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Aug. 25th, 2010 09:48 am
[personal profile] rm
  • Do you all remember Tiny Kitten that showed up in our hallway some time ago? Well, Tiny Kitten is now Teenage Kitten and Patty encountered him again yesterday for the first time in months and couldn't figure out where he belonged, but then he disappeared. But, that said, there's a litter box up on the roof-access floor, and it's one thing if he's an outdoor cat, but he can't be hallway cat! So if we see him again and there are still no obvious caretakers, we're taking him in, separating him from the other cats, putting up signs and bringing him to the vet and fostering if need be. We are concerned!

  • I'm really, really hoping that because Patty is More Organized Than Me, I did not just accidentally throw out my passport this morning. It's going to be okay.

  • Patty is probably buying her ticket to Cardiff today. Does anyone have any thoughts on traveling cheaply in Europe (in case we're able to meet up on the weekends while I'm in Switzerland before I get to go over there for a bit)? I found a bunch of $30 airfares yesterday, that then had another $250 in taxes. Also, Easy Jet? Wonderful or Satan-spawn?

  • Don't be shocked, at least some some 9/11 families support Park 51. (Also, Dear CNN, it is not a mosque and it is not at Ground Zero).

  • Can we talk about the "Ground Zero" nomenclature for a moment? I hate it. I have hated it since it happened. I am a child of the cold war. A nuclear bomb was not dropped there. The site of the horror is not the center of terrorism, and hello, horrible shit happened in DC and Pennsylvania too. "Ground Zero" has been, since the beginning, a useful term to frame, not just what happened at the WTC as an act or war, but to frame this idea of ourselves ("The West") being at war with Islam (which we shouldn't be, and is what the terrorists are trying, successfully apparently, to trick us into), and that's not a type of useful I can support.

  • Are you fucking kidding me? The NYC MTA wants to raise our monthly unlimited transit cars from $89 to $130. Getting to work shouldn't be a luxury. Here's a petition, although I have no idea if that's useful. But my outrage needs a link.

  • More schoolgirls poisoned in Afghanistan.

  • Philadelphia wants its bloggers who are running ads on their sites to buy a business license. The licenses cost more than the profits most people make on their blogs, and are in addition to business taxes.

  • Speaking of, sort of: [livejournal.com profile] alchemia is in financial need because of medical and other issues and has set up a webpage with advertising and hoping page views can help raise some of the necessary funds (an extra $1,200 a month has just been added to the budget). I'll be frank and say this before a bunch of you say it to me in comments: I'm skeptical about this plan, not because it's a scam (it's not a scam, it doesn't hurt you in any way), but because asking people for page views can cause problem with some ad services ToS, and because it's hard to earn big money with online advertising as a small content provider (trust me, I know this personally). However, it doesn't cost you anything to try to help. Information on why help/how you can help/what the plan is.

  • Huge WSJ article on gluten-free. This is a useful article if you want a basic understanding of my daily concerns, the complexity of which even those who are trying to help often don't understand. Also, while I am a Yankees fan, not a Mets fan, I will now make a point of going to a Mets game as they have gluten-free hotdogs and beer available. Thank you, Mets!

  • In Pakistan, 800,000 people are now only accessible by air. [livejournal.com profile] help_pakistan.

  • The hidden gay cadets of West Point. It's not just Katherine Miller.

  • The dark history of immigrant labor and America's rails at Duffy's Cut.

  • The struggle for women's suffrage (granted 90 years ago Thursday in the US) mirrors national divides on today's issues.

  • The New York City Council is set to vote on an ordinance requiring clerks to inform gay couples seeking domestic partnerships of the other, non-New York jurisdictions in which they can marry and have their marriage legally recognized in New York instead. This is interesting, as it both shames New York State, takes dollars from us for being fuck-ups, but also is, in some way, a first step to eliminating the domestic partnership (which both straight and gay couples, and pairs who are not in romantic/sexual relationships are eligible for in New York City), which grants only a very limited set of rights, but holds some interest locally for those philosophically opposed to marriage.

  • Monks battle the casket cartel.

