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Goodbye, LiveJournal
LiveJournal has come out with new terms and conditions that are unacceptable. Unfortunately, I had to agree to them to access my content even though I was given the option not to. So no I really do not agree to them because they are make you agree to be subject to Russian anti-LGBT laws. I'll let Charles Stross explain why this is the shitsI am in ( Read more... ) -
Tubular Bells
Here's something you didn't know you needed to watch. I know for some people Mike Oldfield's "Tubular Bells" it is one of their favorite albums. I certainly rank it pretty highly.
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Vernal Equinox
Today we get to experience an equal number of hours of day and night.
Oh, and our temperamentally unfit man-baby of a president thought it would be a great idea to antagonize North Korea. Have a nice life. -
Presidents Day
The first 30 days have gone swimmingly. I can only imagine what the next 30 days hold in store for us.
I'd celebrate Presidents Day but there aren't taco trucks on every corner. -
And then a miracle happened
I'm feeling somewhat more optimistic after the record low turnout at the inauguration and the record high turnout at the women's march (in DC, all across the country, around the world including Antartica).
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The Last Day
Today is the last day of President Obama's term of office. I haven't decided how I will spend it. Some of it working to be sure, but I want to make it something joyful, something memorable for the dark days, dark weeks, dark months and possibly dark years ahead.
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2017: Orange is the New Black
I have a habit of naming years. If I didn't call 2016 The Year the Chickens Came Home to Roost, I should have. I don't remember what I called previous years, and I'm too lazy to go back through my posts to find them nor to even see how long I've been doing it. I didn't pick the name 2017, I got it from Obama's anger translator, Luther, farewell ( Read more... ) -
Boxing Day
This is perhaps my favorite non-American holiday. It's the day after Christmas. It's celebrated in Canada and the UK and probably Australia and New Zealand. I don't know all the details, but it seems to be their equivalent of Black Friday after our Thanksgiving. A huge shopping day. I'd heard it was the day you exchange unwanted gifts. That sounds ( Read more... ) -
8 Days
And it will be official or we'll have a constitutional crisis. Either outcome is not good.
Update: 5 days now. We shall soon know if political courage still exists.
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Well, that didn't go as planned
My NaNoWriMo hadn't been going well, and now it's been completely derailed after Black Tuesday. I can put it back on the tracks and will, but I probably won't meet the goal of 50,000 words. Onward ( Read more... )
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