A friend of mine here on LJ, cbpotts, is a writer living in New York state. Her partner's parent was unexpectedly killed in an accident, and they simply don't have the money to afford for them to get from their home to Hagerstown, MDIf any of you can help her out, you have my word she's both Good People, and a hell of a writer. She's offering various ( Read more... )

Important news (link from Shakesville):

McNeil Consumer Healthcare has recalled ALL non-expired lots ofChildren's & Infants' TYLENOL, Children's ZYRTEC, Children's & Infants' MOTRIN, and Children's BENEDRYL (all liquid medications ( Read more... )

... on something sneaky LJ's gotten up to in stealth redirect of your outbound links, and more importantly how to make it stop.

And please, any discussion we have of this, let us avoid the jokes about how the Russian LJ is this, and Russians are that, and Soviet LJ, and blah-di-blah, okay? Let's try for a bit to remember that there are a number of ( Read more... )

It seems that a number of you don't have lj_maintenance on your lists, or don't read news, but yes, LJ is having a problem getting e-mail notifications mailed out right now.

A friend has tickets to see Bruce Springsteen in New Jersey on October 3. For various reasons, she can't make it, and would like to sell the tickets to someone who could get some use/enjoyment from them.

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Springsteen & the E Street Band close out Giants stadium.

So, I'm now looking to sell the pair of tickets. I'd like to recover the cost of ( Read more... )

Information here. If you maintain a community, or are on any communities, it's a good idea to take a second and make sure you've read that.

Also, keep your anti-virus stuff up-to-date and turned on. :)

You local folks: northbard and tormenta have a sweet kitty, estimated by vet to be about 6-8 months old, whom they adopted recently, but who has found some conflict with their other fuzzbutts.

Anyone localish looking for an adorable companion?

northbard has the details in a public post over here. Particularly at risk are protein bars and the like. Salmonella is a fairly dangerous thing, and it doesn't leave any human-sense-apparent traces, so it's worth your while to check, if you use or consume peanut butter in North America (I believe; it may be further, that's all I'm aware of ( Read more... )

This is only really relevant to my {Locals} filter, but since I wanted to enable moonlight_mile to direct people here to take the poll even if they're not on my flist.

So, if you're not local, you don't need to spam the poll, thanks. :)

Poll Clothing swap date poll: chez moonlight_mile

Posted for moonlight_mile, who has not of the paid accounts.

ETA: Ahh! It seems she does. :)

Cause if you do (or if I do), I know of a company which is looking for someone with at least a Bachelor's (preferably a graduate degree), for a non-entry-level position, situated here in Waterloo. E-mail me at my LJ address to get the tip, unless/until I hear that the referrer would prefer a more direct link.

Update: She said it's fine to e-mail ( Read more... )