It must be time to post more links!

News, Science, and Items of Interest:

How to Destroy the Book, by Cory Doctorow
"It’s basically a way of saying that copyright is nonsense, and that readers should stop paying attention to it, and only agree to these crazy, abusive licenses."

Celebrity Impact Rankings "Justin Timberlake’s support for his ( Read more... )

This image:
( Fast Food Mafia )

Stolen and nefariously re-purposed from sushi_slave:

This is simple.
You must have a:
- Lead Vocalist: Brendon Urie of Panic! At The Disco
- Drummer: Spencer Smith (the fifth!) also of Panic! At the Disco
- Lead Guitarist: Patrick Stump of Fall Out Boy, dude in the icon
- Bass Player: Me! Look at the kind of crackheads who can play bass! I could totally do ( Read more... )

Xenoix basically guilted me into going to this, since I cancelled most of this weekend's plans. And he was right. I didn't have to talk to anyone, and the adrenaline did me good ( Read more... )

Now that Walter Cronkite has passed on, who is America's most trusted newscaster? Oh, yeah!
Shatner does Palin on Late Night with Conan O'Brian.
Song that ear-wormed me earlier this week, Almost Human by Voltaire. I blame Blue.
AT-AT bed for your little ones. But where's MINE?
Our bodies glow. I feel like I should get a 'told ya so'.
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I am buying new CDR, and you know what that means. MIXTAPES!

Filk for elucreh, 2 pop-punk mixes for ultimatebryan, a stirring collection of soundtrack action themes, and the usual mix of weird things that I've found this year. Whoever wants in knows where to put a comment. :)

At 3 a.m. we're off to the Feri workshop in Austin. We'll be back Sunday . . . sometime. I dunno.

If you get lonely without a dose of me, then just substitute crack and LULZ. Here are the current set, mostly cadged via twitter.

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( The rest are here. )

Now that the worst of the ick is over, I'm just tired. :[ Better than yesterday! Gratitude 4 GRATE WIN!

Some of this music won't be to your taste, and some will. I hope it's a bright spot in your day if you need one.

Be Good or Be Gone by Fionn Regan.
Fuck You by Lily Allen, my new hero
The Fear also by Lily Allen
Miles Davis and John Coltrane ( Read more... )

So maybe the nausea yesterday wasn't from the cramps, but from fighting whatever bug has Xenoix and I both sick. He actually stayed home from work yesterday, and that never happens ( Read more... )

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A friend of mine grows his very own brambles ( Read more... )