Poland, my condolences.

One thing that'd make me seriously consider leaving LJ is if the journal security is screwed, i.e. locked entries are all accidentally made public. Which doesn't sound plausible, but you know how paranoid I am.

(And when will Dreamwidth allow us to buy a rename token?)

Miss England is a combat soldier, lol ( Read more... )

Random personal fact: I type using what Indonesians call "eleven fingers," meaning I mostly use my middle fingers, while the other ones do very little. I find nothing shameful about this.

Yao Ming urged China to say no to shark fin soup because the excessive hunting endangers them and deprives them of their habitat.

A Campaign to Combat Suicide: ( Read more... )

Two explosions went off on Ritz-Carlton and the Marriott coffee shops in Jakarta this morning, meaning about an hour ago. Here's hoping that those weren't bombs. We really, really don't need anything like that again here, ever.
ETA: Via access_identity: The latest news is that it was because there were explosions at the coffee shop kitchen, so it hadn't been ( Read more... )

One thing I discovered in 2008: how to effectively dry my laundry when staying in a hotel room.

One of my resolutions this year: try to finish watching Darker Than Black.

Cute Tegami Bachi clock. Also a thank-you message in Eng(r)lish.

huntersandkings posted an analogy about the Israel-Palestine situation.
Bush says Hamas is to blame for Gaza. "Hamas was a ( Read more... )

"There is no evidence of hate crime" from an incident where a nursery - a place where children and babies are kept - is gassed with pepper spray ( Read more... )