Yep. It's another big grab-bag of info and links. And then I need to get started on laundry! :)

There's a fellow LJer, amusingly named buggery, who finally tracked down the Sean Penn story. Interesting read, plus the play-by-play.

And there's a list of folks at the end of this post who are still donating-for-comments. So go comment ( Read more... )

The Katrina Replicant Meme! Check it out, and check out the rare appearance of my actually using the word meme to describe the not-meme that this and ALL OTHER SO-CALLED MEMES ARE...but that's ranting for another day. Here's the deal. The fellow behind Real Kato Online, Ken, will donate $5 to Hurricane Katrina relief efforts, once I post this ( Read more... )

( Argh of all argh states, predawn edition. )

So I got the sample from Cumming today. Scented towelette, more isopropyl alcohol than anything else, and the scent didn't last long enough on my skin to really tell how it worked with my biochemistry. A hint of Scotch, of moss, of the warm humid fog left behind in the bathroom after certain really attractive men finish in the shower...something ( Read more... )

I thought I was getting better. Went out yesterday, did the library and shopping run. Came home feeling like I'd ridden back to the old same place under the bus, not on it. This morning I can barely move for the lower back and the muscle and joint pain.

Sadly, though I was hoping to avoid this little sector of the virus, several before me who' ( Read more... )

( Oversharing. )

( More Hallows notes. )

Well, unless you're in one of the cities where there's nowhere else to sleep. Save that I don't think Biloxi, Gulfport, New Orleans or the littler places have subways, do they ( Read more... )

Yeah, the government just can't get its act organized to help people, but three college students in a Hyundai evacuate six people. What does that tell you about our current administration? Tipped by einmyrja.

Apparently not a real product, but...whoa. How paranoid is everyone in the working world, anyway? And what if you lost the key ( Read more... )

Okay, so Cat finally decided to join the why-is-her-front-pocket-singing crowd. She went out today and found a Virgin Mobile phone for $50, with a ticket sticker on it. There was an empty rack next to it marked $29.99. So she goes up to the front counter, and asks the fellow behind it if they still had any of the $29.99 phones. He rummages ( Read more... )