Today was the 64th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Ever since 9-11-01 I find myself feeling cynical every year on December 7th. One swift reaction to the attack on Pearl Harbor, after all, was to round up Japanese-Americans and place them in internment camps. We eventually -- and correctly, in my view -- realized what a ( Read more... )

My LiveJournal 12 DaysMy True Love gave to me...12 relevantpinks a-grinning.11 lyneidass a-twirling.10 snow_lions a-spinning.9 winterbadgers a-drumming.8 twisteddaydreams a-calling.7 dlainefs a-twisting.6 sumobabes a-wiggling.5 pink stevietees.4 swimming jediclampetts.3 Sicilian albumladys.2 monkey dezas.And a keryddwen in a banana tree.Another fun ( Read more... )

ebiannah is going to KILL me for this. But I'm still laughing too hard to really care, both at her journal entry and at the reply that promptly came to my mind:

http://www.livejournal.com/users/ebiannah/278462.html

To those who commented on my "No Connection" journal entry, thank you, from the bottom of my heart. I'm going to hold off on replying, because I want to actually think about what has been said, first. But ... wow. Y'all are The. Best. Evah. *warm hugs ( Read more... )

It's birthday shout-out time again!

Happy Birthday, tfcocs!!!! =-)

May you be richly blessed by the Divinity of Common Sense, my dear Reverend Xenakaboom!

Should that be too much to ask of The Powers That Be, however, may you at least be spared the necessity of suffering any fools, today...

*MANY HUGS*

It's just as well that my goal is to "make significant progress" toward writing a novel, this month, rather than to "start and finish a novel all in one month." Thanks to a late start and only a vague idea of what I want to write, a whole novel in a month probably would be impossible ( Read more... )

Okay, I'm not literally about to die. But for several days, possibly several weeks, my family is going to make me wish I were dead ( Read more... )

I could use some help ( Read more... )

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!! =-)

Somehow, Richter & Richter seems a singularly unfortunate name for a law office specializing in real estate. Don'tcha think?