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At the moment, I do not have a piece of glass in my foot. This cannot be said for all of yesterday, wherein I thought I stepped on glass, did not know the glass was still in my foot, went out and did things, came home in scads of pain and then managed to get the glass out of my foot.

Patty and I are now into S2 of Buffy. We have met Spike. I may be the only person on the planet whose first impression of James Marsters was not Spike, but John Hart and a bunch of con appearances. Which actually makes Spike seem SUPER odd to me. Also, for all I've heard about Spike over the years no one ever mentioned to me that he was totally in thrall to his crazycakes vampire girlfriend. Patty says him being totally in thrall to various chicks is just sorta what he does throughout Buffy, which somehow makes the whole John Hart I-was-a-good-wife dialogue in Torchood about 800 times funnier.

The No H8 campaign is coming to NYC today. If I can find the time and the t-shirt, I'm so there.

Mandela site Robben Island overrun with rabbits.

Last US veteran of WWI turns 109.

Gallifrey One schedule 4.0 is up. Now with a map!

I have hit a level of ACUTE stress about my headshots.

I point you to an article called The Break-Up Kitten not because the article matters at all (but the cat is cute), but because on the left hand side is a list of bullet-point "article highlights." Something about the "article highlights" as if a piece of fluff about relationships and pets needs Cliff Notes has me laughing hysterically.

dr_is_in has been needing our help on and off for some time now. She doesn't like to ask for help, and I will tell you as someone who has needed the help of strangers in the past just how much it can be a huge stressor both to ask and to receive.

The good news in dr_is_in's life is that after she and her husband traveled to Rochester for his medical treatment he's doing a lot better.

The bad news is that their insurance plan is trying to drop them, claiming it's because they paid a premium late in 2007. ( Read more... )

nekosensei wrote me about her friend Holly who needs help. Among other things, Holly has a lung condition that's rare enough that know one knows what to do about it. She can't work and she can't afford her COBRA payments. If she loses her insurance things will obviously go from bad to worse. I don't know Holly, and I only know nekosensei online, ( Read more... )

I want to pause and take a moment to talk a little bit about "you don't get to be upset about [activist issue of personal concern] because [global poverty/natural disaster/social issue] is more important." ( Read more... )

Finally, I don't think it's your business how much time and money I give to various causes and charities. I'm not running for public office. I'm not a role model. I'm not campaigning for some award. I do what I can. Sometimes with my wallet, sometimes with my little corner of the Internet. And it will always be a simple truth that I can always do better (I still, as an example, must post that EPIC charity list you all helped me assemble). But I don't owe you an accounting of these matters.