| Friday, October 10th, 2008 |
cynnerth
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5:44p |
Birthday Boy Ooops! Almost forgot! It's still your birthday over here... HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) phil99! |
zaecus
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5:30p |
A word from a non-sponsor AQWorldsThis completely flash-based, browser-only (No Downloads) MMO went live, and open to the public, today. Anything I could say would be inadequate to describe it. Check out the website, and if you see anything you like, create a character and give it a try. You can play for free, but unless you have upgraded in one of their games (any game, not just AQW), you won't be able to use free chat. A selection of 'quick chat' phrases and responses will be available if they aren't already. Upgrading will be necessary to access some aspects of the game, and anyone who upgrades in the first month becomes a Founder and gets access to a Founder-only pet: Baby Platinum Dragon. Speaking of dragons... ( The Red baby hatched ) |
annarocks9
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3:36p |
Panama y Southern CR    ( Photos of our travels )Photos from Panama and Southern Costa Rica. 1. The local beer of Panama. haha 2. Red Frog Beach on the islands of Bocas del Toro, Panama 3. More Red Frog Beach in Bocas 4. A pier in Bocas 5. A street CRAB fighting a street cat. 6. A single lane bridge on our way back to Costa Rica 7. A police stand on the side of the road in Costa Rica 8. Graffiti in Sixaola, Costa Rica More photos can be found on wannabeticos.shutterfly.com Current Mood:  artistic |
ravidia
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2:24p |
from the washington post http://voices.washingtonpost.com/postpartisan/2008/10/mccains_chilling_dance_with_th.html' Now, I'm not saying that it's wrong to ask questions about Obama's relationship, such as it was, with Bill Ayers. Or with Tony Rezko or with Rev. Jeremiah Wright. Just as it wouldn't be inappropriate to raise questions about McCain's association with G. Gordon Liddy, the convicted Watergate burglar whose colorful history includes telling listeners to his radio show in 1994 to shoot federal agents in the head. When McCain went on Liddy's radio show in November 2007, he told Liddy, "I'm proud of you, I'm proud of your family... It's always a pleasure for me to come on your program, Gordon, and congratulations on your continued success and adherence to the principles and philosophies that keep our nation great."' |
ravidia
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11:11a |
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7:18a |
"Your broker kept saying, 'Stay with the portfolio, don't jump ship,' and you felt a strong urge to dump the stocks and get into the money market where at least you're not going to lose your shirt, but you didn't do it and didn't do it, and now you're holding a big bag of brown bananas. Me, too. But at least I know enough not to believe desperate people who are talking trash. Anybody who got whacked and still thinks McCain-Palin is going to lead us out of the swamp and not into a war with Iran is beyond persuasion in the English language. They'll need to lose their homes and be out on the street in a cold hard rain before they connect the dots."
garrison keillor |
| Thursday, October 9th, 2008 |
peradouro
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10:40p |
icons again  The larger one is the old sunflower pic reversed, fatted up and pumpkinized. It looks really grainy but I like it. It makes me think of old photos of good friends. What better friend than warm hearted Jack there? And the other is the sunflower pic with the face, scarf hands and hair joggled a bit. I wish I'd thought to make the flower pot a diff color or something. Anyhoo I made the pumpkiny one cuz I'm copying off other LJer's who squashified some icons. I'm thinking of doing screen caps of my Virtual Villagers. Especially after feeding them the potion that causes them to blow soap bubbles. |
vocalista001
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8:52p |
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peradouro
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7:06p |
thinking stuff
I think sometimes that "women's rights" was invented to push equal rights back a bit in order to exclude other groups that are also fighting for humanitary and legal equality. 90% of the time when asked what women's rights are people say "equal rights, for women" or something of that nature.
