The following was prompted by a friend's recent query regarding whether anyone was still hanging around LJ or whether it had been abandoned entirely for Facebook and Twitter. I'm still here and, as I believe is true for many, am debating how best to utilize the various available journaling/blogging/social network options for my needs and desires. ( Read more... )

I have two words for some of you reading this. Ready ( Read more... )

Now that I've gotten a little sleep since my previous entry, I want to share a little more. ( Read more... )

Okay, so it's been six months since I've updated -- that means another "let's play catch-up" entry here. Also, it's almost 5:00 a.m. and I have work in a few hours, so this might prove a rather ridiculous attempt on my part, but here we go ( Read more... )

Hmmm. I'm pretty tired but have decided to take a break from writing a paper to put my laundry away and update this here LJ (which means my writing may be sporadic and slightly disjointed). I'm not so sure this is a wise decision (as it's already so late and tomorrow's going to be a long day) but I'm sticking with it ( Read more... )

...with this site called New York Songlines. I'm finding it fascinating to learn little gems about the history, as well as development, of places with which I'd at one time been intimate (e.g., F. Scott Fitzgerald lived in the building in which my parents currently reside in 1920, when he married Zelda and the building was known as the Allerton ( Read more... )

This past weekend was a pretty enjoyable one for thelemurgod and I (perhaps I shouldn’t put words in his mouth, but I think it’s a safe statement).

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Yes, you there, you reading this... it's been a while, hasn't it? Okay, where to start? Doing this in chronological order and (hopefully) keeping things a bit more concise than my usual tendencies probably makes the most sense at this point, so here we go (I'm sure I'll be forgetting lots of good stuff, but that's where we're at): ( Read more... )

Thank you to everyone who dropped notes to my sister and Andy (as well as to me to pass along to them) -- the family was/is very appreciative of the notes and ongoing words of support and prayer ( Read more... )

I have so many thoughts running through my head right now, and perhaps I'll write more of them out later, but here's an update on my previous entry ( Read more... )