I went to link to this for something else, and then realized I never posted it. Or if I did, I didn't title it and now I can't find it.

( Click if you want to see a picture of my family's big galoot, otherwise known as Marley. )

It appears the internet equivalent of H1N1 is going around LJ, and apparently my last post got it. There's more information here. Please check your recent posts for embedded code and entries changed from friends only to public ( Read more... )

I don't have a title for this one, but since two of the lovely people over at livelongnmarry have agreed to help me with my second draft, this is my start at passing the love along. This is for marginaliana, who also bought disappearing people ( Read more... )

And then I actually did die! Sort of. Ok, not really, it just felt like I did. But I'm alive now, and I made it through the stomach bug without puking on anything irreplaceable. Yay? Now I get to figure out how many extra hours I need to shoehorn into the next pay period to have enough on tax day ( Read more... )

One of my fellow HP Dungeons authors is currently in the hospital. She didn't have a cushion before this, so we're trying to raise some money to help her out. If you have a dollar or two to spare, cluegirl is offering one card tarot readings with an occasional pendulum thrown in. Please head over, toss a few bucks in the hat and ask that question that ( Read more... )

So, Mac people! First, does anyone happen to have the restore disks for a Powerbook G4? I find myself unwilling to pay for diagnostics and time on a problem that has a 50% chance of being too expensive to fix (logic board vs. DC-in board), but I can't seem to place my hands on my restore disks to do the hardware tests myself ( Read more... )

If you use Twitter, set your location to Tehran & your time zone to GMT +3.30. Iranian security forces are hunting for bloggers using location/timezone searches. The more people at this location, the more of a logjam it creates for forces trying to shut down Iranians' access to the internet. Cut & paste & pass it on.I cannot vouch for the veracity ( Read more... )

From the Associated Press and Juan Cole's blog, it appears that Khamenei's promised violence in Iran has begun. My thoughts are with the protesters.

Also, a nice analysis of Supreme Leader Khameni's rise to power, by Jonathon Lyons, a former Reuters Tehran bureau chief.

( Re-posted here )

As an NCSU alumni and a someone who represented the university on a national level during my time as a student, I am extremely disappointed by recent events at my alma mater. It's not the hiring of Mary Easley that I object to; despite the less than open conditions surrounding her hiring, she was a valuable member of NC State's staff, and it is to ( Read more... )

It has come to my attention that, since I googled the heck out of the name Trance before using it for my fictional band three years ago, a whole genre called trance music has become popular. Dammit. Now I need another band name ( Read more... )