From Blogizdat LJ:
It's the 8th anniversary of the attack on the United States by Osama Bin Ladin's Jihadistas, and it's strange how the world has changed, and yet how much remains the same.
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From Blogizdat LJ:
It's the 8th anniversary of the attack on the United States by Osama Bin Ladin's Jihadistas, and it's strange how the world has changed, and yet how much remains the same.
Read the rest here.
'All I Want'
Sarah Blasko
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'I Will Love You'
Fisher
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'House Of Cards'
Radiohead
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'God Put A Smile On Your Face'
Coldplay
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'Vertigo (Banjo Mix)'
U2
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'House' [...]
From Patriot Post:
Have you ever attended a funeral service out of respect for a friend or colleague, and left perplexed as to whom the eulogy was referring? Just once, I would like to go to a service for some disreputable rogue and have a [...]
From Blogizdat LJ:
Today is Friday.I'm off work today.It's the first day of a Daddy Duty Weekend.I need to fill the bird feeder in the walnut tree sometimes this weekend.The tree is huge, more than thirty feet tall.My left foot really hurts.
[...]
By Crowded House, via Sarah Blasko, and sometimes, moi:
There is freedom within, there is freedom without
Try to catch the deluge in a paper cup
There's a battle ahead, many battles are lost
But you'll never see the end of the road while you're traveling' [...]
From Blogizdat LJ:
It's early, the house is quiet and I'm getting ready for work.I've been working for thirty years, now, actually, nearly thirty-five, if you count part-time work during college.I will qualify for a full pension in another six years.There's no way in h*ll [...]
Legião Urbana
Composição: Renato Russo
Sexo verbal
Não faz meu estilo
Palavras são erros
E os erros são seus
Não quero lembrar
Que eu erro também
Um dia pretendo
Tentar descobrir
Porque é mais forte
Quem sabe mentir
Não quero lembrar
Que eu minto também...
Eu [...]
From Yahoo News:
WASHINGTON – The State Department struggled Tuesday to explain Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's face-off with a Congolese student and suggested that the questioner's nervousness sparked the outburst with the mention of her husband's name.
Clinton snapped at the university' [...]
From Blogizdat LJ:
From Blogizdat LJ:
Woke up feeling wretched today, with a blistering-red sore throat, some kind of bronchial infection, and that general achiness and malaise that comes with it all.
I hate this.
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From Blogizdat LJ:
Hair Color: dark red with a touch of gray
Eye Color: kind of blue-green
Height: about two meters
Profession: case worker
Relationship Status: married
Religious Views: christian
What's Your Sign?: stop
From Blogizdat Livejournal:
My dad died 23 years ago, yesterday, and I still miss him as intensely today as I did when he died, just not quite as often, and I think I miss my little sister - who died on July 28, 1966 - [...]
From Blogizdat LJ:
See, I have a head chock-full of thoughts that I'd be loathe to write, even under a pseudonym, but I have to wonder how I would write if I weren't bound by decorum, common decency and courtesy for others.
I [...]
There are times in life when you have everything figured out, and then there's the other 99% of the time - I'm just sayin'.
' [...]
From Blogizdat LJ:
I have a million things running around my head at the moment, and what keeps coming to mind are song lyrics. You know the ones, they serve as markers for the times in life: summer camp, first kiss, graduation, first job, big [...]
From Science Daily:
Log On To Beat Depression: Internet-based Therapy Found Effective
ScienceDaily (June 13, 2009) — In a discovery that could lead to new treatment approaches for depression, researchers from the University of New South Wales (UNSW) have shown that Internet-based therapy programs [...]
From Blogizdat LJ:
Like the rest of the world, I was stunned at the death of Michael Jackson this past week. Then again, maybe not. I mean, he was kind of mess, really, with the disfiguring scars of his many plastic surgeries, and the obvious [...]
From Yahoo news:
By CONSTANT BRAND and ROBERT WIELAARD, Associated Press Writers Constant Brand And
Robert Wielaard, Associated Press Writers – 1 hr 25 mins ago
BRUSSELS – Conservatives raced toward victory in some of Europe's largest economies Sunday as initial results' [...]
From Blogizdat LJ:
It's been a cool and overcast day, the kind that one usually associates with Seattle and/or London - though I've been in Seattle and seen the sunshine, so I have to wonder if that's not just a myth - but it's also [...]
From The Register:
Swoopo - eBay's (more) evil twin
How much would you bid for a bid?
By Ted Dziuba
2nd January 2009 17:02 GMT
I have never expected much out of a Silicon Valley startup with a name that sounds like' [...]
From Life Clever:
I’m fed up with Photoshop and its one billion rarely-used features.
How about a simple photo-editor that’s quick, easy, and doesn’t cost a thousand dollars. Fortunately, there’re tons of web-based photos editors popping up. Most are crap, but some are promising. [...]
