God, LJ has become a massive wad of suck. I get more spam comments about uggs than I do anything else, and I don't know what's happened to the American LJ staff but all of my support calls go to a deep-voiced man named "Peggy ( Read more... )

You're all my best friends. You all, and the girl with the cello, and the Esteemed Colleague from Elsewhere, you're all my guys, you know that, right? Cause know that. It's true. You're my team. If things get freaky again, I need you all on my side to dig me out. Don't let me die in an unholy place. And protect yourselves. You're the best ( Read more... )

So 9/11 is three days away. Meh. People seem oblivious to the main advantage of living in a linear timeline -- that events happen, and then they stop happening, and you're free to move on with your goddamn life. Or you could pick at the scab and thoughtfully stroke your scars as if they were the only part of you that matter ( Read more... )

20 Stunning Photos Of The Damage Caused By The East Coast Earthquake and 20 Inspiring Photos From The East Coast Earthquake Cleanup.

Yes, I'm enjoying this. But I'm also a bit jealous; I've never lived through an noticeable earthquake.

Sympathies to everyone in Europe -- or zipping through -- affected by this Scrabble-accident monstrosity lurching from the hellmouth that is Iceland. Never been there, but I've long had...suspicions. I can say no more here. ( 42 pics below.... )

Kansas City closing nearly half, 29 of its 51 61 schools. Buh. Interesting points FTA ( Read more... )

Hey, is today not gloomy enough to fit into this morbid week of shuffling-off of various media icons? You know what you need? Early 1980s nuclear armageddon films, in their entirety. Have you not seen The Day After (directed by Nicholas Meyer of Star Treks II and VI) or Threads? The most significant omission from the list I can see is When the ( Read more... )

It's days like this that I miss being in news.

Also, someone check on Walter Cronkite, will ya?

About 80 percent of the members The Boston Globe’s largest union turned out to vote on whether to accept $10 million in wage and benefit cuts that the newspaper’s owner, The New York Times Co., says it needs to keep operating the money-losing paper ( Read more... )

Kansas abortion doc and political lightning rod George Tiller shot dead in his church. The official response from Operation Rescue:
"We are shocked at this morning’s disturbing news that Mr. Tiller was gunned down. Operation Rescue has worked for years through peaceful, legal means, and through the proper channels to see him brought to justice. We ( Read more... )