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Constance McMillen's school cancelled the prom because she wanted to wear a tux and bring a female date. She sued and the court agreed her civil rights had been violated, but the school was under no obligation to reinstate the prom. Various celebs offered to pay for a prom, offered to have McMillen and her date fly out to some cool party somewhere, but she just wanted to go to her high school prom. A group of parents got together and decided to hold a prom. Word was, McMillen wouldn't be invited. Then, at the last moment, the AP reported that she would be.

Happy ending?

Wrong.

Turns out McMillen and some other students deemed undesirable (including at least two with learning disabilities) were sent to a fake prom that fewer than ten people attended while the real prom went on somewhere else.

Graveyard of the Automat Machines. I remember going to the automat in midtown with my parents in the 1970s.

Marketing and organ donation.

Scrabble should be hard. Fuck these new rules.

I've been reading a lot about coal mining death statistics over the last 100 years today, and now have a sudden urge to do a story involving coal mines set right after WWII. I don't know what it's about, or any of the characters, or, you know, ANYTHING, but such is my brain.

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[moizissimo.livejournal.com]

I couldn't remember if I had registered to be an organ donor. The last time I checked, something had to be mailed in. So I checked, and in BC, everything is done digitally! That made me happy. :)

It's nice that our form just has a list of general organs you can decline to donate. Really general, as in heart, kidneys, liver, whatever, so there is minimal grossing out. Otherwise, it's donate everything!

[brewsternorth.livejournal.com]

You'd think that, considering that NYC's administration is trying to be more "with-it", that this would be an ideal place to start!

[lilacsigil.livejournal.com]

Australia is the same - the pamphlet has a list and you can just cross out anything you don't want to donate, otherwise, it's all in. Now you can do it digitally. Our organ donation rate is still appallingly low, though, and only some of that is due to our low population density.

[moizissimo.livejournal.com]

It used to be SO EASY. Just a sticker on your carecard and/or drivers license, and I think, a postage-paid postcard. I still have my sticker, actually. :)