  • Last night on Angel: So now much of the team knows Jasmin is not what she seems. Except Connor. Duh! If he were possible of seeing this issue, it would have already happened, since he too shares a blood line with her. Lots of philosophical stuff here -- is it better to know? Are the lives Jasmin is snacking on really so big a cost for global peace and happiness? And we still don't know what Jasmin is other than CREEPY (also, let's take a moment to talk about what a challenging performance that is to make convincing, and it works). Also, how will our team spray the world with Cordelia's blood? These are the questions of our times.

  • Last night on White Collar: So, fan service, character development or the writers amusing themselves? Sure, I get a kick out of Neal calling Peter sir and the safeword remark, but if it's fan service, I have a confession to make: I'm not interested. I'm interested in the very real thorny problems of Peter and Neal, as they appear on screen, because they are two, as far as we know, heterosexual men engaged in a romantic friendship that is complicated not just by current social expectation but a number of ethical considerations.

    That issue, actually explored, however falteringly, is far more compelling to me than little asides that allow fandom to giggle about whether they are doing it or not. Sure, it's easy to write plausible slash and OT3 in this fandom, and sometimes I read it and I may even write in the future, but I want information about Peter and Neal from the show that's about Peter and Neal, not about sharing a laugh with the writers.

  • Last night on Covert Affairs: Well, that was a shit ton of backstory. I have some questions and thoughts:

    1. Can someone come up with a plausible time-line regarding Auggie, the CIA and his military service? Does jumping out of the CIA to wind up in special forces and getting a life-changing injury within six months make sense in terms of training and enlistment issues? Did the CIA place him in Tikrit? Help, help with facts please. ETA: this is helpful and matches my suspicions. If show cannon conforms to this, I don't know.

    2. What did the braille sculpture in his flat say? (Someone on the Internet thinks it's "love" but no one is sure). ETA: Okay, [livejournal.com profile] donutsweeper tells us in comments that Christopher Gorham tweeted that it does say "Love" so there you go. We can reasonably take that as fact now.

    3. Auggie/Joan as an occasional, friendly, secret, deeply important to them, not romantic love thing? Y/Y?

    4. Auggie and the reporter? I don't know if I believe him that it's just an op that he shouldn't be running. If it is, I don't know if he's playing her or if she's playing him. And wow, this is going to blow up spectacularly. I love, btw, the idea that both of them are probably sleeping with other people in a "I don't care enough to know" way.

    5. Auggie's issues sure have a lot in common with Jack's issues. Didn't know that in the first episode, am sort of in awe of it now.

    6. The show did better with hacker and nerd culture than I would have expected, but still super awkward for those of us in the know (True fact: I have a researcher credit on a trashy book about Kevin Mitnick because I knew the right people and basically got paid to set up beers between the author and criminally minded teens). The Comic*Con joke was pretty funny though.

    7. Give Jai more to do please!

    8. A lot of the reasons I love this show are the same reasons I love Torchwood -- people have to do crap things for the right reasons, but enough time doing that and eventually you windup doing them for the wrong reasons too and can't tell the difference. Fucked up loyalties. People on the outside not getting it. Not just love that got away, but whole lives. A team that functions in spite of everything. And someone you almost hopes breaks, so that the life she has chosen will be easier for her.
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    Date: 2010-08-25 02:05 pm (UTC)
    From: [identity profile] dichroic.livejournal.com
    I would guess it's still true that most people don't make *any* money on their blogs, and in fact pay to maintain them. I never have earned any myself despite having done this for nine years and still going; I get hte distinct impression that the money-making ones are in the small minority and the ones who make more than a few bucks are a *very* small minority.

    Date: 2010-08-25 02:06 pm (UTC)
    From: [identity profile] rm.livejournal.com
    I've certainly made some significant money because of this blog, but from it? Yeah, way not.

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    Date: 2010-08-25 02:11 pm (UTC)
    From: [identity profile] bethynyc.livejournal.com
    I hate the "Ground Zero Mosque" framing as well. It is designed to be inflammatory and isn't accurate or truthful. I know you know that, but argh.

    And I'm mad at people who don't live here, don't have a clue about real estate in NYC, and don't care about how many jobs building this would bring, who think that they have a right to say something about it.

