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I will post a real entry eventually, but to assuage my father, here is a nominal update regarding my new kitten Fry.  I have had Fry for one month.  This week I am bringing him to the vet to be neutered.  Poor little guy! Things Fry likes to play with more than the toys I bought him: a leaf that comes in off my shoe a bug dirt from my plants plastic bags popsicle stick ring/tab off the ...

Published: 4 months ago (Tue, 11 Aug 2009 15:57:01 PDT); 1225 bytes

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Last post: On Portland

The Portland State University machine room - host of annarchy , aka people.freedesktop.org and the storage for personal git repos - had a rather catastrophic series of power failures yesterday. As in, both of the independent, UPS-backed power rails to the room failed simultaneously, multiple times. As best we can tell, one of those failures was during ext3 journal recovery of /home from one ...

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Last post: There's a train coming

It was election night.  I was driving across town to drop off my mail-in ballot that I hadn't gotten mailed.  Curtis Mayfield's People Get Ready came on the radio and it struck me as profoundly apt to the night. Cut to later that evening, nervously watching the returns.  Filled with hope and anxiety in equal measure.  And then I remembered the song and went looking for it.  I found the youtube ...

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If it's not an American flag, it's probably a bomb.

Last post: Five things from wasabi_poptart

Comment to this post and I will give you 5 subjects/things I associate you with. Then post this in your LJ and elaborate on the subjects given. 1. Taxes This is what distinguishes me from the classic libertarians I hang around with.  I like liberty and human rights and freedom to travel, consume, speak as I wish, defend myself, etc. but I really don't have a problem paying taxes so that those...

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As if to say, "Look at me, Rex Banner! *I* have a new *hat*!"

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RIP, Senator, and thank you.

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Last post: drinks this sunday in melb?

I'm down for a family visit, so I thought I'd have another go at organising drinks while I'm in Melb, this time with more advance warning... Say Sunday, 2pm, at the Flying Duck? (www.flyingduckhotel.com.au)

Published: 4 months ago (Mon, 10 Aug 2009 20:33:44 PDT); 217 bytes

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Last post: Writer's Block: Tinsel town

Do you put up decorations for the holidays? If so, when do the decorations go up and when do you take them down? Submitted By carterbecks99 View 744 Answers Generic "winter holiday" decorations I'm happy to put up any time after Halloween, preferably after the first snowfall if feasible. Christmas-specific things - wreaths, trees, etc. - I put up for Christmas , ...

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