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FINAL writing challenge before NaNoWriMo 2009!
This is the last weekend I'm free to host, so this will be the final pre-NaNo LJ Writing Challenge! Start: Friday, Oct. 16 at noon your local time. End: Midnight Monday, Oct. 19 your local time. Sign up for a goal of writing (words) or editing (hours) (or something else - just let me know!). Schoolwork is welcome, and you're welcome to raise or ( Read more... ) -
Writing long weekend!
Due to Canadian Thanksgiving, the writing weekend will be extended to Monday! Start: Friday, Oct. 9 at noon your local time. End: Midnight Monday, Oct. 12 your local time. Sign up for a goal of writing (words) or editing (hours) (or something else - just let me know!). Schoolwork is welcome, and you're welcome to raise or lower your goal throughout ( Read more... ) -
Up for a writing weekend?
You know the drill. Starts tomorrow, Friday, Sept. 25 at noon your local time, and ends Sunday, Sept. 27 at midnight your local time. Sign up for a goal of writing (words), editing (hours), and/or another writing-related goal (for example, I'm trying to finish up some writing research this weekend). I basically have no rules other than the above: ( Read more... ) -
Experimental Cabbage Soup
Before I forget:
I took this very basic cabbage and carrot soup recipe, and did this:
- The seasonings I added: salt, pepper, curry, parsley, dried red pepper (lots). I also added a lot (3 TBSP) of nutritional yeast to give it some body (it was watery without it) and also a small handful of dulse, ripped into small pieces ( Read more... ) -
Pre-NaNo writing challenge!
The first of many pre-NaNo writing challenges will start this Friday, Sept. 11 at noon your local time, and end Sunday, Sept. 13 at midnight your local time. Sign up for a goal of writing (words) or editing (hours), or both. I basically have no rules other than the above: schoolwork is welcome, and you're welcome to raise or lower your goal ( Read more... ) -
Two links
1. corkdorkdan posted a brilliant essay he found in the comments to an article about the U.S. healthcare debate. A snippet:- After spending another day not being maimed or killed at work thanks to the socialist workplace regulations imposed by the Department of Labor and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, enjoying another two meals which again
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Small friends cut
Small friends cut for people I haven't had contact with in quite a while and/or dead journals. Nothing personal. Let me know if you think there was a mistake. -
Stimulate the Economy -- Forgive Student Loans!
My friend asked me to post this for the Americans on my flist:
Stimulate the Economy -- Forgive Student Loans!It's a cause I completely agree with and support. If there were a similar petition in Canada, I would sign it in a heartbeat ( Read more... ) -
I think I like True Blood more than Mad Men now
Oh my GOD I see now why True Blood was the top trending topic on Twitter last night. I'm having heart palpitations, seriously. There was one really predictable part, but it was done in a really cool way. The rest was just ... phenomenal.
( Barely coherent spoilers under the cut. )