Interesting and relatively succinct summary of the latest LiveJournal kerfuffle

Only one or two people left over there that I follow. I'll probably keep cross-posting for now, but...



This entry was originally posted at http://moss.dreamwidth.org/45959.html.

Or, Moss is truly a sci-fi nerd.

I'm in the process of re-reading Spider Robinson's Callahan series*, and at one point in Callahan's Key it describes the protagonist's joy and excitement as he gets the chance to see a space shuttle launch.

It was Discovery.  And I just about cried.

...

All I can say is they'd darn well better come up with a suitable ( Read more... )

It's a sad commentary when the most balanced and interesting political coverage/analysis of the US election can be found on BBC World News America...

(And in some corners of LJ/IJ.  Go
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Having a very pleasant day, so far...

Woke up at a comfortably early hour (5:00 or so.  Yes, I am a morning person. Your point?).  Chased Buns off to haul milk around 5:40 - double route on Saturday as Amish folks honor Sunday.  Punted ( Read more... )

Came back to the flist this morning and ended up back at skip 650someodd, despite the HP shutdown.  Yeek.

But I have excuses!  Multiple good ones!  Really!

First of which is that I've been two people at work all week (and for a couple of days next week, too).  His Cheesiness actually is on a real vacation for the first time in years, and wherever ( Read more... )

Um. Folks? What's with the p&m about the changes to the LJ update journal page?

It's not that different. Besides, it actually resembles a posted entry more closely than before, and the look is cleaner.  Call me heretical, but I rather like it...

No warnings?  No reading. 
No pairings? No reading.  (Unless it's gen.)

Sorry.

As a relative newcomer to fanfic, there are way too many unread fics out there for me to spend my time on stories I'm not going to finish because of a pairing I find unbelievable, or, worse yet, a category I'm not prepared for.  I'm a moody reader.  Sometimes an unusual ( ( Read more... )

...but poor
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