riverheart posted here about the battle Peter S. Beagle, author and screenwriter of The Last Unicorn and screenwriter of the animated Lord of the Rings movie, has been fighting to get the monies owed to him by Saul Zaentz’s company.

Details can be found at conlanpress dot com. In a nutshell as River commented big entertainment exec stiffs beloved author, ( Read more... )

I might choose to have an abortion. The circumstances under which I would, might, have, or might have chosen to have an abortion are nobody's business but mine and those I choose to tell. They are not the business of any government. I do not accept the proposition that either the state or my sexual partner(s) should have any say over when and if I ( Read more... )

I would like to start up and host a story time night at our place once a month. I was thinking the 3rd Saturday of the month from about 7-ish to whenever (we're all night owls here, except maybe for ts_umbra who usually heads downstairs by midnight). ( What is Story Night? )

New Orleans Zoo Animals Survive Katrina's Wrath ( Read more... )

My cat has been missing since Sunday night ( Read more... )

Got a slightly disturbing message from Congresman Jay Inslee today. Apparently there is a proposal in Congress to have Bonneville start charging market rates (as opposed to the cost rates it now charges) and send the profit back to the U.S. Treasury. Bonneville is a federally run power company and a big part of the whole energy crisis with Enron ( Read more... )

I just did some editing on my friends page and cut a few people. Yah, I hate the friends page nomenclature too 'cause it implies that those I cut are no longer friends. Not so. I cut because I just don't read those journals or you don't post or I didn't recognize the name or you're more appropriately on one of my other journals. If you can read ( Read more... )

The boss is trying to get rid of his HP 1200 laserjet printer. He's got a new one that does faxing and scanning too ( Read more... )

Upset with how the elections went? It’s time to start now to make a difference in the world. Go here. Read. Perhaps tabbifli will give you ideas too.

For me, her comments have gotten me thinking about something I used to do years ago and I may now have time to get back into it. Corrupting kids.

Check out Washington State's Books for Kids program. ( Read more... )

Turns out they are sending it to Oswaldo Pothoven (yah, right). It is coming from getsecurityinfinancenow.net/dbt/index.html. They have a feature to unsubscribe so I'll see if that works ( Read more... )