It seems that LJ now has some sort of content filtering thing set up, which, with respect to LJ/6A, I do not plan to use. For outgoing blather, I already have filters set up; according to my "OMG AM I A GEEK" stat spreadsheet, I have some kind of filter on about a quarter of the blather I issue. One of the ones, which is rarely used, is the "no ( Read more... )

People are upset about this, and rightfully so - but for the wrong reasons. Yes, he raised pit bulls for fighting - which is a characteristic of the breed, really - and killed them as a result. It's also very likely he was personally involved. But that isn't the reason he's in as much trouble as he is. This isn't a case of "Oh, let's go stick ( Read more... )

tacnukesoul recently made a good post on the whole Scooter Libby commutation, which is here, s'go read it. I was going to post what follows as a reply to that, but decided against as I was doing an awful lot of pontificating, and doing that in someone else's journal is vaguely rude ( Read more... )

Felt awful yesterday. Feeling better today, but still not 100%. I think part of it is the cold weather; I feel like I want to go home, have drinks served to me while not budging a bit from my chair, and then go crash for about five days. (Also have screwed up my sleep schedule yet again - was wide awake at 2200 and got sleepy I'd guess around ( Read more... )