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Dearest Land of my Birth...
The United States has produced/encouraged a great many things that we may find use for.
The term "person/people of color*" is not one of them.
If not in the USofA, please be sticking to the previously accepted, innocuous, and 99.9% more accurate "ethnic minorities", or the newer "of X heritage".
Much appreciated.
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S is for Stay
For Jonas Alphabet Soup. "S" should probably be for "Sodding work getting in the sodding way". So a short fic without meaning:
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I grant that this is high quality WTFery
Apparently, those Christian dingbats "rescuing" "orphans" in Haiti had a well thought out mission plan.
The Plan:
Rescue Orphans from Port au Prince, Haiti
• Friday/Saturday, Jan 22nd: NLCR team fly to the DR
• Sun Jan 23rd: Drive bus from Santo Domingo into Port au Prince, Haiti and gather 100 orphans from the streets and collapsed orphanages, then ( Read more... ) -
Dear NHS Direct...
Every answer to your online swine flu checker tells me I have, or may have, swine flu.
I have a cold.
The symptoms are not identical to flu.
Way to fail at being useful, or prevent panic.
No love,
Far more chilled out about illness than you.
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More pies for SGU
I thought it might be an idea to update the original pie, since I'm going off SGU at great speed.*
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My eyes, my eyes!
Can someone let me know when GW offers the option of switching off that horrible smudgy colour scheme?
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It's like a Dr. Who fan's personal shopping centre
Went to the London Film and Comic Con yesterday out of general nosyness. Spotted four Dr. Whos (3 of them Tennant era, 1 of which a girl), a clutch of Stoomtroopers, an ickle Obiwan (aw), and a whole bunch of anime characters I have no idea about. Oh, and some famous types.
Was a very sad panda that I missed a Robert Rankin panel on Saturday. ( Read more... )
