I've been reading a lot lately about the younger generation's apathy towards established social values because they feel hopelessly removed from them. Kinda like a Dickensian street waif fogging up the glowing windows of privilege with their unfortunate desperation. Some social scientists have labeled this particular segment of the population "The ( Read more... )

LJ is a WHINY-ASS BITCH. For all of the fucking glitches that have been plaguing it since - what? - last Thursday, their so-called 'site improvements' had better include real world cocktail service by perfectly Photoshopped cabana boys as part of the damned upgrades. I haven't been able to get on since Friday (though, to be honest, after a few ( Read more... )

So, I just got home after leaving the office early for the day. During my walk, I got into a fight with an old biker who had just thrown a cyclist into oncoming traffic. The cyclist was unhurt (avoided being hit by a car), and the biker didn't manhandle me too much because I made a lot of noise and gave back as good as I was getting. There were ( Read more... )

'Kay, so recently somebody posted some thoughts on v_4_vendetta, which I had thought was a mostly dead forum. The poster had some *ahem* strong opinions, and elicited some strong ones in return. The debate became a religious one, with very little to do with V for Vendetta. The posting and the ensuing comment thread is proof positive that atheists can be just ( Read more... )