Originally, the headline in Google Reader was: “News Blog: Tranny in lock-up complains of abuse.” It still shows that way in Reader and on Topix.net. Now it reads “Transsexual in Salt Lake County jail complains of abuse.” Apparently it was re-written at least twice to correct the headline and typos, but there’s still a few left – it’s a news blog, after all, not a front-page story. There’s another story at City Weekly that extensively quotes a very proud performer named Princess Kennedy, who apparently went to my high school. She matter-of-factly self-refers as “tranny.” Maybe in the Utah GLBT…
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Isn’t this a boring blog? Isn’t it? My life’s not really this boring, it’s just that I rarely take the time to write a full-bore flat-spin blog post anymore. I fall back on my old standbys, Google Reader (shared news) and my various Twitter accounts. I can’t catch up on blogging during the work week for going on 3 years, so every now and then I do a big “here’s what’s been going on” catchall. Yeah, boring. And I haven’t even really done a big London mixed-grill slap-up bang-up, either. The pictures are still on my hard drives – the…
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I ended up getting the day off as it’s pretty slow at work, but instead of a quiet day at home with my husband David and Mr. Rileycat, working on any one of dozens of vaguely important projects, I’m bouncing from place to place in the house. The cleaning service showed up today after all (David couldn’t remember if he’d cancelled them for this week) and so they’re bustling around and I’m doing my best to either keep ahead of them (last minute cleanup job on the stovetop, catbox, dishwasher) or stay out of the way. Seems to be working…
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Exhibit 8: Limitations of Second Life’s modeling routines Lewis & Clark 2 Best quality image of PDX Expo totem poles 07-3-skidegate-b.jpg 911×523 pixels sitka_0200.jpg 450×600 pixels TED Blog | A call to men: Tony Porter on TED.com McKenzie River Drift Boats, wooden boat kits and supplies
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Researchers have found that part of the brain called the amygdala, a word derived from the Greek for almond, is larger in more sociable people than in those who lead less gregarious lives. via Social whirl of a life? Thank your amygdala | Science | The Guardian.
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There are various ways to find and cleanup cat upchuck in the dark; barefoot Braille method is not recommended. #awake # RT @HeathrowAirport: there are no arrivals and only a handful of departures at Heathrow today as we work to make the airfield safe." # Guess that means my stranded UK guy won't make it home again today, poor man. # .@ebertchicago ::sings along:: Walla Walla Wash., and Kalamazoo! Nora's freezing on the trolley… # .@ebertchicago ::singing:: "Swaller dollar cauliflower alley ga-ROO!" That was my dad's favorite Christmas carol. Thanks. #pogo # RT @SaveSGR: Can i get 185 retweets! #Save…
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Ginny I can has iPhone? Via: Flickr Title: Rehearsal for 9pm Christmas Eve By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 24 Dec ’10, 8.14pm CST PST
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Ginny I can has iPhone? Via: Flickr Title: Gingerbread with Orange-Ginger Glaze By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 24 Dec ’10, 12.49pm CST PST
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Pop loved Pogo. The Christmas strips were particular favorites of his, but I don’t recall this specific one. The Russian jokes tie it to the Cold War/Space Race storyline… Somewhere I’ve got the books that introduce the two-headed dog who barks in Russian and a kind of gibberish that I find hysterically funny (pookapookapooka!). This one has St Nicholas and his reindeer (Albert the Alligator and his trusty moose), with Pogo along to make with the good cheer (oog). Walt Kelly was the greatest daily comic strip artist in American history. His Pogo strip was an uncanny mixture of laughter,…