| Monday, December 28th, 2009 |
alexpgp
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6:36p |
The big double-trio...
A few minutes after wishing Galina a happy 33rd wedding anniversary, I caught myself looking out the window and wondering "Who would have imagined?" and when I turned to Galina to mention it, I saw that she was turning toward me, with what turned out to be pretty much the same thought. We had a good laugh. It was otherwise an unremarkable day. I went out to deposit checks, then returned home to write and send outstanding invoices. While the accounting program was open, I impulsively took a look at the "year-to-date" total of words translated and found the number to be 710,780, with the number not likely to change by much (if at all) between now and Thursday. It was a good time to think about resolutions, more about which later... um... this year. Cheers... |
ptownnyc
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6:42p |
Recipes, please
OK, so we did a Boxing Day dinner party where we cooked roast beef. A whole cow, almost. Seriously, we overbought. So I have many pounds of medium-rare roast beef to use. Yes, sandwiches are nice, but this is GOOD beef. I'd like to do more with it. What do you suggest? Current Mood:  curious |
jeffreyab
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6:18p |
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springheel_jack
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5:45p |
addv rpfmc ldrt
The Republicans running on a call to repeal health care reform has the paradoxical effect of making people think that something significant was done. That's not to the Republicans' advantage. Besides, the thing they whipped everyone's teabags into a froth over was the public option, and that didn't pass. I note some people thought the public option might get back into the bill in the conference committee. There was certainly never the slightest chance of that. |
springheel_jack
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5:36p |
How do you enable commenting on tumblr? I didn't think it even had a commenting system. |
jrittenhouse
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4:35p |
Thanks for the advice....
...on the movie stuff. Mere is resigned to not seeing Sherlock Holmes, and hoped we could see it ourselves, and is probably going to go see Avatar in 3D early on New Year's Day. |
cathealth
[ ladymalen ]
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4:57p |
Quick heads-up to the community......
Looks like the spam bots are back, at least in other communities. For those who don't know, spam journals are those that post advertising crap and links to websites that probably download malicious software to the user's computer without user knowledge or approval. That being said, if you scroll your cursor over any user pic, it pops up a small window. In that is the option to report something as a bot. If you see one of these things before ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) karmen or I do, please report it as such and send me a private message through LJ and I can make sure it gets taken care of promptly. Thanks! And I hope everyone is having a safe and happy holiday season with friends and family, human and critter alike! |
kittypix
[ charged_chaos ]
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4:56p |
What is your cat's favorite toy that doesn't require you to stand there swinging something around?  |
gridlore
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gridlore
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absinthe_dot_ca
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4:24p |
Some interesting implications there...
Scientists have succeeded in resurrecting an extinct species, the Pyrenean ibex (a type of goat), by cloning. So, could we in theory sample every species on the planet and catalogue them in a genetic library so we can bring them back in the event of an extinction event (man-made or otherwise)? |
aman_geld
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10:16p |
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kittypix
[ gladstone ]
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4:14p |
Sleepy girl
 Applesauce Haven't posted here in a while. All is well. Current Mood:  satisfied |
kittypix
[ fuckthediet ]
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9:10p |
Coco munch :D
Coco doesn't do snow. So she's been laying about for the past week or so, looking on as the non wussy pussys galivant about in her territory... it's embarrassing, I even tried some cognitive behavioural therapy! Which was picking her up, running outside and dropping her in the snow... she just ran back in and looked at me with disdain.  ( Cokeyness :D ) |
absinthe_dot_ca
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4:04p |
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dsgood
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2:55p |
Happy Birthday in advance to lpetrazickis (Dec 29)! |
agirlnamedluna
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9:32p |
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james_nicoll
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7:46p |
Inspired by previous discussions
Who was the most unlikable supposedly sympathetic protagonist in a book you read for the first time in 2009? [Actually, let's start off by admitting, yes, someone will have read Donaldson for the first time in 2009 and if eligible Thomas Covenant wins this sort of thing hands down so he gets his own special lifetime achievement award and is removed from consideration] My money is on Todd Hewitt from The Ask and the Answer. He was merely annoying and ineffectual in The Knife of Never Letting Go but in the sequel he is the most technically virgin technical virgin I've seen in the field of non-violence in a long time. He's quite vocal about not being willing to hurt people but he manages to actively facilitate a considerable amount of suffering despite this. His personal body count may be low but he has an impressive number of assists. It's not a book that has a lot of human characters one can like, actually. I am cheering for the Spackles to clear their world of its off-world visitors. |
james_nicoll
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7:35p |
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lj_photophile
[ fedor_nn ]
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9:54p |
Winter
In beams of december sun
Current Mood:  calm |
fengi
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1:23p |
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madmen_tv
[ kashmirkid ]
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2:18p |
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james_nicoll
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7:06p |
About Zealandia
How much of the undersea portion is exposed during ice ages? |
thebitterguy
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2:02p |
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| Sunday, December 27th, 2009 |
lj_photophile
[ goldmourn ]
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2:57p |
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amused
tired
geeky