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It's not Christmas till Bing and Bowie sing
And since it is Christmas here now, I give you the song that I've been listening to for what must be nearly 40 years:
More than ever, let's hope for peace on Earth in 2017. And by 'hope', I mean agitate, vote, hassle politicians, stand up against racists and bigots, and be the awesome we want to see in the world. -
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My mother rang me early this morning ( Read more... ) -
Some cheer!
The lovely lokifan has a love meme going on and I am having so much fun saying nice things to people and trying to make it not sound like me! (Failed miserably at least once…)
Get on board here and spread some love!
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Begging a Favour
I want to talk about Leonard Cohen, whose Democracy has been my song of the week, but I just can't yet, so listen to him singing it instead.
But I do have a time-sensitive-ish favour to ask. Is there anyone free who can beta a story in the next two weeks? Its currently sitting on 4K and will probably end up 20-30K, most likely at the lower end of ( Read more... ) -
Three things
1. Just when I think I have a handle on how much sexism outweighs every other rational consideration in some parts, I am shown to have underestimated the situation yet again ( Read more... ) -
Liveblogging the third US Presidential debate
And here we all are again. For the purposes of completion, and in the same sense of 'How bad can this get?' that saw me sit through the first Sex and the City movie (on video, with friends who could mock it with me, but still ...), I have once again readied the iPad, prepared beverages and cleared my early afternoon schedule to take in the horror ( Read more... ) -
Liveblogging the Second US Presidential Debate
Roll up, roll up, the circus is back in town ( Read more... ) -
Liveblogging the US Presidential Debate
Because I am not completely immune to self-harm, I thought this would be a good idea. I'm going to lay my cards on the table at the start: I'm With Her. Trump is so divorced from reality that he is a danger to the international economy and I will have to send cards of sympathy to every American diplomat. As for the other candidates, the Libertarian ( Read more... ) -
HAPPY BIRTHDAY SASSY_CISSA!
My theory about being here more often remains theoretical. But popping in from chaos land to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY, sassy_cissa! You are the loveliest! -
Damn hubris!
I had just been congratulating myself on my bloom and evident good health since the return of a stress-free existence, when I succumbed to one of the many Sydney Winter Plagues that are being shared among my fellow citizens ( Read more... )
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