This post is of no interest whatsoever. It is in response to LiveJournal's notification that I haven't used my account in forever and if I don't speak up, they'll purge it ( Read more... )

As you all remember, I run a paper route at night. Last night, having been reminded that it was time for the Leonid meteor shower, I actually stood around a bit on the very darkest point of the route and waited for a meteorite [or whatever they're properly called]. It was a cold, clear night and there were lots of stars visible and a very nice ( Read more... )

Today I had a crown prep.  That is to say, my dentist did horrible [but generally not painful] things to a tooth well in the back that has had a root canal [sometime in the forgotten past], but has decayed.  In three weeks, he'll put in a crown.

My dentist has various kewl things in his office, including these screen jobbies on arms on which you can ( Read more... )

Okay.  Here's my list.

Bold means I read it.  Italics mean I started but didn't finish.

1 Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
2 The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien
3 Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
4 Harry Potter series - JK Rowling [all but the last one. I just couldn’t hack it any more. Lots of people write better books for young people about magic.]
5 To ( Read more... )

Not all the results of the election nationally are pleasing to me, but:

OBAMA WON. UDALL WON. I NOW LIVE IN A BLUE STATE. YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!

On another paw, Carl Levin was elected to the Senate for the first time without my vote. Well, that's what happens when you move out of Michigan.

I believe I will join Kenya and celebrate Thursday as a

The rule is this ( Read more... )

I'm a big fan of Ursula Vernon, who does the webcomic _Digger_, lots of art, a couple of books, and has an LJ I really enjoy. You, too, can share in the bliss by clicking ursulavIn her most recent entry, she talks about having played the Presidential Debate Drinking Game, which involves ( Read more... )

For anyone who might find themselves reading this and is not already aware of the fact: I am a liberal. Actually it's quite a bit worse than merely being a liberal, so you have been warned ( Read more... )

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