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twistedchick

Subject:	and this week was going so well
Time:	9:13 am.

Obama's To-Don't list. And Hillary's truthtelling [when I can find the link that didn't copy and reattach it.]

McCain = Bush old. And he's aiming to stock the Supreme Court with neoCons. Speaking of McCain, the question arises: why did he buy a houseunder the name of Eldon Smith? And who is Eldon Smith?

Check out the 2008 draft Republican Platform linked at this site.

You want to keep choice a part of the Democratic Party? Don't sit on the sidelines this election and after; there's some tiptoeing to the right on abortion going on.

Companies that enroll in Bush's E-Verify system aren't immune to immigration raids, but if they don't sign up, they're at more of a risk. Is it insurance that doesn't insure, or inept work against identity theft -- or simply a badly written news article from the Post?

One soldier's view of a Christianized army. This is reality, not fantasy. This is what is happening now. If you don't want more of it, vote for Obama.

A list of heavy metals found in ayurvedic medicines.

Arkansas will vote on banning adoptions by anyone unmarried, but the proposal is aimed at same-sex couples, who aren't allowed to marry there.

Eating rats in Cambodia.

Please don't use the American Family Association site to send messages to Hallmark Cards. They don't give a damn about what you write, but the number of cards will be counted *against* Hallmark, which is offering gay wedding cards and supporting gay weddings.

US troop strength over time, around the world; a map of change. Mind, this has official numbers; no telling who's walking across a border.

The Associated Press is on the way down.

The poisoned Rhone.

Cindy Sheehan surprises an unexpected guest in Denver -- who was bugging her phone.

Artistic surfboards from Surfers Against Sewage.

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meta_roundup

Subject:	Issue #79
Posted by:	mero_update.
Time:	11:33 pm.

Privacy / Legal Issues

For Gmail users (in case you haven't heard the news yet), a hacking tool has been introduced that automatically steals IDs of non-encrypted sessions and uses them to break into the accounts. The developer is planning to release it in a few days. You can protect your accounts by switching to SSL permanently. If you're unfamiliar with the procedure,

blue_rose posted a step-by-step guide and also linked to a patch that would ensure that Gmail Notifier is still working afterwards. I'd like to include two off-site links, an article on HungryHackers.com which explains how Gmail and the hacking tool work, and for Firefox users there's the extension Customize Google, which can also help remove or block unwanted content, including ads and Google Analytics cookies.

skuf wrote a quick tutorial on how to block LJToys from tracking you on LJ/IJ/clones (Firefox only).

morgandawn mentions the RIAA’s Anti-Piracy Trade Agreement Wishlist.

Meta (posts are from the 15th and 23rd, but I don't want to pass them up -- my apologies for not including them earlier. I'm trying to change that, as stated in the previous entry.)

spacelogic: How Star Trek Made Me A Feminist, and Why I Don't Think STXI Is Going To Be Worth It: "I remember being freaked out by the first episode, being wary of the next several, and gradually being won over. And at some point during the entire process, I came to a shocking realization: Star Trek was more feminist than a lot of more modern TV/film productions."

the_willow: Watching The Show In Your Head (Pt 2): When You Can't: "I guess I feel like there probably needs to be respect for the fact that when you can't watch anymore, it means there's too much weighed on the side of dislike and disappointment. And those weights can be aspects of racism, sexism, classcism, national isolationism or just not enough plot ..." (talks about "Monk" and SGA as examples)

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musesfool

Subject:	shakespeare got to get paid, son
Time:	4:32 pm.
Mood:	tired.
Music:	Live and Let Die - Paul McCartney & Wings.

They played "Sister Christian" by Night Ranger earlier, and you know I loved this song when it came out. It's only in the past few years that I learned it was apparently written about the guy's sister, and how he didn't want her to have sex. Sketchy sibling dynamics! My love, it is explained!

*dies*

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cleolinda linked to this and I choked on my coffee. Hee!

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I posted a story last night!

Paul Newman and a Ride Home
Supernatural; Dean; g; 2,365 words
Five books Dean Winchester has read more than once.

