I've not been writing for ages because I'm in the middle of an LJ-to-Wordpress migration, but the recent ST Forum debate on the (eventual) decriminalisation of homosexuality has bugged me enough to reply to a particular Dr. Alan Chin ( Read more... )

via [echeng] - Apple's latest product!

"Before today, I couldn't imagine paying $12,000 for a product-unveiling product," CNET editor Jasmine France said after the presentation. "Now I can't imagine living without it."

The Onion certainly has its moments of sheer brilliance.

And, for all you photogs out there:
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For a dear friend:

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Been meaning to put this up for a while - I think it accurately describes the state of most people on this planet.

'Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from ( Read more... )

discoecstasy  went to Japan and came back with some spectacular photographs that deserve to be entered for the Lucies!

Check out my top picks of his work!

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Most people are haunted by ghosts.


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Week of Oct 27thSCORPIO (Oct 23 - Nov 21): You're ready for take-off. It's time to taxi to the launch location and prepare to go airborne. I suggest you do what birds and airplanes do, which is to fly directly into the wind as you leave the ground. As long as you're forcefully propelling yourself forward, that will give you maximum lift. Oh, and ( Read more... )

It has been a fine run, but all good things must come to an end. GV Grange is closing down, so you're invited for a last (stiff) drink at this iconic residence which holds fond memories for many who might read this. While you're over, pick out some wonderful mementoes at bargain-basement prices - who knows what gems you might find ( Read more... )

While many in the local audience would recognise "The Best is Yet To Be" as my secondary school's (& JC) motto, few would know that it is actually from the the first stanza of a poem by Robert Browning titled Rabbi Ben Ezra:

“Grow old along with me ( Read more... )