    ::headdesks::
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    Date: 2010-08-25 02:17 pm (UTC)
    From: [identity profile] wcg.livejournal.com
    Your mention of women's suffrage reminds me of a map my mother-in-law used to have on display in the Denton County (Texas) historical museum, when she was the director there. It showed a county by county breakdown of the votes in Texas for and against the 19th amendment. You could have drawn a line down the state, from north to south, roughly parallel to modern day I-35. The east Texas counties to the east of that line were uniformly against the 19th amendment, while the counties to the west voted for it. My MIL liked to explain the split by saying that if somebody has been your partner in ranching, and fighting Comanches, and fighting grasshoppers, and raising kids out in the harsh chaparral country, you're not very likely to tell her she can't vote.

    Date: 2010-08-25 02:18 pm (UTC)
    From: [identity profile] firefly124.livejournal.com
    *crossing fingers for you re: the passport*

    That's an interesting point on the matter of domestic partnerships, and an angle I really hadn't thought of.

    It's good to hear someone else say what you just said about the term "Ground Zero." Particularly a New Yorker, because if I say it, I'm just another anti-NYC New Englander.

    Re: Connor, that's a very good insight. And yes, they have a huge logistical problem. Are you still watching Buffy in tandem? Because there were some interesting theories raised at the time regarding the relationship between what was going on in LA and what was going on in Sunnydale.

    Date: 2010-08-25 02:19 pm (UTC)
    From: [identity profile] rm.livejournal.com
    We are, but we're in a long patch of Angel right now, so theories in that regard should probably wait until we finish Buffy.

    And, you know, I know New England has issues with NYC, but I'll take that shit any day over the rest of the damn country that thinks we're sinners.
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    Date: 2010-08-25 02:20 pm (UTC)
    From: [identity profile] sykii.livejournal.com
    Can we talk about the "Ground Zero" nomenclature for a moment? I hate it. I have hated it since it happened. I am a child of the cold war. A nuclear bomb was not dropped there.

    I was ranting to M the other day about how much I hate this for exactly this reason. Some things don't need a snappy nickname, you know?

    Date: 2010-08-25 02:27 pm (UTC)
    From: [identity profile] redstapler.livejournal.com
    What's worse is that I'd rather hear someone call it Ground Zero than "9/11," which I've also heard out of tourists' mouths.

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    Date: 2010-08-25 02:26 pm (UTC)
    From: [identity profile] ladyaelfwynn.livejournal.com
    I'm not a fan of the "Ground Zero" nomenclature, either. After having numerous friends and family work in the Pentagon, (thank goodness, they'd all moved on by the time the planes crashed) to me, it's the cafe in the inner court yard of that building.

    And then there's the fact that I had to flee D.C. on 9/11 and smelled the Pentagon burning for days, and deal with the eerie silence of no airplanes in the skies. (At the time we were living under the flight path of National Airport. Planes were so loud our daughter mistook them for thunder.)

    There were three places where the terrorists struck on that day and calling one spot "Ground Zero" obscures the other two places. I try very hard to not use the GZ designation and say something like, "where the WTC used to be" or "where the planes crashed".

    Date: 2010-08-25 03:25 pm (UTC)
    From: [identity profile] stardragonca.livejournal.com
    We also have to remember the airports the four planes left from. The terrorist struck there first.

    I find the media's trying to make the story simple is like an attack on my memory. I learned this since the Dec. 6th attack in Montreal(can we call it terrorist now?). The media tries to shorten the story to '14 engineering students shot' which isn't what happened, not exactly, not completely. But it's simpler. But it's wrong.

    People died, people were hurt, people mourn. And all their stories aren't being told.

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    Date: 2010-08-25 02:26 pm (UTC)
    From: [identity profile] idunn.livejournal.com
    Charlie Booker has written the funniest, most on-point thing I've yet read on this whole non-existant mosque that isn't even at "Ground Zero" (http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/aug/23/charlie-brooker-ground-zero-mosque):
    Perhaps spatial reality functions differently on the other side of the Atlantic, but here in London, something that is "two minutes' walk and round a corner" from something else isn't actually "in" the same place at all. I once had a poo in a pub about two minutes' walk from Buckingham Palace. I was not subsequently arrested and charged with crapping directly onto the Queen's pillow. That's how "distance" works in Britain.

    My sister is dating a Second Lieutenant who recently graduated from West Point. He's a straight guy and said he didn't know any queer people in his time at college because they were all in hiding. At least he's smart enough to recognize that it's a paranoia-inducing environment for queer people and not that they just don't exist in the military.