I jokingly asked

amberlynne if I had to warn for spoilers for the books involved (The Runaway Bunny, Little Women, The Outsiders, and To Kill a Mockingbird), but I do think the story works better if you're familiar with the books, because it's more about their individual impact on Dean than it is about just love of books or reading in general, which I don't think is necessarily Dean's thing.

I was a little worried that, like the mixtape story, the story would end up more about me and books than it is about Dean and books, because I love all four of those books madly, but I think it worked out pretty well.

I am going to ramble on extensively now about this. Flee, if that does not interest you. ( otherwise, click the cut tag. )

The story makes me happy, which I guess is the whole point, and it seems to be making other people happy (well, in that way that they tell me they're crying, so, you know, score!). Thank you for the lovely comments, btw. I truly appreciate them and will get to answering them soonish.

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asylum_promo

Posted by:	immortalje.
Time:	9:26 pm.
Mood:	blah.

10prompts is a challenge community for fic writers. Right now there are 10 tables (10 prompts each) to pick from. All fandoms as well as slash, het and gen are welcome.
- stories should have a minimum length of 200 words. For further rules check out the rules post
- tables can be viewed here and I hope you find one interesting enough to join in on the fun.
- all questions can be asked in the rules post.

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harry_slash is for stories, art and anything else that features Harry Potter in a slash pairing. It's open for any rating and pairing (as long as it features Harry and is slash of course ;) ). Any questions left? Ask here

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stargate_xover is a place where you can post anything that's a crossover with either of the Stargate series. Any rating and any pairing is welcome.
Questions can be asked here

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dw_threesomes is for any and all threesomes for Doctor Who, Torchwood and the Sara Jane Adventures.
Comment here for questions.

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dw_fest is a challenge community, inspired by slashfest @ LJ with the difference that this fest is limited to Doctor Who, Torchwood and the Sarah Jane Adventures (and any other show/movie/etc related to them)
- For questions, check out this post
- Rules can be found here

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fandom_caps is an asylum where you can post and/or request screencaps for any TV show, movie, you love. We're open to all fandoms!
Go here for the rules, questions and more

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icon_help is a place to share tips about making icons, post tutorials and questions. You're also welcome to share locations(!) of resources such as screencaps, brushes and textures you like to use.

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New!

tv_icontest is a multifandom icontest. Every challenge will be centered around a different TV Show.
The first challenge is about the CSI episode "Big Middle" and entries are due on 29 August (Friday)! To enter the first round, go here
So far there are no entries and I'd really love to see some!

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morgandawn

Subject:	Vidders: Are You Going To VidUkon?
Time:	8:41 am.

A vidding convention is heading to Milton Keynes on 24th-26th October! We're talking vid shows, panels and workshops. Come for High Tea, stay for three days of fannish love and all things vidding - whether you're a vidder or a vid watcher, good times are the plan.

For more information, check out the site at VidUKon.co.uk or take a look at

vidukon, where they're currently finalizing their schedule.

and if you cannot attend, they do have supporting memberships that will get you a copy of the convention DVD.

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poisontaster

Subject:	Sing Remix to Open Your Heart
Time:	1:30 am.
Mood:	thoughtful.

Every time I do a remix, I am immediately possessed by the desire to write about it. Not the story itself, so much, as the process of remixing, the idea of it, the different ways and means of going about it. And each time I get bogged down in the nearly infinite ways there are to go about a remix and the relative hopelessness of codifying what a remix is and what it's not. More and more, I think it's something you have to almost get at an instinctive level, rather than anything that can be taught. And it's complicated by the fact that what a remix is (or is not) depends largely on what baggage you bring into it.

I'm really not happy with the story I wrote for

kamikazeremix and I'm going to try to talk about why—and about remixing in general—without getting into too many specifics that will give me away.

( This is my writing chakra. )

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morgandawn

Subject:	Well Done Hillary!
Time:	11:41 pm.

We need leaders once again who can tap into that special blend of American confidence and optimism that has enabled generations before us to meet our toughest challenges, leaders who can help us show ourselves and the world that with our ingenuity, creativity, and innovative spirit, there are no limits to what is possible in America......

