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12:28 am
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Grim Fandango
I'm watching The Corpse Bride, which is reminding me in a lot of ways of Grim Fandango. So now I want to install it again - but I can't find it. There's a conspicious gap where the CD's should be.
Did I lend that to somebody and then forget?
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12:31 pm
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I finally have a cell phone again
I've finally gotten through the run around and gotten my personal cell number forwarded to my Blackberry. So you can call it again. Apparently you can't forward SMS, though, so don't text me - email instead.
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12:37 am
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RIM acquires Torch Mobile
Oh, yeah, I guess I should mention I work for RIM now.
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09:25 pm
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Health Care
Dear Americans (or friends of Americans):
Please this link to everyone you know who's trying to make up their mind on whether to support health care.
Thanks.
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11:59 pm
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A very brief WorldCon
I'm not much of a convention person - I always feel that everyone else there is continuing a conversation they left off at the last convention, and I'm coming in in the middle. But it would be a shame to miss WorldCon entirely, since it's so close.
Fortunately, I also have no budget at the moment, what with Amanda having to pay tuition this fall. And WorldCon has a nice "taster's membership" - admittance is only $20 if you stay for 3 hours or less. So, it looks like I'm going to WorldCon for 3 hours!
Which makes choosing the right 3 hours kind of important. Does anyone have any particular suggestions of things they're going to that I could tag along to? EDIT: preferably on Saturday or Sunday. (The 3 hours has to both start and end when the registration tables are open, so I can return the badge and get my deposit back, so no night-time activities. I'm not entirely sure exactly when the tables open and close, actually.)
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07:48 pm
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No phone
Accidentally took my phone on the water rafting ride at Great Adventure, and now it doesn't work so good. So if you need to call me, just email for now.
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01:29 pm
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Obama says the right thing
From Reuters:
"America supports now the restoration of the democratically elected president of Honduras, even though he has strongly opposed American policies," Obama said.
"We do so not because we agree with him. We do so because we respect the universal principle that people should choose their own leaders, whether they are leaders we agree with or not," he said in a speech in Russia.
I can't believe we live in a world where there was any DOUBT that the President would take such a stance, but there was, and I'm glad it's gone.
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11:30 pm
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There oughta be a law
I think there should be a law that if the government runs commercials demonizing its opposition, it automatically triggers an election. Because clearly they're campaigning already.
I'm gonna keep hammering on this every time I see one of those damn commercials.
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11:15 pm
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What's with all these ads?
So, are we having an election campaign or something? When's the election date?
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08:20 pm
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Health Care
Here's one of the many arguments in the case against private health insurance.
And, for good measure, here's one of the arguments for it.
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11:56 pm
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Scrabble
Oh, hey, look at that - it's Scrabble time again!
This Sunday, the 22nd, at 3:00 at Casa del Popolo.
Beginners and experts welcome!
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11:12 am
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Edward Gorey writes about sex
http://community.livejournal.com/found_objects/3699822.html
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07:01 pm
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No down time
I just watched a syndicated episode of Law & Order. At the end they did that annoying thing where they split the screen in half and ran the closing credits all squeezed over in one half and something else in the other. Except instead of a preview, the other half of the screen was running the opening DOINK DOINK voiceover of the next Law & Order episode.
Truly, America is the land of plenty.
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02:13 pm
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Raoul Jobs to take over as CEO of Apple
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20081217/bs_nf/63614
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12:30 pm
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FUCK
Bob Rae just dropped out of the Liberal leadership race. So Ignatieff is the only candidate left, and he's almost certain to be the next Liberal leader.
That means:
- the coalition is dead
- neocon as the PM, neocon as Leader of the Opposition
- Harper's little stunt worked
We are SO FUCKED.
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10:21 am
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Response to a post that doesn't allow comments
[url=http://alumnit.ca/~apenwarr/log/?m=200812#04]Reply to Avery[/url]:
That would be true if it was only legislation that mattered, but there's also the matter of who gets to fill cabinet posts and do all the procedural stuff like cancel opposition days so the other parties can't even propose any legislation.
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03:20 pm
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Close Up Eyes
I don't know why, but this video makes me ridiculously happy.
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03:54 pm
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Breaking news: politician uses phrase "let the terrorists get away with this" correctly
http://www.thestar.com/federalelection/article/512033
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06:57 pm
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How you should vote
In this country we now have one right-wing party and three left-wing parties running (four in Quebec). That means that the Conservatives are guaranteed to win, and win big, because of vote splitting.
There are a lot of differences between the Liberals, the NDP and the Greens. For example, there's disagreement on whether a carbon tax or cap and trade system would be better for reducing pollution.
But there's no question that electing the Conservatives again won't get anything done. To that end, I recommend checking out voteforenvironment.ca - it's a very nice looking strategic voting tool to help elect whoever in your local riding will have the most impact. Yes, strategic voting sucks, but this time it's important, dammit!
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04:19 pm
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Telling Joe Biden how to do his job
I've seen lots of people giving advice to Joe Biden: "Sit back and do nothing so that people don't think you're bullying Palin; she'll tank on her own without your interference." "Attack Palin as hard as you can; you can't be complacent and assume she won't surprise everyone with a great performance." "Go slow!" "No, go fast!"
Nobody's giving the obvious advice: slow... then fast!
He should start out answering the questions put to him but not directly attacking Palin - and spend the first few questions addressing how she's doing. If she doesn't seem to be tanking as badly as hoped for, turn up the heat in the second half.
Really, it's not like they're submitting their answers beforehand. Being able to adjust on the fly is the whole point of picking a smart, experienced guy like Biden.
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