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Goodbye, LJ (by trolls, for themselves), hello DW (by fans, for everyone)...
Crossposting to LJ from my journal is going to be coming to an end, I think.
LJ's been getting more and more problematic, and now you have this business with LJ staff members trolling the users, and I also just found out (because I don't really follow LJ drama very closely) about this business with staff members reading, commenting on, and then ( Read more... ) -
Things Which Annoy Sami Today
1) Hypocritical evangelical atheists ( Read more... ) -
Micropost
To come: A post on why Richard Dawkins et al inspire me, at present, to fits of both rage and smugness.
Currently: Watching an interview with Bob Brown on The DrumQuery: Do the Greens know that their leader is a reanimated corpse? Seriously. What would it do to the electoral landscape of this country if the Greens leader wasn't an absolute ( Read more... ) -
Today's chain of inquisitive learnings
Step 1: Read something which refers to Leonard Cohen's song First We Take ManhattanStep 2: Want to hear song. YouTube for it ( Read more... ) -
Invitations...
So, I have invitations available for things.
1) Dreamwidth:
I have lots. Lots. Comment here if you want one; if you want one and I don't know you, at all, even slightly, that's okay, but I'm more likely to get past my "Wait, what? Who is this person how did they what?" moment and actually send you one if you mention how it is you came across ( Read more... ) -
I wrote a fic!
I also need a bunch more icons lately. Maybe I will make some today! I need them for FF13 and, you know, other stuff ( Read more... ) -
In which anarchy has not overcome us
So, Australia has a government!
My thoughts:
1) Thank God. Specifically, thank God we have a Labor government - setting aside my fundamental ideological conflicts with the Liberal Party and the Coalition, the current Coalition is a monumental clusterfuck of incompetence, bad judgement and dubious sanity ( Read more... ) -
Election day...
So, I've planned out my Senate ballot - have you? (Question does not apply if you're not Australian.)
I have to say, having followed the election coverage of the last US and UK elections, it's remarkable, looking at our own, to see how... relaxed it is. Because even when people are actually discussing The Issues, there's none of that frantic ( Read more... ) -
In lieu of content: PERFECT PUDDING
So, I'm weeks behind on the internet again, because due to Various Things, including a newly-acquired total inability to sleep (thanks to the assistance of sleeping pills, I can get five hours of restless sleep, HOORAY), my brain and I are really rather struggling at the moment ( Read more... ) -
Here's to dessert!
A stranger is parked in our driveway today ( Read more... )