John McCain says the economy is fundamentally sound. John McCain doesn't think that 47 million people without health insurance is a crisis. John McCain wants to privatize Social Security. And in 2008, he still thinks it's okay when women don't earn equal pay for equal work," Clinton said.

With an agenda like that, it makes sense that George Bush and John McCain will be together next week in the Twin Cities. Because these days they're awfully hard to tell apart......

I’m a United States senator because, in 1848, a group of courageous women, and a few brave men, gathered in Seneca Falls, New York, many traveling for days and nights to participate in the first convention on women’s rights in our history. And so dawned a struggle for the right to vote that would last 72 years, handed down by mother to daughter to granddaughter, and a few sons and grandsons along the way.

These women and men looked into their daughters’ eyes and imagined a fairer and freer world and found the strength to fight, to rally, to picket, to endure ridicule and harassment, and brave violence and jail.

And after so many decades, 88 years ago on this very day, the 19th Amendment, giving women the right to vote, became enshrined in our Constitution.

My mother was born before women could vote. My daughter got to vote for her mother for president. This is the story of America, of women and men who defy the odds and never give up.

So how do we give this country back to them? By following the example of a brave New Yorker, a woman who risked her lives to bring slaves to freedom along the Underground Railroad.

On that path to freedom, Harriet Tubman had one piece of advice: “If you hear the dogs, keep going. If you see the torches in the woods, keep going. If there’s shouting after you, keep going. Don’t ever stop. Keep going. If you want a taste of freedom, keep going.”

And even in the darkest moments, that is what Americans have done. We have found the faith to keep going.....In America, you always keep going. We’re Americans. We’re not big on quitting."

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the_willow

Subject:	Evolution & Extinction
Time:	2:36 am.

Every day species of plants and animals go extinct. It really used to bother me but it doesn't anymore, my perspective has changed. I still believe that if humanity wants to remain on a planet that isn't hostile to them, that there needs to be homeostasis. But the more I watch nature programs (which I know aren't books/papers/journal articles and may have been edited with bias), the more I feel as if the earth is constantly evolving, even if the pace has previously been too slow for humans to much notice - therefore there will always be some animal or plant that can no longer exist. Maybe I've made peace with the concept of evolution as not just something that happened waaaaaaaay back in the day, but as something that's continuously happening. Human beings just happen to be one of the largest, most active and wide spread catalysts in this continued change.

That said, however, what I do have a problem with, is not the realization that as humanity acts more and more callous to their affects on their environment; said environment adapts in sharp and large patterns; This is a behavior that will rectify itself when humanity is discomforted enough by the surroundings. What really upsets me is when things disappear because humanity either a) determines to wipe them out on purpose, ala Haiti's black pigs or b) humanity over farms a resource, like salmon and then ends up trying to set up actual husbandry (farms) to compensate but such farms use up resources and the best solution would have been to simply stop gathering the fish (or other product) for a time.

I can't even blame America for this, as the whole Western World seems to have forgotten the concept of doing without. No matter who the role models or forebearers in the practice might be the result is the same; things out of season, meddling with nature and fear based reactions that end up wiping out species that had otherwise managed to survive. I include in the fear based reactions, the loss of China's Yellow River Dolphin.

Oddly enough these are the things that come to my mind when I first wake up.

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mirabile_dictu

Subject:	PEDTM: day twenty-six: a/c
Time:	9:35 pm.

Yes, today's happy is something ecologically unsound and economically unwise: air conditioning. It's hot again here, in the upper 90s, and I surely don't do well in heat. But my office has a/c, my car has a/c, and my bedroom has a/c, so I can manage. Better yet is the natural air conditioning of the fog, but it's pushed out to sea for a bit and not expected to move very far inland until the weekend. Till then, I'll go against my better instincts and turn on the air conditioning.

Wikipedia has an interesting little history of air conditioning. I say: bless you, Mr. Carrier!

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icarusancalion

Subject:	Oh, holy fuck, I just got my grades for the Hindi intensive.
Time:	9:46 pm.
Mood:	utterly floored.
Music:	Amon Tobin - Get Your Snack On.

