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27th August, 2008. 10:50 pm. Once Again, Posting Tired

I've been working my ass off today with the baking. Maybe my hourly rate isn't that great, but it's hand work and I don't have to deal with idiots. And people really love the product.

4 loaves poppy seed bread
2 loaves plain banana bread
2 loaves banana bread with walnuts
3 loaves banana bread with walnuts and chocolate chips

All sliced and wrapped and labeled. *whew*

Tomorrow morning I'll make the chocolate chip cookies--one batch with walnuts and one batch without. Since I didn't get around to making the labels, I'll have to come up with temporary ones. I might just go with the male and female symbols. I hope to get out there between 10 and 11 am.

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gerisullivan

27th August, 2008. 8:35 pm. SMOTHRA, Mothra

This co-founder of the Secret Masters of Toad Hall, Research Associates swoops in to announce that the Godzilla Personality Test revealed her secret monster identity: ( Mothra! )

Now it's back to the salt mines for me....

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daystreet

27th August, 2008. 8:25 pm. Testing My Senses

I occasionally think that I have a sense of how the American public will go. I occasionally think this. It's easy to do: just tell yourself that you knew it along when something unexpected happens. Human vanity and faulty memory being two of my many gifts... I eventually do have to wonder how accurate my sense of how the American public will go really is.

So I'm going to say what my sense is, right now, in public, so I can't go back later and readjust the facts to fit the needs of my fragile ego.

I think that despite its faults as cataloged by many, the Obama campaign actually has a pretty good idea of what it is doing. I think it is one of the most intelligently and professionally run campaigns I've seen in a very long time. I think many of its "faults" should be chalked up to a Drama Queen Media and a bunch of hysterics on the left.

And so I believe Obama will win in November. That is my prediction. More than that, I am going to predict that it will be a "comfortable blow-out". That is to say, I believe Obama will beat McCain in the popular vote by 6%. That would be a pretty big electoral college win, of course, but I'm not going to go there. I don't have the brains for that. And I'm not going to figure in the minor party candidates.

But, essentially, Obama will beat McCain by 6%. I gar-on-tee it. All this talk of a close election once we get to November is hooey.

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daystreet

27th August, 2008. 7:10 pm. It Was An Inspiring Thing To Watch

Senator Barack Obama nominated by acclamation of the convention to be the Democratic Party's candidate for President of the United States. Brilliantly stage-managed by the Clinton and Obama wings of the party.

I know I'm kind of a cornball, but it stirred my heart. I never... I never thought I would live to see such a thing...

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redbird

27th August, 2008. 7:10 pm. Will be offline for a few days

Expect me to be offline from tomorrow through late Monday or Tuesday. I might check email at some point (or not, given that

cattitude new, small computer is not behaving), but almost certainly won't be looking at LJ or other web sites. Mom,

roadnotes,

adrian_turtle, if you urgently need us, Cattitude will be taking his cell phone with him. [I won't be taking mine, as the network it's on is US-only.]

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james_nicoll

27th August, 2008. 6:53 pm. Stop dying, people!

Del Martin dies almost two and a half months after marrying her lifelong partner Phyllis Lyon.

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supergee

27th August, 2008. 5:30 pm.

RIP Del Martin, who finally got to marry the woman she loved after 50 years together. I'm glad she made it to the dawn of a saner age.

Thanx to many.

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supergee

27th August, 2008. 4:24 pm. And that's what I want: recognition

Benjamin Nugent (American Nerd) understands me:

I believe there are two main categories of nerds: one type, disproportionately male, is intellectual in ways that strike people as machinelike, and socially awkward in ways that strike people as machinelike. These nerds are people who remind others, sometimes pleasantly, of machines.

They tend to remind people of machines by:

1. Being passionate about some technically sophisticated activity that doesn't revolve around emotional confrontation, physical confrontation, sex, food, or beauty (most activities that excite passion in non-nerds-basketball, violin, sex, surfing, acting, knitting, interior decorating, wine tasting, etc.-are built around one of these subjects).

2. Speaking in language unusually similar to written Standard English.

3. Seeking to avoid physical and emotional confrontation.

4. Favoring logic and rational communication over nonverbal, nonrational forms of communication or thoughts that don't involve reason.

5. Working with, playing with, and enjoying machines more than most people do.

The other kind is those who are forced into nerdery by their alleged peer group. And also:

Meaning what you say, and wanting other people to mean what they say, to stop alluding, implying, and teasing and get down to the point...Nerds in general rally under this banner

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james_nicoll

27th August, 2008. 4:20 pm. The Con Anti-Harassment Project

The Con Anti-Harassment Project is a grass-roots campaign designed to help make conventions safer for everyone. Our aims are to encourage fandom, geek community and other non-business conventions to establish, articulate and act upon anti-harassment policies, especially sexual harassment policies, and to encourage mutual respect among con-goers, guests and staff.

The CAHP FAQ

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dsgood

27th August, 2008. 3:02 pm.

Happy Birthday, txtriffidranch!!

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