I don't quite know what to make of this, if anything - Six Apart Announces New Home for LiveJournal.

Poll Russian takeover.

It's selfish of me, but I'm mostly concerned about a possibly corrupt company having access to my credit card information. LJ staff member marta says that LJ's servers will remain in the U.S. and that U.S. privacy policies will still apply, but I ( Read more... )

I just finished reading the TWoP recap of the Apprentice 6 premiere, and I can't help but regret my decision not to watch season six just a teeny tiny itty bitty bit. Jacob, if I was wearing a hat, it would most definitely be off in deference to you, Sir.

( spoilery excerpts from the recap )

"An escalator can never break: it can only become stairs. You would never see an 'Escalator Temporarily Out Of Order' sign, only 'Escalator Temporarily Stairs. Sorry for the convenience'" - Mitch Hedberg ( Read more... )

1. The new Hip album, World Container - I've heard good things. Anyone else get their ears on it yet? (I love how I expect that at least one of the Canadians on my f-list has heard it by now. I mean, I live in the Americanized southwest of Ontario where we convert Celsius to Fahrenheit when trying to figure out the temperature, and even I ( Read more... )

For whatever reason, I found myself thinking about my OAC French teacher today. I mean, of course, right? Who doesn't think about one of their high school French teachers every now and then? It's, like, totally not weird and random at all. Even less weird? Googling said high school French teacher. Actually I guess it isn't all that out of the ( Read more... )

You don't really need an MBA to know that personal politics have no place in business. Am I right?

stoney321 tells of how one Mr. Troy Hake broadcast his ignorance to his entire online customer base via a company newsletter. bitchygrrl sent me, and now I'm sending you: Go forth and hear the tale.

( Prison Break )

( Monday TV Talk )

"Ours is essentially a tragic age, so we refuse to take it tragically. The cataclysm has happened, we are among the ruins, we start to build up new little habitats, to have new little hopes. It is rather hard work: there is now no smooth road into the future, but we go round, or scramble over the obstacles. We've got to live, no matter how many ( Read more... )

( 24, Apprentice Talk )