Today marks 10 years of journaling on LiveJournal for me. I've made good friends, seen them float in and out of my life, and archived most of the best things I've ever done on this blog. It's changed dramatically since I first started (and had no idea what to write), and it's been important to a lot of the people (and organizations) that are ( Read more... )

So, today LiveJournal is in an uproar over crosspostings to Facebook. This is all well and good, because if it involves Facebook, drama over privacy will ensue. For the record, I've set my journal (already 100% public) to crosspost to Facebook because it's easier for me than importing notes that may or may not ever get there (or, we shall see if ( Read more... )

Recently, I have been listening to NPR on my way to and from work. It makes me feel like there's no reason to flip on The News Hour With Jim Lehrer after work. Anyway, I have been enjoying the shot of news and information presented in general, and some things in particular.

One of my favourite stories recently, "Facebook, MySpace Divide Along ( Read more... )

It took me twenty-four hours for my body to get back to where it was before my initiation: until about 8 PM last night, I was so exhausted, emotionally and physically, that it was hard to smile or converse. The drive back down to Columbus seemed to take all day (though the company of kargach and romandruid was exceedingly welcome and helped immensely), and I found ( Read more... )

I'm always a bit late on updating, but that's alright: I'm so busy that I really only have time to read LJ, rather than to post on it, so I get the important stuff done, I guess :)

Monday night, I was very, very excited to receive the proof copies of the Call of the Crane book, the book designed for the ADF Order of the Crane (totally not approved ( Read more... )

Last night, I finished the ADF Structure, Customs, and Policy course, four days before my self-imposed due-date. I decided to clock the total amount of time I spent writing it, since I'd actually heard people say that it can be done in two hours. I admit to not being overly happy at the dismissive nature of that, especially since people hadn't ( Read more... )

Well, sort of. Here's the thing.

What was broken in the previous release of WordPress is fixed now. As a result, I'm releasing a number of posts from Leaves of the Willow, our Grove Blog, over the next few days. The hope is that, by Sunday, we'll be caught up.

This may mean that if you have the Blog watched (and if you don't, I think you should. ( Read more... )

I just realized that sometimes, when you say, "I don't mean to be pushy, but. . ." what you're really saying is, "Dude, tell me now. Like, yesterday." But you want to be polite about it, even though you know you don't have time to be polite ( Read more... )

A lot of people like to post lyrics to songs. I can't read them very well (long story, having to do with blunt-force trauma to the head), so I generally skip them.

As I was listening to the music today, though, an old Buffett piece came up. It's called "Today's Message," and you can find it on Feeding Frenzy. It's done, of course, in a sermon- ( Read more... )

Posting during an LJ strike is like making ripples in a calm sea ( Read more... )