Those pumpkin icons are nifty. I like how people are tossing random pumpkins into their usual icons. I shall have to do this too! See? I can be all social/bandwagonny and stuff! |
i
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3:49p |
That One will be airing a 30 minute primetime special on CBS october 29th. |
ravengirl
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3:41p |
Fireside Chats On the Oct. 7th Daily Show , Sarah Vowell mentioned that she is so desperate for Presidential leadership that she listened to FDR's Fireside Chats (from the Great Depression of the 1930s) and felt a little better. Beginning March 4th, 1933, and running through March 1st, 1945 FDR's fireside chats were a staple in American Homes. The news of the day, brought to you directly from the commander in chief himself. These are those broadcasts. (#2 is his first, on the banking crisis.) (from metafilter) |
i
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1:30p |
“All of the things they said about Barack Obama in the TV, on the TV, at their rallies, and now on YouTube … John McCain could not bring himself to look Barack Obama in the eye and say the same things to him. In my neighborhood, when you’ve got something to say to a guy, you look him in the eye and you say it to him.”
-Joe Biden |
i
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11:03a |
four random images from the drive between copan ruinas and antigua 
the international border, honduran side.
street vendors, unknown town
futurama?
pinata store |
cynnerth
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12:59p |
The exciting life of a Homemaker laciann recently posted about how thick the dust was under her bed. I think I can top that. I just blew a circuit breaker trying to vacuum out the dust bunnies on our bedroom closet floor. I think I was sucking out whole rabbits! The vacuum suddenly died, the computer went silent, and the light wouldn't work. Too much for it to handle I guess. I tackled the Einstein-Level task of flipping the breaker switch to restore power, but that was after climbing through all the stuff piled in front of the box in the workroom, and battling past the spider webs. This was all done in the "scary" room where the two sumps pumps and the tank alarm are. Aren't I brave? Well? *sigh* Since our computers were on the same circuit, now Kevin's scanner is making chirping noises. It does that every time power is cut to it and then restored. *chirp* *chirp* *chirp* I just fiddled with it, looking for a power button. I didn't find one, but now it stopped. Two things fixed! What a woman. |
i
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9:01a |
That One is gonna be my president!
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i
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8:04a |
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rivendweller
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7:09a |
Proofreading Is a Dying Art Man Kills Self Before Shooting Wife and Daughter ---------------------------------------- ----------- Something Went Wrong in Jet Crash, Expert Says ---------------------------------------- ----------- Police Begin Campaign to Run Down Jaywalkers ---------------------------------------- --------- Panda Mating Fails; Veterinarian Takes Over ---------------------------------------- ----------- Miners Refuse to Work after Death ( Read more... ) |
low_delta
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8:59a |
attack dogs Cindy McCain says Obama is running the "dirtiest campaign in American history." People believe this. http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/10/09/cindy-mccain-goes-on-the-attack-2/Edit: Found this in an article: During the week of Sept 28 through Oct. 4, "nearly 100 percent of the McCain campaign's advertisements were negative," the Wisconsin Advertising Project at the University of Wisconsin reports today. "During the same period, 34 percent of the Obama campaign's ads were negative." |
gerbie
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10:03a |
Jan Mulder – Iris  Jan Mulder – Iris (08-056) Meestal houdt Jan Mulder het bij columns. Hij heeft overal een mening over en overal verstand van, dus is hij een gewilde gast in talkshows. Maar soms wil hij blijkbaar iets anders. Een roman dit keer dus. Al lijkt het meer een novelle. Er lijken toch een aantal autobiografische elementen verwerkt te zijn in dit boek. De ex-topsporter Arend is de hoofdpersoon. Geen voetballer, maar een polsstokhoogspringer. Een van zijn zonen heeft een Noorse vrouw, zijn vrouw is een baken van rust in zijn leven. De jonge Iris is dat niet. Veertien is ze pas. Ze zet zijn leven even op de kop. Iris is het verhaal van een vakantie op Mallorca met het hele gezin in de zomer van 2003. De actualiteit komt geregeld door het verhaal heen, Arend is een fanatieke krantenlezer. Beckham speelt een leuke bijrol door steeds in het nieuws te verschijnen. Arend heeft het niet makkelijk die hete zomer. Leuk tussendoortje, maar niet heel bijzonder. Ik blijf meer fan van Mulder’s columns. Quote: “Zij zijn zonen van het chattijdperk, spreken een andere taal, malen niet om een fout met d of dt. Wederkerend voornaamwoord en stomme e zijn voor hen onbekende begrippen, weetjes uit de Middeleeuwen.” (Blz. 46) Nummer: 08-056