I just got my grades for the Hindi intensive.

My jaw is on the floor.

HINDI 311 - ELEMENTARY HINDI: 3.2
HINDI 312 - ELEMENTARY HINDI: 3.2
HINDI 313 - ELEMENTARY HINDI: 3.2

I can't believe it. What the--?

What?

I sucked. I sucked royale. I sucked so bad, I just threw up my hands and took a random stab at parts of the final. Roughly half my assignments were late and knocked down a point each. I never did my final presentation.

What the hell-?

wildernessguru: "They must like you."
Icarus: "I can't believe it."

wildernessguru *laughs*: "Whose dick did you suck?"
Icarus: "This... I'll take it. But Jesus. How?"

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musesfool

Subject:	fic: Paul Newman and a Ride Home (Supernatural; Dean; gen)
Time:	11:31 pm.
Mood:	anxious.
Music:	Mets v. Phillies in extra innings.

Paul Newman and a Ride Home
Supernatural; Dean; g; 2,365 words
Five books Dean Winchester has read more than once.

Thanks to

amberlynne for looking it over.

( A book reads the better which is our own, and has been so long known to us, that we know the topography of its blots, and dog's ears, and can trace the dirt in it to having read it at tea with buttered muffins. ~Charles Lamb )

~*~

Feedback is treasured and reread often.

~*~

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djinanna

Subject:	my life as dust in the wind
Time:	9:35 pm.
Mood:	wibbly.
Music:	Constantine on FX.

Random Thought #1
The movie Constantine just started on cable. No matter how often I see it or remind myself that Keeanu plays Constantine, I persist in seeing, in my mind's eye, My Perfect Casting. Which is Callum Keith Rennie. I mean, how awesome would Constantine have been if they'd just had CKR as the lead. Pretty damn awesome, that's how. Also, I'm gonna miss the end of the movie (this viewing) so's I can see the repeat of Eureka. Eureka is definitely one of my happy places.

Random Thought #2
And speaking of happy places. I find myself desperately wanting to spit in the face of every executive at MGM and SciFi. And stomp on their insteps. And ... and other things. My show!!!!! Oh, my show!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *weeps*

Not-So-Random Thought #3
If the cancellation of My Happiest Happy Place, aka My Show, aka Stargate Atlantis, were not enough to induce spitin'n'stompin' RAGE in me, then the whole demographics trope would. Because SciFI (and SF) is obviously guy stuff. And the only way women will watch is if the show is a soap opera. And the only way teenagers will watch is if it's a young'n'sexy cast doing 90210-style soap opera. And there must be a focus on characters. So let's cancel the show with the characters that viewers (whatever their age and/or gender ID) love and toss together a new show with characters we don't know and...
*R*E*T*U*R*N* *o*f* *R*A*G*E*
Life really is pain. And then the bastards cancel you. *pouts* Of course, I could end being shown up by TPTB producing another SGA-level fannish love for me. Just, I'm thinkin', it's not really all that likely, is it.

Um, yeah. More later....

~cross-posted per usual~

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morgandawn

Subject:	Due South Fan Fiction: Room Service
Time:	5:38 pm.

Posting this for my friend

murielperun

Room Service
by

murielperun
6473 words (NC-17)
(RayV/Fraser)

When Fraser and Vecchio take on a difficult undercover assignment at the
opulent mansion of a Chicago don, they know they'll be in danger of
their lives. But what about the danger from within? As Ray's hidden
talent for undercover work becomes obvious, Fraser feels more and more
isolated. Placed under stress, the delicate balance of their friendship
tilts, and their different temperaments push Ray and Benny towards a
fate they could never have imagined.

This story first appeared in the fanzine

"Hawk & Handsaw" Feb. 2004 and is still in print.

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musesfool

Subject:	i'm from, like, 2 hours in the future, so yeah
Time:	7:31 pm.
Mood:	hopeful.
Music:	i still haven't gotten No Handlebars out of my head.

