As of some time ago, this journal has gone

Friends Only

with few exceptions, for a variety of reasons.
I will continue to try to post publically-relevant material on my website, as well as musically-related material on The North Website, as appropriate. See also my user info for copyright and other relevant information ( Read more... )

While it's been long obvious that almost no one from its glory days uses LiveJournal anymore, it remains for me an occasional outlet for things that just don't seem to belong anywhere else ( Read more... )

I'm a generally apolitical (if not anti-political) person, and certainly keep that my policy online, but i'm making an exception here.

My latest attempt to capture my thoughts on the election is below for those who want to read it, but the most important point is this:

If you're reading this - whoever you are, however you voted, whatever your ( Read more... )

Continuing the Often-Relenting Pursuit of Largely Uneducated and Utterly Reckless CuisineI don't usually write public posts, but given the regrettably depopulated state of LJ these days, i figured doing so would allow me to link to this content from that silly new website that everyone seems to prefer these days. (What's it called again? ... ( Read more... )

First off, let me just get this out:

Happy Boreal Autumnal Equinox!
(2309 EDT tonight)

OK, so that said, check this out. This Equinox is occurring very close to (within 370 minutes of, in fact) a full moon. This "Super Harvest Moon" makes the usual harvest moon -- the full moon closest to the fall equinox each year -- extra awesome (and this ( Read more... )

This is a public post -- feel free to spread the word.

FOR SALE
1995 Jeep Cherokee Country

• ~200K miles
• working 4-wheel-drive
• inline V6 engine, 4.0 liters
• 20.5 Gallon Fuel Tank
• working A/C, cruise control, AM/FM/cassette, power windows/locks

Since northmusic isn't watched by many, i wanted to cross-post this. Hope to see you on all those other websites i keep hearing about ... :)

I know it's been way too long, but i'm spendin' a little time trying to sync up our pages online.

I wanted to make sure you all knew that we're on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and (in case anyone still uses it) ( Read more... )

I started to comment on a post by lisajulie, but realized it captured enough of my views on society that it might be worth posting. (It also gets me around a comment length limitation, but that's an unintentional side bonus. Honest!)

lisajulie writes:

How can I can live in my lifestyle, knowing that is built upon the labor (underpaid and so on) of others ( Read more... )

I'm finding out that not everyone caught my last post on this, so i'm re-posting it.

GO BUY THIS BOOK:


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I apologize for the long lapse in posting this; it should have been done some time ago.

Back in January, i shared with you a correspondence sent to Ralign Wells, Administrator of the Maryland Transit Authority. Mr. Wells not only got back to me within a week of my email, but he invited me to speak with him live over the phone. He explained that ( Read more... )