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[rm]

Things I don't love about Switzerland: the motion sensor in the bathroom TURNING THE LIGHTS OUT ON ME at inopportune times.

Things I do love about Switzerland: a popular catfood brand is ExcelCat. I see it, and I think, UBERCAT. Then I am pleased.

It's warm and beautiful here today. I've been watching the snow melt on the mountains when I've not been working my ass off.

Speaking of: I feel tired and fragile.

Patty so soon! We actually have to firm up dates to try to get her over here, because it's been complicated, but if nothing else, soon I will be there. I hope she got the package I sent her today, since it has Halloween treats in it. Any joy, baby?

neo_prodigy, with significant comprehensiveness, sums up the damage done to multiple communities by various straight, white female fans who don't get intersectionality.

Haiti still needs our help. It still hasn't finished recovering from the earthquake and the cholera outbreak is just one symptom of that.

Obama says his position on gay marriage has evolved. He's just not told us into what exactly. I'm getting tired of hoping. Let's have some happening.

Basketball and the billionaire. It's always the Nets. ALWAYS.

Public chess in NYC wound up with unique (incorrect) boards. So people are making due.

Links vastly not comprehensive, because I have time and connection problems. Seek out the world!

Theater Thursdays coming later!

Comments

[kalmn.livejournal.com]

neo_prodigy has one item of fact wrong or else needs more detail-- moon was invited to be guest of honor well before her infamous post of september 2010.

i do not dispute the rest of what he says; my energy right now is on recovering from this rather than explaining my view of what happened (not that i'm saying mine disagrees much with his). it's just that that point is wrong, and i'd like us to get in trouble for what we actually did. [sighs]

--your friendly local wiscon concom member.

[rm.livejournal.com]

Okay, then someone needs to tell him that because there's this little thing where I'm out of the country with essentially no Internet.

[kalmn.livejournal.com]

i did! don't worry! :)

[p-zeitgeist.livejournal.com]

I gather that he's . . . controversial, at best. People don't go to him for evenhanded or calm treatment of issues, especially since he's kind of notorious for refusing to entertain any kind of dissent in his comments, let alone engage with them. Which is his right, heaven knows; but it leaves one unable to be sure that, for instance, people haven't tried to correct him on the facts.

But at least it means his word isn't likely to be accepted as gospel by all readers. If that helps.

[kalmn.livejournal.com]

i'm not sure if you're trying to give me a cookie or not. if so, please don't-- we did the right thing, but slower than i would have liked. right now i'm just concentrating on trying to do the right thing.

[p-zeitgeist.livejournal.com]

I never know precisely what people mean with this 'cookie' stuff, but I think I can assure you that no matter what these cookies are, my intentions had nothing to do with attempting to give you one.

There are issues with this particular poster; they're evidently longstanding; I thought it was perhaps a useful piece of information. Nothing more.