Okay, this is old news to most, by now, but Kris Allen won the big prize on American Idol this past week, besting Adam Lambert in the finals - though I don't know if anyone has been able to discern how many votes separated them - to consternation of' [...]
I'm weary of:
*) wifi connections crashing all the time
*) socialism under the guise of compassion
*) pills too big to swallow
*) being told one thing, and then another
*) the dark place
*) crappy lawn mowers
*) fair-weather friends
*) postage increases
*) al gore
It's 1:30 in the AM of Saturday, and I'm not at all sleepy, and what I really want to do is write a masterpiece of crisp blogging prose, but I'm suffering some kind of mental stenosis, the very kind that plugs up the creative sluices in the wee hours,' [...]
Sue Son
Britain's Got Talent
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Greg Pritchard
Britain's Got Talent
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Emma Czikai
Britain's Got Talent
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Mama Trish
Britain's Got Talent
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Muzzle
...and in my mind as i was floating
far above the clouds
some children laughed i'd fall for certain
for thinking that i'd last forever
but i knew exactly where i was
and i knew the meaning of it all
and i knew the distance to the [...]
You know how a song will come at you, out of the blue, on the Radio, TV or Youtube, grab you by the ears, and shake you silly, and won't leave you alone till the next tune comes along, and does the same thing?
Well, I hate that,' [...]
From Yahoo Hotjobs:
America's Best- and Worst-Paying Jobs
by Klaus Kneale, Forbes.com
It's still better to be a doctor than a dicer. Food preparation and serving remains the nation's lowest-paid line of work, while the medical field still offers the nine best-paid' [...]
From Science Daily:
Are Researchers Cherry Picking Participants For Studies Of Antidepressants?
ScienceDaily (Apr. 29, 2009) — Findings from clinical studies used to gain Food and Drug Administration approval of common antidepressants are not applicable to most patients with depression, according to a report [...]
From Blogizdat LJ:
I'm having a 'meh' day, in the middle of a 'meh' week - okay, it's far more than a simple 'meh' - and there's not much I can to to ameliorate that right now, cause it's all about those things I [...]
From Blogizdat LJ:
Okay, something I really dislike - and I dislike it about myself, too - is when people use words in ways that are different than what they appear to really mean.
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Oh, You Pretty Things
Wake up you sleepy head
Put on some clothes, shake up your bed
Put another log on the fire for me
I've made some breakfast and coffee.
Look out my window what do I see
A crack in the sky and a hand' [...]
From Blogizdat LJ:
I was thinking just now about when I started blogging, on Livejournal, and I remember exactly how it all happened, what prompted me to dip my toe into the water, as it were, and who my first readers were.
[...]
From Blogizdat Livejournal:
Okay, I keep promising to post more here - both clippings and writing - and I really do mean it, but something keeps coming up, either I get really busy, or I find myself feeling mute, or I end up mired in [...]
No, really. WTH?
From Amazon:
"The Presidential Inaugural Committee (PIC) has joined forces with Hidden Beach Recordings to release CHANGE IS NOW: RENEWING AMERICA'S PROMISE the exclusive official presidential inauguration collection commemorative CD-DVD set. The official inauguration collection celebrates President-elect BARACK OBAMA'S historic election" [...]
I want to write more here - no really, stop snickering, I mean it - or rather, I *need* to write more, cause I miss the larger canvas that Blogger offers compared to, say, other places online where people got to be seen and heard, and see, for the [...]
From Cracked.com:
If 80s movies taught us anything, it's that at some point you're going to run into a mysterious relic that lets you switch bodies with other people.
Would you use it? Would you choose to switch lives with, say, Brad Pitt or [...]
It's really late, Friday night, and I'm in a simmering state about a host of things, but I just don't have the energy to write it all down tonight, still, I can't not write, like my fingers are possessed by some other-worldly presence, some kind of elan vital of [...]
This song still makes me tear up:
'Mad World'
Gary Jules
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'Mad World'
Adam Lambert
American Idol Top 8
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'Mad World'
Corey Nance and James Parker
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'Mad World'
Tears For Fears
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[...]
From Google:
Announcement
March 31st, 2009 11:59:59 pm
From Blogizdat LJ:
Okay, someone else already wrote a book or two on the subject - there's even a movie out by the name, check Amazon for the DVD info - but maybe I can still add something to the topic.
Read' [...]
'Special Ones'
George
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'Emancipate Myself'
Thirsty Merc
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'Lovesong'
Amiel
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'Black The Sun'
Alex Lloyd
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Gabriella Cilmi - Save The Lies (official) - More free videos are here
'Save The' [...]
From Blogizdat LJ:
I just got a call from my brother telling me my Aunt was killed in a freeway car crash this evening around suppertime. Apparently an SUV blew a tire, crossed the median and struck several vehicles, including one being driven by my [...]
From Blogizdat LJ:
I've been going full-tilt in the Facebook world for nearly a year now, sometimes posting lots, sometimes posting little, and for all my carping about it, I don't hate it, I really don't - in fact, I kind of like it, if' [...]
