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Jul. 10th, 2009 @ 01:48 pm Car Troubles
The engine in our Escort died. This is the only car since we had to turn the Tracker back into the bank. Plus this would be my father's birthday. The world is full of suckage today.
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Jul. 10th, 2009 @ 08:36 am The morning after
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[info]seedmoon
Jul. 10th, 2009 @ 01:02 pm Eeeeexcellent
I am currently very amused by Lily Allen's Fuck You Very Much, and the youtube video a group of kids made to go with it.  Not safe for work if the F-bomb is not appreciated there:



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Jul. 9th, 2009 @ 09:51 pm Let the healing begin
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[info]seedmoon
Jul. 9th, 2009 @ 10:09 pm Torchwood: Children of Earth - Day 4
Am in shock. 
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[info]vgnwtch
Jul. 9th, 2009 @ 01:35 pm Dental adventures day
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[info]seedmoon
Jul. 9th, 2009 @ 06:58 am Raspberries & Differentiation
This morning's meditation was about raspberries.

  1. The raspberries are ripe and I can pick and eat as many as I want. Yummy.
  2. My spouse is perfectly capable of picking his own. I do not need to feel guilty if I don't pick any for him.
  3. I can pick raspberries for my spouse as a gift of love.

That's all. Now to eat raspberries.
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Jul. 8th, 2009 @ 11:31 pm Writer's Block: Firsts
Current Location: The big chair
Current Mood: nostalgic, evidently
Current Music: myth busters

What was the subject title of your first-ever LJ entry?

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Jul. 8th, 2009 @ 09:36 pm I am writing 24-7 now
Been at it today from noon to nine. I give my first chapter to the new editor on Friday at noon.

Michael leaves with Trent for vacation on Tuesday and I have the place to myself for about 3 weeks.

I need them!

I am not going to do anything much for anyone over the next 3 weeks, and I may or may not answer email, posts, the phone, whatever.

I may be weird, or unpleasant, or unaccomodating. Please just love me and know that it has nothing to do with you. The book has to be done by the end of the month.

When I get weird I may post here, or not.

Today there were many critical voices yelling at me as I revised the last fourth of chapter 1. I told them that they were being drama queens and dismissed their power. Even though I do not expect them to go away, I will not stop for their foolishness. If they must stay, they can sit at my table, but they can't boss me around.

Love you guys!
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Jul. 8th, 2009 @ 09:34 pm Happy Birthday, [info]thicknwild!
May you enjoy the coming year and may blessings and happiness rain down on you in the most delightful way! Woo-hoo!
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Jul. 8th, 2009 @ 08:27 am So I'm starting to explore applications
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[info]seedmoon
Jul. 7th, 2009 @ 11:32 pm Pride Parade pics 2
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[info]seedmoon
Jul. 7th, 2009 @ 11:18 pm Birthday Wishes!
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Happy Birthday [info]bobmage 

Hope it is a good one!

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[info]travelingtim
Jul. 7th, 2009 @ 12:45 pm Torchwoody Pollness
Poll #1426370 My favorite Torchwood agent is....
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Who is your favorite torchwood character?

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Captain Jack Harkness
3 (37.5%)

Captain John
0 (0.0%)

Ianto
1 (12.5%)

Gwen
1 (12.5%)

Toshiko
2 (25.0%)

Dr. Owen
0 (0.0%)

Rhys
0 (0.0%)

Other (explain below)
1 (12.5%)

Explain your "Other."

Do any of these characters rub you the wrong way?

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Captain Jack
0 (0.0%)

Captain John
0 (0.0%)

Ianto
0 (0.0%)

Gwen
2 (33.3%)

Toshiko
0 (0.0%)

Dr. Owen
3 (50.0%)

Rhys
0 (0.0%)

None of them
1 (16.7%)

Explain why that character rubs you the wrong way and what you would like to do about it.

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[info]elphaba_of_oz
Jul. 7th, 2009 @ 09:49 am (no subject)
Codex Sinaiticus: the virtual edition

In fragments for centuries, one of the oldest books in the world is now available to flick through in one place – online

Even if it was not the oldest Bible text in book form, the online publication today of the Codex Sinaiticus would be an extraordinary achievement.

The book itself is well worth the extravagant description of Dr Scot McKendrick, head of western manuscripts at the British Library: that it is one of the world's greatest written treasures. There are older Biblical texts and fragments, but the codex, originally bound together rather than compiled as scrolls, may be the oldest surviving book in the world, dating back to the very earliest years of that particular new technology.

But now so sophisticated is modern technology that scholars will not only be able to read the document on their screens using a standard light setting, but also separately by a raking illumination that highlights the texture and features of the very parchment on which the 800 surviving pages of text were written.Read more... )
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Jul. 7th, 2009 @ 08:05 am For Those In The UK

The letter below was passed to me by someone who knows the family involved, and was present when the family was taken from their home.  What follows is not unusual in our chaotic, punitive asylum system:

"Dear Friend
 

At 7am on Wednesday 1st July neighbours in a Moss Side street watched in horror  as 1 year old Angela, 3year old twins Bishoy and Anastasia, 7 year old Karin, 10 year old Nardin and their parents Mum, Samah and Dad, Hany Mansour were forcibly removed from their home by a large group of police and immigration officials.

Five years earlier, the family led a prosperous and successful life in Luxor, Egypt.  After months of harassment and serious threats to the family, Mr Mansour sought help from the police.  Shortly after this he was arrested on false accusations of insulting Islam.  He was detained in solitary confinement for seventeen days and tortured. 

Having fled Luxor leaving all his possessions behind, he was then helped by the Bishop of the Christian Church he attended who gave him refuge and arranged and paid for his flight out of Egypt.  After a short period in Dover, they came to Manchester where they have settled.  The children have thrived at school and the family have formed good relationships in school, at church and the wider community. 

How then, have we arrived at a situation where the family is in detention awaiting deportation?  

After having twice been let down by law firms who despite being paid up front failed to represent the family at vital hearings, their status was downgraded from asylum seeker to illegal immigrant.  This has put them in line for immediate deportation.  The family fear for their lives if deported and Mr Mansour would almost certainly be arrested and tortured on his return. 

What can you do to help?   

  If you can help in any other way please contact us at:

mansourfamilyappeal@hotmail.com"


I would add:  Email your MP and the House of Lords, and your MEP.
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[info]vgnwtch
Jul. 6th, 2009 @ 10:34 pm About time I started posting some photos from the Pride Parade
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[info]seedmoon
Jul. 6th, 2009 @ 08:18 pm difficult day
Current Location: the big chair
Current Mood: tired
Current Music: TV in the background
Work was crazy.  Mad, crazy day.

And the Nanny software is back.  New Brand Name but  the Nanny function remains.
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[info]auntiematter
Jul. 6th, 2009 @ 02:35 pm Wonder Woman
While hurrying to catch my bus and train yesterday after class, I found myself wondering if it actually was Hot Young Butches Day in Manchester, or if it was just my overheated imagination.

I also wondered why all the HYBs were also so much shorter than me.   I am not a tall woman.
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[info]vgnwtch
Jul. 6th, 2009 @ 12:59 am You darn kids with your rock & roll music ....
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