39 in Kansas City
I know most of you don't live anywhere near Kansas, but those of you who do or know people who dorant should read about this.
http://mijan.livejournal.com/165107.html