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Friday, July 17th, 2009
8:10 pm	Earache I hates it, precious. Hates, I say. Why are you in my ear, water? I'm sure you've got better places to be. Seriously. There is little I hate more than an earache. Illinois Nazis, for one. Truck drivers who think every lane is their lane and try to smoosh my tiny car into the guardrail - about at the same level as earache. Both feel like they're trying to kill me. Also - Ninjas. Ro out. (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, February 12th, 2009
6:26 pm	Sarah Jane! Your result for The Doctor Who Companion Test... Sarah Jane You are Sarah Jane. You are clever without being arrogant, adventurous without being impatient, and resourceful while still being naive enough to want to stick around with the old geezer. If The Doctor had favorites, you'd be it. Actually, he does have favorites - and you're it. You and The Doctor have formed a fast companionship. You've far outlasted most of his other companions, though The Doctor would probably never admit it. Still, though, you could do without some of The Doctor's stand-offish-ness and the roughness of constantly fighting monsters. Maybe one of these days, you can put that journalism degree to use, and start having adventures of your own... Take The Doctor Who Companion Test at HelloQuizzy (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, December 12th, 2008
11:19 am	Cap'n jack ftw Which Torchwood Character Are You? Your Result: Captain Jack Harkness   You most resemble the team's outrageous, mysterious leader. Cheeky, sexy, and charming, people are drawn to your charisma, but at the same time you tend to keep your relationships superficial. You aren't afraid of your emotions and tend to just let them out, but you are afraid of truly connecting with those around you. Gwen Cooper   Owen Harper   Toshiko Sato   Ianto Jones   Which Torchwood Character Are You? Quiz Created on GoToQuiz Secretly, I wanted to be Owen. *sniff* (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, November 26th, 2008
8:36 pm	Atheist Rantings (again) ( Read more... ) (Comment on this)
Tuesday, November 18th, 2008
9:40 am	Meme from Matt 1. My uncle once: insisted my friend Mark take a can of beans with him. So did an aunt, on a separate visit on the same roadtrip. (Did I mention that Mark is hispanic?) 2. Never in my life: drank coffee. I've eaten a coffee bean. At the store, when I was young and wee. 3. When I was five: my kindergarden teacher hated me. I could already read and write and fingerpaint. 4. High school was: a long time ago. Don't remember most of the people I knew then. 5. I will never forget: the long shortcuts we made as kids. And the attempt at a raft, and collecting cicada shells. 6. Once I met: Weird Al. And a bunch of other people at conventions. Anthony Daniels. Mira Furlan. Billy Mumy. The cast of Firefly. Gabe and Tycho. 7. There’s this girl I know: who played basketball - and does every meme I throw up on lj. 8. Once, at a bar: I ate super pretzels. Then I ordered them every time thereafter. Yay super pretzels. 9. By noon, I’m usually: awake. don't ask for more from me. 10. Last night: I did laundry, studied, and read a book. 11. If only I had: photographic memory. that'd be hella sweet. 12. Next time I go to church: it will be for a funeral or baptism or Jaden's first communion 13. What worries me most: the bar exam. it's evil. I swear. 14. When I turn my head left I see: co-worker 15. When I turn my head right I see: files. 16. You know I’m lying when: I suck at lying. Best I do is avoid the question you're asking and answer a different one. 17. What I miss most about the Eighties is: pretending to be Scooby-Doo and Shaggy with my brother. 18. If I were a character in Shakespeare I’d be: Puck. Everyone loves a trickster. 19. I have a hard time understanding: Fred Phelps and his band of miscreants. 20. If I ever go back to school: I will get an LLM and SJD, or PhD. (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, November 17th, 2008
10:00 am	The Atheist Speaketh Annoyed in the direction of people who feel the need to justify their hatred of people with the bible. Sneering from me at people who think "traditional marriage" needs to be saved from the people who don't subscribe to their particular brand of crazy. Step away from the quoting of an "ancient" text. Try rational thought for once. I know it's scary for you to parse together a thought without the directives of your imaginary sky-fairy - but it gets easier with practice. Cherry-picked quotes from the bible have been used to justify whatever nonsense the quote-slinger wished to prop up since the book was in existence. In that collection of fairytales - Noah got drunk. And, in his inebriated state, flailed about naked. In the story, two of his kids thought it was a good idea to cover the naked-oldster and not look at his wang. The third, however, thought it was hillarious, and laughed. Noah-the-drunk didn’t curse the naked-dad-seeing-Ham, but rather Ham’s youngest kidlet Canaan, and all of his decendents forever. Genesis 9:24-27 “Noah awoke from his drunkenness and knew what his youngest son had done to him, and he said, ‘Cursed be Canaan! He shall be his brothers’ lowest slave.’ He went on, ‘Blessed of Yahweh my God be Shem, and let Canaan be his slave! May God enlarge Japheth. May he dwell in the tents of Shem, and let Canaan be his slave!’” Although this text assigns no racial characteristics to Ham - the Abrahamic religions decided that Ham and Ham’s kidlets were of African descent, and the “blackness” of their sin translated to the darkness of their skin. Thus, the justification of slavery and anti-miscegenation laws. “The bible says so,” they cried. With a great deal of struggle - slavery and anti-miscegenation were rejected as the stupidity they are. Hopefully the idiots shouting that, “God says so! Leviticus! Leviticus,” will be ignored this time around as they should be. If they aren't ignored - I'll be here, shouting louder, demanding equal rights and equal protection for everyone. I'll be shouting that the tyranny of the majority can't vote away the rights of everyone who isn't drinking the same Koolaid they are. I'm still looking at you California. And Arkansas. And every other community that says their small god and their way of life should be the only one and everyone else must fall in line. Or else. Right then - back to studying for the bar exam. (7 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, November 5th, 2008