    Sadly, at a recent West Point dinner/event, a bunch of the guys performed skits in which a bunch of them acted like stereotypical gay men for laughs, so gays can apparently honorably serve their country and be punchlines for yucks, but they can't identify themselves. I give Ms. Miller credit for putting up in that environment for as long as she did. I'd have cracked.

    Btw, your link about Afghan schoolgirls being poisoned isn't working :(
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    Date: 2010-08-25 02:53 pm (UTC)
    From: [identity profile] rm.livejournal.com
    The link has been updated.

    Date: 2010-08-25 02:28 pm (UTC)
    From: [identity profile] tommx.livejournal.com
    Season 4 of Angel is my personal favorite, and Jasmine is a big part of it. She is the best kind of big bad: One that presents herself as good and is able to convince others of her goodness. I don't remember seeing any others like her in the Buffyverse. Usually they're happy to snack on the bones of the damned as celebrate their badness to anyone still alive to watch.

    I really look forward to seeing what you think of the rest of the season.

    Date: 2010-08-25 02:29 pm (UTC)
    From: [identity profile] rm.livejournal.com
    Until her appearance, I have, frankly, found this season to be overwrought and incoherent. That said, putting up with that shit for this pay-off is currently pretty satisfying.

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    Nomenclature.

    Date: 2010-08-25 03:01 pm (UTC)
    From: [identity profile] stardragonca.livejournal.com
    And anyway, it's World Trade.

    Re:Covert Affairs

    Date: 2010-08-25 03:19 pm (UTC)
    From: [identity profile] newsbean.livejournal.com
    In episode, Auggie said that the CIA planted him in Iraq.
    Edited Date: 2010-08-25 03:19 pm (UTC)

    Re: Covert Affairs

    Date: 2010-08-25 03:21 pm (UTC)
    From: [identity profile] rm.livejournal.com
    But Special Forces? Knowing how to fit in with military culture? I need help with the plausibility, I guess (also, considering the tattoo, that's a lot of loyalty to have to a mission you were on as a plant for six months), although why in the face of everything else on the show, I don't know.

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    Date: 2010-08-25 03:24 pm (UTC)
    From: [identity profile] popfiend.livejournal.com
    BTW, I loved the "Snow Crash" reference in "Covert Affairs". If they had mentioned Hiro Protagonist the SQUEE would have all dogs on the Eastern seaboard barking for hours.

    White Collar

    Date: 2010-08-25 03:31 pm (UTC)
    From: [identity profile] popfiend.livejournal.com
    BTW, I loved the "double finger point" quote.

    They teach it at Quantico.

    Awesome.

    Date: 2010-08-25 03:46 pm (UTC)
    From: [identity profile] laughingacademy.livejournal.com
    So angry about the proposed fuckery re: 30-day Metrocards. SO ANGRY.

    I've also been annoyed at how "Ground Zero" overshadows the other 9/11 crash sites. My parents, who were living in a D.C. suburb at the time, were going to drive up to NYC for a visit that day, which means they literally almost got it coming and going. (Luckily, my brother called them just as they were pulling out of the driveway, thus preventing the Worst Road Trip Ever.)

    I cracked up when Auggie said, "My fault, I buried the lede." Also, Joan/Auggie -- HELL YES.

    The trailer for next week's White Collar seemed to suggest they'll be tackling some of Neal and Peter's trust issues. Fingers crossed!

    Date: 2010-08-25 03:48 pm (UTC)
    From: [identity profile] rm.livejournal.com
    Yay! I am so glad other people see the Joan/Auggie and CARE.

    Woah, your parents!

    The "I buried the lede" thing was AWESOME, and there and gone in a blip, but so great.

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    Date: 2010-08-25 04:10 pm (UTC)
    From: [identity profile] rm.livejournal.com
    I also share your concern about "hallowed ground" which is coupled by my concern about "heroes". Lots of people did incredibly heroic things that day, but some people were just living their ordinary lives, and then something terrible happened and they died. It doesn't make their deaths less, and it's a disservice to everyone to forget that horror occurs in the midst of mundanity.