Titel: Iris. In de zomer van 2003
Auteur: Jan Mulder
Taal: Nederlands
Jaar: 2003
# Pagina’s: 188 (11102)
Categorie: Fictie
ISBN: 90-234-1283-4
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lintilla
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5:40p |
DAMMIT YOU GUYS | My LiveJournal Trick-or-Treat Haul |
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| lintilla goes trick-or-treating, dressed up as Sarah Palin. | | bolddeciever gives you 16 orange strawberry-flavoured gumdrops. | | dianalynn tricks you! You lose 1 pieces of candy! | | ewedistrict gives you 8 yellow passionfruit-flavoured nuggets. | | linzbinz gives you 17 softly glowing coconut-flavoured gummy bats. | | maxmin gives you 12 light green cherry-flavoured wafers. | | missdeep tricks you! You lose 30 pieces of candy! | | nogardmaster gives you 13 light blue licorice-flavoured jawbreakers. | | sayaka tricks you! You lose 30 pieces of candy! | | teri_lee gives you 12 blue tropical-flavoured pieces of chewing gum. | | velveteen tricks you! You lose 16 pieces of candy! | | lintilla ends up with 1 pieces of candy. | | Another fun meme brought to you by rfreebern. |
Current Mood:  hungry |
| Wednesday, October 8th, 2008 |
rivendweller
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10:55p |
A Hooky Day
Today we played hooky. Sorta.
Although we had planned to go into the office an work (Wednesday in not a normal work day), I got started cleaning up the bedroom, then went outside and fed the deer some corn, then stood on the rock overlooking the river and really, really liked it outside. The weather was unbelievable.
Toonces was on the embankment beside the house, and Yak kept looking up at her, all worried and meowing at her. She was way up there, standing on a tree stump about 50' up. Finally she came down - straight down the cliff, skidding on her bottom, and Yakkitty was so relieved to see her he sniffed her butt. LOL! I suspect the little stinkpot got tangled up in some poison oak, though, and she better clean herself up pretty good if she expects me to give her major scritches, I can tell you that.
Then I decided to say my prayers in the sunshine while the cats circled my ankles and purred, and it was so peaceful and nice. The river was sparkling clean and fresh, a bird chirped in the background, and I felt so lucky to be alive and well. I love living here.
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ravengirl
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11:00p |
I don't know about Palin, but my "Joe Six-Pack" has great abs. That is all. |
ravengirl
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10:38p |
Not Have/Want/Not Get/Gah  |
ravengirl
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10:22p |
US Debt Clock Runs Out of Digits US debt clock runs out of digits  Until last month, the clock had enough digits to measure US debt levels | The US government's debts have ballooned so badly the National Debt Clock in New York has run out of digits to record the spiralling figure. The digital counter marks the national debt level, but when that passed the $10 trillion point last month, the sign could not display the full amount. The board was erected to highlight the $2.7 trillion level of debt in 1989. The clock's owners say two more zeros will be added, allowing the clock to record a quadrillion dollars of debt. Douglas Durst, son of the late Seymour Durst - the clock's inventor - hopes to replace the Manhattan clock with its lengthier replacement early next year. For the time being, the Times Square counter's electronic dollar sign has been replaced with the extra digit required. For its part, the digital dollar symbol has been supplanted by a cheaper version - perhaps a sign of the times for the American economy. Some economists believe the $700bn bail-out plan for ailing US financial institutions could send the national debt level to $11 trillion. BBC News |
ravengirl
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10:12p |
Sundown
Yom Kippur
Dig it |
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