I thought I would have fic to post, but I got distracted, so it is not done. Sigh. Instead, links:

1. T-Rex does genderswap. Possibly with off-screen prison sex.

b.

devildoll shares adorable scans of l'il Superman and l'il Batman.

iii. Nathan Fillion to star as a novelist who helps police FIGHT CRIME in a midseason replacement show on ABC.

... I thought I had something else, but I guess not.

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morgandawn

Subject:	Copyright: RIAA’s Anti-Piracy Trade Agreement Wishlist
Time:	4:13 pm.

remember that super sekrit copyright trade agreement I mentioned during Vividcon's Town Hall: Vidding & Visibility? We're still not getting all of the info, but look at what the RIAA is pushing for as part of their lobbying efforts behind closed doors. Not pretty. More here

-Copyright crime czars with federal level enforcement units
-ISPs to verify every audio and video file you upload - spying on you
- worldwide 'three strikes' and you're offline (forever??)- with no judicial hearing.
-hold ISPs liable for their customer's infringement - ditching the DMCA

coming soon (possibly by the end of this year). World-wide (or at least to any members of the G8 trade group)

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elfwreck

Subject:	Meme. Stolen from LJ f'list.
Time:	3:08 pm.

Your result for The Perception Personality Image Test...

NBPC - The Daydreamer

Nature, Background, Big Picture, and Color

You perceive the world with particular attention to nature. You focus on the hidden treasures of life (the background) and how that fits into the larger picture. You are also particularly drawn towards the colors around you. Because of the value you place on nature, you tend to find comfort in more subdued settings and find energy in solitude. You like to ponder ideas and imagine the many possibilities of your life without worrying about the details or specifics. You are in tune with all that is around you and understand your life as part of a larger whole. You are a down-to-earth person who enjoys going with the flow.

The Perception Personality Types:

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Take The Perception Personality Image Test at HelloQuizzy

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the_willow

Subject:	Fuck
Time:	12:47 pm.
Mood:	pissed off.

So next month, I need to remind myself to try Safeway. A friend even got me a grocery card there so I have no excuse. They didn't mess up my order 'too' badly this time from the grocery store/local store I'd been using (and had stopped using). They just got the weights wrong. So instead of 4 quarts of something, I got 4 12oz cans.

For. Real.

This is so frustrating.

I listened to Zvi about the fact that I'm likely cutting myself off from things and people who are likely to change by completely cutting out my grocery store. And I'd convinced myself they were doing better and that I should stick with them. But right now, fuck the price. What I want is GROCERIES without the hassle of having to go 'Well, I'll end up buying this and this and this during the month because they didn't have it'.

I can't believe they didn't give me all I wanted on my mango nectar and pulp. I was counting on this for my breakfasts. Now I'm gonna have to see about either another delivery, or going to the local place to the new apt and figuring out how to catch a cab or if I can handle being tired and carrying things in a bag.

Fuck damn these people are totally useless. Dented cans. Forgetting Meat. Wrong amounts of food. Forgetting fruit. Just wrong orders all the damn time. And totally incapable of figuring out something as simple as 'If there's not enough of this product, feel free to substitute with this other product'.

ETA: So they call me back to address my complaint and offer to run me out the 4 quarts I need, no delivery charge. Only the need my credit card. But the driver will be right back! So like a dope, I give it. It's been two hours. I'm exhausted. I want to crash. So far, no fucking delivery person. So much for admitting it was their mistake ,refunding what they did send me and getting me what I need near immediately.

ETA: 4pm, got my mango nectar - after a second phonecall. But just realized I got the wrong granola Almond instead of Pecan. Can you take unopened packages back to a different grocery store?

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morgandawn

Subject:	Life: this feels like a lot more than paper cuts
Time:	9:12 am.

our oldest cat Cyrano is ill - he suddenly developed bloody diarrhea. Our vet put him on steroids last week because he had inflammatory bowel disease (he was holding steady but not gaining weight) and now after one week this.....

xlorp is taking him to the vet this morning.

