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This is reprinted from Mark Frauenfelder's weblog on BoingBoing:
Today, I received this email from Bob's daughter, which contains a note from Bob. It's very moving. People opened their hearts and their wallets, and Bob is going to be able to live out his remaining days in peace. Thank you all very much.
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It's tough, working a day job where I share a cube with another person. No privacy. No slacking off and posting to LJ, lest I be tattled upon to the manager. Hence, no updates in a while. But today, finally, the cubemate is away on vacation, and my supervisor is in a meeting, and now, sleek as a ferret, I dart forth to post these highlights of the ( Read more... )

Fleagirl's Music Meme, narrowed down to one crucial decade:


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I say this in complete honesty: I would be OVERJOYED if Global Warming were a lie.

I know this is a long shot, but --

Is there anybody reading this journal who believes Global Warming is a lie, a hoax, a myth, or otherwise unsound science, and is willing to articulate that point for me ( Read more... )

The jewel at this film's center is the backstory of Valerie, the concentration camp prisoner who scrawls her life story on a roll of toilet paper and stashes it in a rat hole to be discovered later by Natalie Portman's character Evey.

This 5-minute flashback (embedded in an otherwise deeply flawed film) delivers what every screen adaptation should ( Read more... )