If you are reading this, please say "Hi !" or anything.
I'm curious just how dead (or alive) LJ is.

Hey LJ,

2004 is calling and wants its favorite social app back.

Sincerely,
2012

I just finished listening to the new Wire CD "Red Barked Trees ( Read more... )

Jared Lee Loughner shot Rep. Gabrielle Giffords this past Saturday in Tucson, AZ. (I'm sure that isn't news to anyone reading this). What's starting to come out is that Loughner may have been seriously mentally ill ( Read more... )

I'm listening to the audio-book of "Makers" by Cory Doctorow.

I won't go into the details except to say:

1. It's a decent SciFi (well, kinda SciFi) listen for my 2 Emusic.com credits
2. I was really surprised how well Cory Doctorow can write a sex scene.

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I'm going to do something here I usually do not do: comment on legislation that I have not read (yet ( Read more... )

I've seen a few episodes of "Horders" on A&E. These people have basically destroyed their lives by collecting crap. Fairly consistently, when the therapist gets the person to finally discuss why they hoard, it comes down to "I needed something to live for ( Read more... )

This is why you have to choose between a questionable high-energy body scan and a questionable pat down at the airport even though there is no reasonable suspicion of wrong doing on your part ( Read more... )

(I originally posted this in 2006, but since I have new peeps on my LJ now, I figured it's time for a repost ( Read more... )