I am convinced my tendency to go north in midwinter is correct. It's a genuine relief to come home - warmer, and longer days.
Meanwhile, I just read this. I was pretty cynical about US foreign policy before. Now I discover it was in large part made by an unaccountable, incompetent agency with a disregard for its own rules and no oversight. Well, I can't...
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Meanwhile, I just read this. I was pretty cynical about US foreign policy before. Now I discover it was in large part made by an unaccountable, incompetent agency with a disregard for its own rules and no oversight. Well, I can't...
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Oliver Postgate died 
We need more people - more heroes - like him.
We need more people - more heroes - like him.
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oracle:
the only ATC community I was active in was air traffic control.
Well, crap. I just lost all my bookmarks. All of them.
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thejuanupsman:
Your SG bookmarks or all your bookmarks? I never use the SG ones but I would definitely be upset if I lost all my other ones.
I'm trying to get used to these most recent site changes. As usual, I am not a fan. From what I read the intent seems to have been to increase usability but the result seems just the opposite to me.
Hope the new job is going well.
I'm trying to get used to these most recent site changes. As usual, I am not a fan. From what I read the intent seems to have been to increase usability but the result seems just the opposite to me.
Hope the new job is going well.
pineapplefroot:
I am not sure if I prefer the original or the Across The Universe version.
Evan Rachel Wood is prettier than John Lennon though.
Evan Rachel Wood is prettier than John Lennon though.
I am still here.
I forget why.
The recent uber-zot of bald_eagle leaves me certain that at some point, that will happen to me.
OK, fair enough. I know SG is not a democracy.
But bald_eagle's zotting - for no stated reason - makes it clear that the moderators are not the members' friends. And that anyone can be expelled, at any time, without warning,...
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I forget why.
The recent uber-zot of bald_eagle leaves me certain that at some point, that will happen to me.
OK, fair enough. I know SG is not a democracy.
But bald_eagle's zotting - for no stated reason - makes it clear that the moderators are not the members' friends. And that anyone can be expelled, at any time, without warning,...
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emotedcreations:
Why?
He just wasn't that savoy. He wasn't bad though. He was just neutral. Didn't do anything to make our position in the world better, and didn't do anything to make it worse. Which I guess you could say is a good thing, but I'd like to see a little bit of improvement anyway. Plus, there's the whole notion that he was a domestic president, which he was. He's biggest priorities were domestic. Again, there's nothing wrong with that per se. I would just like more well rounded presidents. That's probably asking way too much though. *shrug*
He just wasn't that savoy. He wasn't bad though. He was just neutral. Didn't do anything to make our position in the world better, and didn't do anything to make it worse. Which I guess you could say is a good thing, but I'd like to see a little bit of improvement anyway. Plus, there's the whole notion that he was a domestic president, which he was. He's biggest priorities were domestic. Again, there's nothing wrong with that per se. I would just like more well rounded presidents. That's probably asking way too much though. *shrug*
wildswan:
I really like this concept. Plus, I find sign language to resonate as something very beautiful, with me.
sockpuppet:
Fuckit.
redheadedleague:
Eh?
Well.
Now there's a thing.
Four years ago, I commented (to trixel) "there goes the neighbourhood", or something very like it.
Maybe now some of that might begin to seep back.
Wow.
(No, I don't know why I'm still up at 5am either.)
Now there's a thing.
Four years ago, I commented (to trixel) "there goes the neighbourhood", or something very like it.
Maybe now some of that might begin to seep back.
Wow.
(No, I don't know why I'm still up at 5am either.)
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hunkpapa:
it's awesome, isn't it? i'm still a hubble deep field man at heart, though 
ambrosio:
In this case, facsimile was my only option, and I expect to be typing it out myself in the weeks to come. But I do enjoy facsimile texts; there is something warm about handwritten symbols. I did a lot of writing in school and insisted on using a pen and paper. Now, I cannot stand them excepts for the briefest of jots, because my entire writing method has adapted to the non-linearity of cut-and-paste.
OK, have a listen to this.
You need to let it run at least a minute and a half. A lot of people won't like it, I think. Like some bizarre hybrid of trance-metal, Gregorian chant, and bagpipes - but all done with voices.
(No, I have no idea what it means.)
Some more (but by a different group).
You need to let it run at least a minute and a half. A lot of people won't like it, I think. Like some bizarre hybrid of trance-metal, Gregorian chant, and bagpipes - but all done with voices.
(No, I have no idea what it means.)
Some more (but by a different group).
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mingol:
BLASPHEMY!
signalnoise:
Things move in fits and bursts. So it's been quieter lately re: the job front.
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idgas:
comment to be provided later
An apology to people:
I may not be prompt in interacting for a while. My use of this site has been via a pattern of behaviour which I've developed to cover the things I'm interested in seeing here. That's just been trashed by the new site layout, and it appears that at least one of those things will not be back.
I already left SG...
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I may not be prompt in interacting for a while. My use of this site has been via a pattern of behaviour which I've developed to cover the things I'm interested in seeing here. That's just been trashed by the new site layout, and it appears that at least one of those things will not be back.
I already left SG...
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wildswan:
Wow! I loved what you sent me. If you hadn't sent those to me, I probably wouldn't be able to communicate with you at all. At least here.
wildswan:
I'm doing better. Shelling out all that money to rebuild my studio and fix the window was a real delight, as is being afraid to wear headphones or play music too loud in the house.
I've been spending time thinking up non-lethal burglary deterrents.
I've been spending time thinking up non-lethal burglary deterrents.
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meatpieboy:
I"M TYPING THIS FROM SOME OF THE NEEDLESS CHANGES ZOMG
Second interview tomorrow. I am hellish nervous. I would really like to get this job. (I know, I'll look back on this in six months and be "WTF was I thinking"... 
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Current listening: Boiled In Lead, Silver. It's a better record than I expected
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Current listening: Boiled In Lead, Silver. It's a better record than I expected
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pygmy:
good luck!
ceci:
puppet 
Okay. I am not getting this.
Why is it that people insist on making their vehicles annoying? Mostly with silly exhausts.
What sort of person chooses his vehicle to annoy people? Who he doesn't even know, mostly. I mean, it's not as though he did anything except spend money on it.
On the Interwebs, those people have a name.
Why is it that people insist on making their vehicles annoying? Mostly with silly exhausts.
What sort of person chooses his vehicle to annoy people? Who he doesn't even know, mostly. I mean, it's not as though he did anything except spend money on it.
On the Interwebs, those people have a name.
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squire:
He's not very "accessible." My favorite is Infinite Jest and it's 1000[plus] pages! My first reaction is the Oblivion collection. But his pieces in the periodicals he wrote for are probably a good start. He did a piece right after 9/11 in Rolling Stone called "The View From Mrs. Thompson's" that I always thought was pretty accessible. "Brief Interviews With Hideous Men" (1998) might be another.
That last link seems like a pretty comprehensive bibliography. It looks like some of the stuff is even reprinted right there. I'm glad I found that just now!
That last link seems like a pretty comprehensive bibliography. It looks like some of the stuff is even reprinted right there. I'm glad I found that just now!
volkov:
good call. thanks. too many tabs open. 
I hear Norway is a very expensive place to live/hang out..Is that True?