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Tools
Too worn out from work and in need of a break, I was cleaning up my draft e-mails ( Read more... ) -
Sherlock Holmes
Fun movie. Overall, a B or B-. Beautiful in that dreary Industrial Revolution period piece way, amusing dialogue, and well-acted.
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It seems so long ago
Earlier I went to bed with a migraine. Effing nonsense, and I hadn't had one in quite a while. This inspired thoughts and dreams, which I will hide behind a cut to keep the meat of this post from getting buried.
( Rant about IT workers doing family tech support ) -
Webcomic roundup
I'm somewhat surprised that I'd never stumbled across Schlock Mercenary before. Space Opera that at least tries to be internally consistent, plus sarcastic wit and fun characters... oh yeah, and moderately good artwork in the later stuff (to my tastes, at least ( Read more... ) -
Parental Visitation
Rambling thoughts inspired by my parents' visiting us earlier in the week...
( don't click unless you really are curious, it's not that interesting. ) -
"doomer" news articles
The companies running the fishing industry are bastards.
The companies running the beef industry are, too.I'm not about to be smug about being vegetarian, though; I'm sure the veg food companies aren't great either. All companies have to make financial and ethical choices that would be labeled sociopathic if an individual did so, because profit ( Read more... ) -
Gifts
Shopping here in India reminded me that I have issues related to giving gifts ( Read more... ) -
India
I'm sitting in an internet cafe in Mumbai, taking a break from spening time with 30 people who don't speak english and 10 who do, but not as a primary language ( Read more... )