From National Geographic:
On the side of a road somewhere in southeastern Australia sits a man in a motionless pickup truck, considering the many ways in which his world has dried up. The two most obvious ways are in plain view. Just beyond his truck, [...]
From ShirtPocket:
Have no fear. SuperDuper v2.5 is here!
SuperDuper is the wildly acclaimed program that makes recovery painless, because it makes creating a fully bootable backup painless. Its incredibly clear, friendly interface is understandable, easy to use, and SuperDuper's built-in scheduler makes it [...]
Yeah, it's been too long, hasn't it? And I'm not just talking about Friday Night Vidoes, am I? Anyway, these are for you, then.
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'O Sailor'
Fiona Apple
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'Never Is A Promise'
Fiona Apple
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'Not About [...]
From Blogizdat LJ:
I've been meaning to tell you, and I can't keep this a secret any longer.
Read the rest here.
Stream Of Conciousness Rambling, Up-Way-Too-Late (posted early in the wee hours today)
I worked a little late tonight and when I was done I went out to the computer store, still trying to convince myself I need/want a netbook, or maybe that I *don't* need one, but decided it' [...]
Badman Records, home of the likes of 'The Innocence Mission,' and 'My Morning Jacket,' has released a compilation of the best of the last ten years of their label, and it's available as a free download at Amazon.com: Badman - Has It Really Been Ten Years?. Give a' [...]
From Blogizdat LJ:
On December 17, 1981 my best friend was killed by a drunk driver. What follows is something I wrote in his honor and posted several years back, and indeed, have posted more than once, but it's important to me, so I'm re-posting, [...]
From Blogizdat LJ:
I don't get it.
Nearly every day I think to myself that I really need to start writing here again, and nearly every day I find some reason to not do so.
Read the rest here.
From How Obama Got Elected:
"Promote then as an object of primary importance, Institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of a government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that public opinion should be enlightened."
George Washington, [...]
From Wikinews:
Barack Obama elected 44th President of the United States
Hmmm, very strange: I was reviewing something I'd just posted to my Blogizdat Livejournal today, and noticed that one of my recent posts there from mid-October was set to 'friends-only' and I hadn't meant to do that, and I have to suppose that no one saw it, but then [...]
From Blogizdat LJ:
This And That And The Other
Okay, I'm starting this on Saturday night, and I've felt a bit weird all day, just kind of out of my element, partly because I've been coming down with a cold this past week, and' [...]
From Ebay
BARACK OBAMA Signed THE AUDACITY OF HOPE 1st Printing!!
Signed 10/2/08 In MICH!! RARE!! True FIRST PRINTING!!
Current bid: US $511.00
No payments until 2009 - new eBay MasterCard
End time: 21 hours 30 mins [...]
From Science Daily:
Red Enhances Men's Attraction To Women, Psychological Study Reveals
ScienceDaily (Oct. 28, 2008) — A groundbreaking study by two University of Rochester psychologists to be published online Oct. 28 by the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology adds color—literally and figuratively—to' [...]
From Little Green Footballs:
Obama's 'Civilian National Security Force'
Politics | Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 5:48:57 pm PST
Among the many promises and pledges in Barack Obama’s multi-million dollar infomercial, one statement really stood out: he announced that he will “rebuild the military.”
' [...]
Very strange. I was just in the middle of reading some online sites on Narcissism and Narcissistic Personality Disorder on Saturday AM when I was startled to receive the following fascinating article, forwarded to me by a friend.
From The American Chronicle:
Barack Obama [...]
From Blogizdat LJ:
So, we're about to hold yet another election for president in these United States, and the peoples of the world are holding their breaths, hoping and praying we do the right thing by electing their choice of Barack M. Hussein Obama to' [...]
From Blogizdat LJ:
On Blogging
I know I haven't written much here, recently, and I keep meaning to write more, but it's so easy to fall into Facebook/Twitter mode (yes, I have an account with both) and just post little blips of nothing to [...]
From Cylinder Preservation And Digitization Project:
Cylinder recordings, the first commercially produced sound recordings, are a snapshot of musical and popular culture in the decades around the turn of the 20th century. They have long held the fascination of collectors and have presented challenges for [...]
From the February 1932 The American Mercury, by HL Mencken, on the moribund League Of Nations, the predecessor to the nearly-equally moribund United Nations:'
“The advocates of the League commonly represent it to be a sort of international parliament, aloof and superior, but it is really [...]
As I said, I'm not much for platitudes, but sometimes I find stuff online that connects with me, like this one, and again, I don't know who should get attribution, but it wasn't I that wrote it. Oh well, it's still worth reading.
Read on.
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I don't go much for platitudes, but I found this on someone's blog some time ago, and it spoke to me. I don't know who should get attribution, but there's pearls of wisdom within, and I pass it on to you, dear reader. (Of course, I'm lying by posting [...]
