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Change, backwards and forewards
As many of you are not Americans, and most of you are even younger than I am, you may learn even more from "The Meaning of Box 722" than I have. The post has something I have never seen published before: copies of the letters people mailed to their congressman, in this case in the mid-1960's. It's what people had to do before blogs and e-mail.
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THe New York Times fails to fail
The NYTimes has a article about "A growing body of evidence shows that same-sex couples have a great deal to teach everyone else about marriage and relationships", which is not fantastic - but my expectations regarding such social science writing were so low that an average article appears amazing. -
I am not Anonymous
This past Sunday (2008-02-10) was when the group known as Anonymous declared there should be protests outside all the Scientology centers. I was mildly surprised that such demonstrations occurred, and this prodded me out of hiding to make this post.
The first message from Anonymous to Scientology is on youtube here. It is quite a treat -- their ( Read more... ) -
Wonderful news
The NY Times reports that Gail Simone is the new writer for the Wonder Woman comic book, and "She is the first woman to serve as “ongoing writer” (to use the industry’s term) in the character’s 66-year history." -
Too many damn Vampires
I have done much (non-contact!) larping. Two weekends ago at conpulsion and last weekend at the student nationals. So I have been- A non-mad scientist escaping from a mad scientist in a castle
- One of a group of former (modern day) religious cultists talking things over
- A magician running a convention of magicians. It turned out to be a murder ( Read more... )
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C.y.b.o.r.g. Name
One of the most venerable name generators: The Cyborg Name Decoder
Mine is quite good:
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Back in business
UPDATE: I have re-enabled mightyreason.com -- Tech support explained what I needed to do! -
Quirky
I have a couple of friends coming to visit me in Edinburgh as of Wednesday morning (through Sunday). I am soliciting suggestions for the quirkiest things to see or do in the city, big or small. What caught your fancy? Why do you like this place? Where is your secret lair?
As for me, I had fun at HW Gamers on Sunday, though the dodge ball and ( Read more... )