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RIP Muswell Hill
Yesterday, I had a pretty good Valentine's Day, despite the lingering effects of the traditional February cold. A year ago yesterday was the worst Valentine's Day ever.
The February cold hit me worse than usual that year, but fortunately I had some cats to curl up on my chest and purr me better:
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Still here
swestrup posted a suggestion:
Rumor has it that LJ has been bought out by someone who plans to do a lot better maintenance and upkeep than has been the case for the last few years. Not sure if this dying behemoth can be brought back to life, but I wish the project well ( Read more... ) -
A Dance of Crows / A Feast for Dragons
Last year I posted a suggested reading order for George R. R. Martin's A Feast For Crows and A Dance With Dragons. The object was to interleave chapters to get the story in roughly chronological order, rather than split by geography.
Last month I saw a couple of people in a row walking around with copies of A Dance With Dragons, and it made me ( Read more... ) -
Diva (1996 - 2012)
Diva came home with me in 2006, after her previous owner went to live in France for a year. The first thing I posted about her was
and now she came back to be petted and was pretty insistent about it. We're gonna get along just fine.
And we did.
Last Friday, Diva had a flare-up of a chronic problem (normally minor but uncomfortable) so we took ( Read more... ) -
A Feast For Crows / A Dance With Dragons: The Director's Cut
There are a lot of people reading A Song of Ice and Fire for the first time now, and unlike the rest of us they don't have to suffer through the huge wait between A Feast For Crows and A Dance With Dragons. They do have to live with the pacing problems those two books have, though... Until now!
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Mississippi Personhood Amendment
Originally posted by james_nicoll at Mississippi Personhood Amendment
Originally posted by soldiergrrrl at Mississippi Personhood Amendment
Originally posted by twbasketcaseat Mississippi Personhood Amendment
Originally posted by gabrielleabelleat Mississippi Personhood Amendment
Okay, so I don't usually do this, but this is an issue near and dear to me and this is getting very little no attention in ( Read more... ) -
Web 2.0 Expo
I'll be at the Web 2.0 Expo in NYC all next week. If anyone's interested, I'm blogging about it at my tech blog at http://notcharles.wordpress.com -
Uh-oh
Seems wikileaks.org is in financial trouble. They do important work - please donate!
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