    There was an amazing opinion piece I mentioned to Patty the other night around the time of the event about America and empire, and how acting like ancient Egypt would assure us of being Rome, and look at what's happened.

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    Date: 2010-08-25 04:50 pm (UTC)
    From: [identity profile] donutsweeper.livejournal.com
    Chris Gorham tweeted that the braille sculpture spells out Love, he'd probably know.

    Date: 2010-08-25 04:51 pm (UTC)
    From: [identity profile] rm.livejournal.com
    Awesome. Thnx.

    So, touching, or a hilarious addition to Auggie's Den of Iniquity?

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    Date: 2010-08-25 05:26 pm (UTC)
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    From: [personal profile] pocketmouse
    I don't think I paid more than 13 pounds (or euros) for a plane ticket when I was in the UK 4-ish years ago. Sales mostly would crop up that day, or a couple days ahead of time. Adjusting for inflation makes sense, but even so, everything was quite cheap and I never booked anything more than two weeks in advance. That taxes thing makes no sense, and sounds like you had a scam website or something.

    EasyJet was fine. It was a bit like flying Southwest, very cheap inside the terminal. Though that might have just been LHR. The only odd thing about them in-flight was that they were actively sending the flight attendants down the aisle passing the hat for charity and selling things a couple times. But as a company, no problems. They're kind of a conglomerate thing, there's a bunch of EasySomething companies, like Car and Hotel and whatever. They're all orange.

    I don't remember if I flew with anyone else, I took the train a couple times too. That was in Germany - about the same price as flying, I think. I know RyanAir was supposed to be cheap. It was a lot of just looking at the random other countries' airlines and trawling.

    Date: 2010-08-25 05:28 pm (UTC)
    From: [identity profile] rm.livejournal.com
    The taxes thing was on Orbitz and may be been reflective of being an American researching significantly advance tickets on non-discount carriers.

    Thanks for the info, sounds like for the UK it's the opposite of the trains where if you don't book a month in advance the tickets go WAY up.

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    Date: 2010-08-25 05:33 pm (UTC)
    From: [identity profile] eumelia.livejournal.com
    Re: White Collar: there was most definitely a lot of fan service and which I felt was meant to be a kind of "Kansas City Shuffle" for the audience when it comes to the relationship between Neal and Peter, as in, look they're so awesome and cute and maybe-sorta-kinda "dating".

    I was kind of hoping Agent Franklin (the one who was on the run) would end up being a woman, if only there could be more canonic female queer sexuality... but alas...

    Date: 2010-08-25 05:34 pm (UTC)
    From: [identity profile] maryling.livejournal.com
    re: gluten-free at CitiField

    I don't know if he had anything to do with it, but the Mets television roving reporter is gluten intolerant - can't remember if it's specifically celiac or not. He did a spot a few years ago in Colorado raving about the gluten-free stand at their stadium and how he got to eat cookies there for the first time in ages.

    And I do seem to recall that the GF stand is on the field level on the first base side.
    Edited Date: 2010-08-25 05:35 pm (UTC)

    Date: 2010-08-25 05:55 pm (UTC)
    From: [identity profile] marymac.livejournal.com
    EasyJey is slightly less Satanspawn than Ryanair.
    In both cases, make sure you read everything very carefully when booking, as both have a charming habit of charging you £5 here and there for privileges like checking in, and in Ryanair's case, paying for your ticket.

    If you're going to book far enough ahead of time, check out AirBerlin, Flybe and BMI/BMIbaby as they are somewhat more expensive, but the price is all-inclusive and they feed you. *is still bitter about Ryanair nicking AirBerlin's Belfast slot*

    Date: 2010-08-25 05:56 pm (UTC)
    From: [identity profile] rm.livejournal.com
    Ah, thank you! I knew about the evil that is Ryanair. But AirBerlin may be a good option for some of what I'm looking at.

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    Date: 2010-08-25 06:00 pm (UTC)
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    From: [personal profile] weirdquark
    The struggle for women's suffrage (granted 90 years ago Thursday in the US) mirrors national divides on today's issues.

    I was working on a library project about the history of women working around the same time I was following the news (and arguing with people on online forums) about same-sex marriage being legalized in Massachusetts. I wrote about it back then, and I'm still amazed at how easily I could remove the context from the quotes from the books and pamphlets that I was cataloging and have them apply to the same-sex marriage debate.