The blood etc started while

xlorp was at his doctor's yesterday afternoon - so when the vet asked us to bring Cyrano to the hospital I couldn't reach him (plus the vet called 30 min before they closed expecting me to round up a sick cat that I cannot lift and drive to their hospital in rush hour traffic). And while

xlorp was getting poked and prodded, I was cleaning up blood and stuff *and* dealing with a washing machine that overflowed and flooded the garage *and* a cat who kept trying to tell me loudly that something was *very very wrong* but I couldn't figure out what so I clearly fail as a Pet-Owned Human because I never mastered Meow Speak! When

xlorp finally got home (after being at the doctors for 3 hrs), he found his own personalized gift: his co-worker had left for the evening without completing work, so he had to stay up until 1am.

the_willow

Subject:	Strange Days ... Everywhere
Time:	8:26 am.

Note to self: Staying up late with

fickle cause it was supposed to be her last night in the US, doesn't really help me regulate my sleeping patterns all that well. Luckily I don't have therapy this week, so I only have to leave the house to return some library books by Friday.

Anyway, another odd thought. I posted on my twitter:

Is it just me or have mocking entertainment venues (Cracked.com, DailyShow) become informative while real news goes drunk circus agenda?

07:19 PM August 18, 2008 from web

And now I'm staring at a youtube video on Jon Stewart confronting the Crossfire hosts. And they're getting on his cace for not having asked John Kerry real questions on his show. His show the comedy show. So apparently in 2005 even the supposed to be real news sources were admitting that Jon Stewart's Daily Show was more newsworthy than well, they themselves?

Then there's this quote from when CNN and Tucker Carlson parted ways:

"CNN is a different animal," Mr. Klein said. "We report the news. Fox talks about the news. They're very good at what they do and we're very good at what we do."

And I don't even know how true that was in 2005 or now. It doesn't feel true.

Why has the world gone so crazy? Why does it seem as if not to be burned out by news I probably should watch more Daily Show and Colbert Report so that I'm at least informed while taking a break from having to filter so much when watching self-proclaimed 'Real News Sources'.

I feel as if news has become infotainment - with very, very, little info indeed.

And oddly enough places of entertainment have become edutainment - where I learn and laugh. It's all very strange.

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the_lj_refuge

Subject:	x-posted to where_is_lj
Posted by:	piano_sonata.
Time:	7:31 am.

It's about 7:30am (EST) and apparently LiveJournal's been down for about 5 hours so far?

No update on status.livejournal.org, which was last updated 4:44 am GMT (Tuesday, July 15).

Why did LJ die? :(

edit: LiveJournal never finishes loading, and nothing will display. On my status bar, it just shows that it's stuck on "Transferring data from p-stat.livejournal.com..."

I'm using Firefox v2 (Windows XP), and I'm in the states. It also won't load in IE.

I wonder why no one's said anything in so many hours...

edit x2: ~10:40am EST, LJ seems to be back up again. That was a lot of hours of downtime!

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where_is_lj

Subject:	down for a while
Posted by:	piano_sonata.
Time:	7:25 am.

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the_willow

Subject:	Computer Alert
Time:	5:00 am.

If you use Gmail, read this.

I've been forgetting the difference between my lj flist and my iJay flist. I saw this via my iJay flist but only mentioned it to one or two individuals. But it's actually important enough that I just can't count on everyone I know reading Elke So please check this out and take the two minutes to check a little box in gmail.

Some jerkwad's releasing a hacking tool to hijack gmail cookies and setting your account to ALWAYS secure login - https will save hassle in the longrun.

Oh! And make sure you do it for ALL your gmail accounts. I know that's tripped me up, turns out I had one already set that way, but others not.

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morgandawn

Subject:	Due South Fic: Topsy-Turvy
Time:	10:51 pm.

I am posting this for my friend

murielperun

Topsy-Turvy
by

murielperun
6473 words (NC-17)
(RayV/Fraser)

It seems to be an ordinary night, with Vecchio and Fraser sitting around
eating pizza and watching TV. But the pair have just lived through the
trauma of Victoria and gunshot wounds, and something seems to be
bothering Fraser. When Ray tries to get Benny to talk about it, he
finds out just how much trouble leftover pizza can cause.

This story first appeared in the fanzine

"Hawk & Handsaw" Feb. 2004 and is still in print.

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