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Happy birthday

Happy birthday to jetm!

"In This Land"

Update coming soon, really. Sorry for the delay.

Netbooks?

Just got a link to this. Basically: Netflix, but with books.

On one hand: awesome.

On the other hand, I'm not that excited about just one more thing that could hurt local libraries.

Also, the selection isn't great. Very, very mainstream, from what I've seen. And I'm wondering if they're only carrying books of a certain size, because of the postal fees. I don't see Bill Watterson or Berkeley Breathed in there.

Still, I'm glad to see something that might get more folks to read more often.

I have to

Happy birthday

Happy birthday, lost_cause_56!

Pride

In Recognition of Gay and Lesbian Pride Month 2009

Hillary Rodham Clinton
Secretary of State
Washington, DC
June 1, 2009

Forty years ago this month, the gay rights movement began with the Stonewall riots in New York City, as gays and lesbians demanded an end to the persecution they had long endured. Now, after decades of hard work, the fight has grown into a global movement to achieve a world in which all people live free from violence and fear, regardless of their sexual orientation or gender identi

Saturday

Had a major, unexpected expense yesterday. Ouch.

Also, the storm puppy threw up yesterday, which had me worried about whether or not he was ill, how ill he might be, what I could do about it, etc.

My sister's having her first child in a few months, and I'm going up for a visit. The storm puppy can't come along, because I'll be staying with my parents, and my father is super-allergic to dogs. I have a couple of options about who can keep the storm puppy while I'm gone, but they're not very good.

"In This Land"

Hitari.

Discuss.

Tuesday

I just wrote a long post, but three-fourths of the way through I realized that I was deep into a rant about my job. About the state of American society, but also about my job. In a way that I'm not comfortable posting in public. So that's gone now. Here's what it boiled down to: shape up, American society! I greatly prefer being an optimistic ray of sunshine to being an indignant curmudgeon, but you don't make it easy.

Last night, Kim handed me a small vat of her aunt's baked beans, and I ma

"In This Land"

Theories thus far:

Hitari did it.

Ritek did it.

Hitari's sister did it.

What's your theory?

Happy birthday

Happy birthday, nitchel84!