    Date: 2010-08-25 06:30 pm (UTC)
    From: [identity profile] luke-jaywalker.livejournal.com
    Re: the bill the NYC is considering: Do they also intend to require their tourism promoters to inform people about other options for sightseeing? "You know, Chicago also has some pretty tall buildings, and Philly has pretty good museums..."

    That is completely insane. Next they're going to require companies to, before allowing a customer to make a purchase, to inform the customer about their competitors' offerings.

    Mind, not as though I'd complain about them directing people to Boston. Our economy *could* use those dollars... ;)

    Date: 2010-08-25 06:32 pm (UTC)
    From: [identity profile] rm.livejournal.com
    It's not completely insane,although it is rather unprecedented. A reocgnized legal marriage, even with DoMA, affords a couple more legal rights in New York state than New York City's domestic partnership agreement (which deals only with leases and hospital visitation). Since NYS recognizes same-sex marriages performed in jurisdictions where it's legal, the ordinance advices people of their ability to obtain more of their civil rights and also pressures Albany into acting.

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    Speaking of Gluten Free

    Date: 2010-08-25 06:49 pm (UTC)
    From: [identity profile] cozzene.livejournal.com
    Our WF's is having an evening tasting for people to come in and try all the gf products they're carrying. Perhaps yours is, too. It would certainly be cheaper to sample than buy something that turns out to be horrible.

    Re: Speaking of Gluten Free

    Date: 2010-08-25 07:32 pm (UTC)
    From: [identity profile] rm.livejournal.com
    They do their gluten-free sampling on Tuesdays here, yeah. But it's just whoever wants to come in and market, not all the products.

    Re: <lj user="alchemia">

    Date: 2010-08-25 07:41 pm (UTC)
    From: [identity profile] tekalynn.livejournal.com

    Quick note on pronouns: [livejournal.com profile] alchemia does not identify as female or use female pronouns, to the best of my knowledge. Al used to prefer "they" and now uses "he" (unless Al has decided differently recently). Thanks!

    Re: <lj user="alchemia">

    Date: 2010-08-25 07:45 pm (UTC)
    From: [identity profile] rm.livejournal.com
    I adjusted the posting (I eliminated pronouns, not because I don't accept [livejournal.com profile] alchemia's identification, but because my initial reading of your initial comment (now in the deleted thread of our typos, I hope that is okay!) read unclearly to me, and I didn't wish to cause further offense.

    I hope this is okay and my apologies.

    Re: <lj user="alchemia">

    From: [identity profile] tekalynn.livejournal.com - Date: 2010-08-25 07:53 pm (UTC) - Expand

    Date: 2010-08-25 08:28 pm (UTC)
    From: [identity profile] donutsweeper.livejournal.com
    Geek that I am, I tracked down a screenshot and a braille alphabet- it's definitely "Love"

    http://sweetestorture.fanfusion.org/displayimage.php?album=58&pid=104725#top_display_media
    http://sweetestorture.fanfusion.org/displayimage.php?album=58&pid=104726#top_display_media

    http://louisbraillebiography.com/images/louis_braille_4.jpg

    Date: 2010-08-25 09:53 pm (UTC)
    eredien: Dancing Dragon (Default)
    From: [personal profile] eredien
    I ended up writing at length on parallels between geology, critical theory, and urban planning in regard to the phrase "Ground Zero" on my blog, based on some thoughts I had after reading this:

    "Ground Zero" has been, since the beginning, a useful term to frame, not just what happened at the WTC as an act or war, but to frame this idea of ourselves ("The West") being at war with Islam (which we shouldn't be, and is what the terrorists are trying, successfully apparently, to trick us into), and that's not a type of useful I can support.

    I tried to post it as a comment here, but there was no way I could edit it down to fit, and in the end just decided to put it up on my own LJ, as I thought it made a fine standalone post.

    As your thoughts inspired it, I thought you should know about it. Thanks!

    Date: 2010-08-25 10:04 pm (UTC)
    From: [identity profile] rm.livejournal.com
    Thanks -- I actually found it before I got the notification for this comment. I'm relieved to see other people thinking about the terminology, which is clearly so troublesome in a really huge array of ways. Thanks for taking the time to set that down, it was a great read.
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