8:37 am	Tim Russert, we missed you last night. 76 days from now, Obama takes the White House, and the scary direction this country had been headed for too long is shifted to one a little less fraught with peril. I also hear there is a new puppy involved. But - the laurel-resters among us have to recognize that, just because we've elected a person who is probably a decent human being (as far as politicians go), that doesn't mean that everything that is broken here in this country is automatically fixed. In fact - more stuff in the US got broken with yesterday's voting. I'm looking at you Arkansas and California. Equal rights don't mean anything until everyone has them. I blame you for maiming the little happy bird of optimism circling about my head. Congrats to Obama and the other peeps who won. The glass is still half-empty, and I'd like to buy another round for us all. So much work left to do to make this a country I'm proud of. (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
2:04 pm	I voted, yo. At 7am with my nephew. Then, we went to the museum. (Comment on this)
Tuesday, October 7th, 2008
11:49 am	October My favorite month. I wish I'd been born in the fall. Near Halloween, the best of the holidays. October is about the crunching of leaves. The dance of things dead and dying. Cold rain. And corn mazes. Haunted houses. Masks and monsters. Happy October, you lot. (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
9:29 am	What. The. Fuck? "When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in a flag and carrying a cross." Sinclair Lewis, 1935 ( Read more... ) (6 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, September 26th, 2008
2:44 pm	The Controversial survey, courtesy of Angie ( Read more... ) (6 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, September 19th, 2008
12:42 pm	Care of Scotty. High-larious. I could survive for 1 minute, 16 seconds chained to a bunk bed with a velociraptor (2 Comments |Comment on this)
11:04 am	I watched FOX news. Shame on me. http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2008/09/05/f-vp-mallick.html#articlecomments I watch all of the major news networks here in the US, as well as read up on the haps on BBC, Pravda, CBC, the Economist, and pretty much anything else that interests me. I used to be of the philosophy that the news was depressing and shunned it like a model avoids anything resembling food. Now I have a voracious appetite for burritos. And news. This morning, it was Fox. The news chica was decrying the poison pen of a Canadian reporter, so I felt compelled to read it. Especially when the Canadian dude she was interviewing didn't share her 'outrage'(tm) on the opinion piece. I admit it. I'm a dirty liberal elitist. I don't automatically buy everything that falls out of McCain's mouth. I haven't proclaimed Palin the patron saint of people with vaginas. I know that Spain is in Europe, not South America. I find it hypocritical to be gung-ho about your military record and then tell other people who've been tortured (our military, in Iraq back in 1991) that they can't sue the government because they'd rather rebuild the oil fields in Iraq than pay people who've been seriously fucked up by Saddam's regime. I think being hawkish and pro-attack everyone who doesn't agree with you on the planet makes the planet a more dangerous place. Ignore me, though - I'm a liberal. I think human rights are important. I think that personal responsibility is important. I think safeguarding the environment is important. I think basic human needs being satisfied is more important than the richest one percent getting even richer. I think your neighborhoods are safer when you actually know your neighbors. I think building communities is important. I think living in a society that any attack against a female (Republican) candidate is automatically labelled as "sexist" (when it wasn't sexist against Hillary) is insane. So, I'd like to add - Yay Canada. Yay Pravda. Yay for saying uttering the words "white trash" and "guttersnipe." Thanks for not having "deference" for Palin. While I don't necessarily agree with your pundits on every word uttered - I applaud your loudness in saying them. "Respectful submission or yielding to the judgment, opinion, will, etc., of another" isn't something I have for any politician. Beltway outsider or no. Politicians - if they can't stand the scrutiny of press - should probably take their toys and go home. Because the job of president is hard. The job of being the presidential family is hard, too. Just ask Chelsea Clinton - who has weathered far harsher criticism from the press than the Palin bundles of joy - and, with greater dignity (at least in my elitist opinion.) Regarding my link up top - that's the article so offending to Fox. Watch the Fox interview while you're at it. Read a lot. Choose a candidate that has stances on issues that you agree with more often than not. Really analyze this stuff. And, after you vote - which is important - continue with doing the important stuff. Volunteer in your community. Pick up trash. Recycle. Drive less, ride your bike more. Read to your kids. Talk like a pirate. Yar. Rock on with your bad selves. (15 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, September 17th, 2008
