See? I don't just post the polls here =p

Quick note to say Happy Solstice to all who celebrate it -- and to the rest, summer's officially here! (OK, winter if you're south of the Earth's waistline)

20 years ago, this happened

Time does fly, on the wings of summer's birds. Don't forget to enjoy their song

Hey, it's two days past the LJversary and time for the annual State of the LJThe subject line refers to my very first post, in which I noted that this would not be a "journal" -- "jour" meaning daily -- but more of a "periodical ( Read more... )

The post-Idol friending frenzy has landed me a few new faces here. Actually, you mostly look familiar, and may have dropped off in past years because I don't "talk" much here any more.

If I slack off again, please consider staying on with beldarzfixon, as I definitely plan on doing more creative writing, and will likely Idol again when those opportunities ( Read more... )

Today started the Hancock County 4-H Fair in Greenfield, Ind., where I work. Coincidentally also the start of the Marion County Fair -- that's Indianapolis' county, where I live. I don't know about the Marion carnival (held in the quaint-sounding town of Wanamaker, southeast of the city) but the Hancock fair moved from July to June a few years ago ( Read more... )

As promised, here are the answers to the AMA I posted earlier in the month. (You can ask more in the comments, if you feel so inclined.)

Tell the truth: Jekyll is genetically engineered to live to 50, isn't he? How much did you pay the djinn for that?Jeckyll P. Kitty, our house-tiger, just turned 17 and he has acted like a kitten-for-life up to ( Read more... )

As time slips away in my time zone on April 2, 2014, I'll note that today was my 10-year LJ-versary.

On April 2, 2004, (purposely delayed from April 1 so it didn't look like an April Fools post) I started with this post, which also explains the subject line:

( This is not a journal )

Thoughts on the 50th anniversary of the JFK assassination ( Read more... )

On Saturday, the_dark_snack and I took part in the CityWrite project, which encouraged people to go to locations across Indianapolis and write a personal memory, especially about the city. We were at a library, so one of the writing prompts had to do directly with libraries: What was your first library experience? I didn't come from Indy originally, so this ( Read more... )

A few weeks ago, we were watching the TV show "Perception," and at one point the lead character, a schizophrenic psychology professor played by Eric McCormack, is reading a book. But the way he's holding it, it seems -- to me, at least -- that he's holding it in a way that it must be noticed, like McCormack or the show's director really likes this ( Read more... )

Today will be noted in history as when the Supreme Court struck down the Defense of Marriage Act, removing a federal obstacle to gay marriage in America. Many of my Facebook friends are gay and/or progressive and so there were a lot of positive and celebratory posts there. But on the other hand, I do work in a newsroom, and conservative people and ( Read more... )