4:50 pm	Birthday Greetings! In case you were unaware - it is the birthday of Brandi o' awesomeness today. Just giving a shout out to her over the interwebs before I head home today. Happy birthday! (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, September 15th, 2008
8:44 am	IKE! Our school system - completely shut down for the day. Tree limbs down like crazy. Nearly every light in the city was out in the aftermath. Might I note: hella awesome. I love violent storms. 80 mph winds are pretty much the coolest thing ever. I read a book by candlelight yesterday - which is bad for the eyes - but oh so freaking cool. Little outdoor kitty weathered the storm fine and was begging for food again last night. Oh Scurvy-cat. Doubt the interwebs will be happy at home for a while. So I took a drive in the great quest for a candle. It's eerie in town with all the lights out. Like Christmas Eve used to be. Like the world was asleep. Figured that Frederica St. would be the first thing operational afterward. It was. Apparently CVS never lost power, nor did Rally's. Candle secured, as well as a soda of tastiness. Poor CVS girl was working alone with a line like 20 people long. Did not envy her. In closing, IKE! (6 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, September 12th, 2008
1:30 pm	1. Comment on this post. 2. I will give you a letter. 3. Think of 5 fictional characters and post their names and your comments on these characters in your LJ. 1. Locke Lamora - of course, this isn't his name - just the moniker the character has adopted. Much love for this Gentleman Bastard. "The Lies of Locke Lamora" - read it, if you haven't. 2. Lennier in Babylon 5 - I mean - who didn't love the plucky sidekick sorts more than their ambassadors? 3. Longbottom, as in Neville. Of Harry Potter fame. Always liked the scrappy underdog who never got the attention of Harry, but had a history as heinous. 4. Lex Luthor - Superman - the heinously powerful man of steel's big baddie of a villain - and human, at that. 5. Loki - not the comic version - but just the general trickster sort from mythology. Who doesn't love a trickster? I mean, besides Thor and all that lot... (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, September 8th, 2008
8:05 am	For Matt - meme Choose a singer/band/group - Answer the following questions using only titles of songs by that singer/band/group I chose Paul Simon 1. Are you male or female? "You Can Call Me Al" 2. Describe yourself. "Hurricane Eye" 3. What do people feel when they're around you? "Paranoia Blues" 4. How would you describe your previous relationship? "50 Ways To Leave Your Lover" 5. Describe your current relationship. "Learn How To Fall" 6. Where would you want to be now? "Train In The Distance" 7. How do you feel about love? "Have a Good Time" 8. What's your life like? "Still Crazy After All These Years" 9. What would you ask for if you had only one wish? "Crazy Love, Vol. II" 10. Say something wise. "Everything Put Together Falls Apart" (Comment on this)
Thursday, September 4th, 2008
1:18 am	Politics - Yay! More political writings for your viewing perusal at http://cointoss08.blogspot.com/. All the cool kids are going. Please drop a comment or two combing through. Ro (Comment on this)
Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008
8:04 pm	Call it in the air! Suppose two candidates receive an equal number of votes for a position. Who decides which candidate wins? Athens County Democratic nominee for County Commissioner, Jim Pancake, has a brass dollar with a correctly-called heads to thank. If he had uttered tails, right now Charlie Adkins would be going toe to toe with the Republican nominee instead. This is by no means the only race decided by lots, nor the most bizarre. The weird is brought to you courtesy of Alaska, where a dead woman won her election by coin flip. Dona Highstone choose tails, and her almost-victory was handed to a corpse whose seat was filled by the remaining school board members. Alaskan statutes allows for this result, codified in AS 15.20.530, which reads: "If after a recount and appeal two or more candidates tie in having the highest number of votes for the same office, the director shall notify the candidates who are tied. The director shall notify the candidates of a reasonably suitable time and place to determine the successful candidate by lot. After the determination has been made by lot, the director shall so certify." San Jose school district Berryessa had a similar kerfluffle with the filling of Kansen Chu's empty seat. Chu left for bigger and better things at the city council, and his warm-seat was hotly contested by 17 candidates, whittled down to five, and further pared down to two: Alkesh Desai and David Neighbors. What is being labeled the $478, 600 coin toss (the amount of money taxpayers would shell out for a special election) gave the victory (for the moment) to Desai. Neighbors isn't contesting the toss, or the necessity of it. Rather, a petition championed by Dale Warner and Diane Kruger is calling for the new election. These cases beg the question - in a democracy, what is the acceptable price of the will of the people versus the will of a coin toss and expediency? Well, Jimmy Carter tells me that our girl democracy is "always changing, infinite in its variety, sometimes turbulent and all the more valuable for having been tested for adversity." So - is the variety where the arbitrary will of the coin determines the fate of an election contest a democracy we want to have? Call it in the air. Who should win- Obama or McCain? (posted also in http://cointoss08.blogspot.com/) (2 Comments |Comment on this)
9:28 am	My friend Brandi and I are writing a political blog about the elections for the next six weeks. If you have a piece you would like to submit - please email me at diagorasofmelos@gmail.com. This week's topic is the Energy platform - but, if you have something to add about the VP choices of the candidates - or anything else - don't hesitate to toss your two (or greater for inflation) cents in. Ro (3 Comments |Comment on this)