All right before the meme i have bit of an annoucement, I really like this one and would like to offer this up for all five of you that still read this. I am terrible at writing, and part of it is I don't want to ramble about crap people don't care about, so starting now please feel free to email me or message me, leave a comment etc asking me anything you want to know, and ill either reply or post...

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flwyd made a time line of the financial crisis. US Financial System: OMG! We paid way too much for all these mortgages and nobody wants to buy them from us! O noes! US Treasury Secretary: You guys are too big to fail. I'll save you! Lehman Brothers: Save us, Henry! US Treasury Secretary: Wait, not you, Lehman. Lehman Brothers: US Financial System: OMG! Did you see what just...

I stole this from flwyd because it is a reflection of LiveJournal as a whole. It is like the banking crisis as clever fan fiction. # US Financial System: OMG! We paid way too much for all these mortgages and nobody wants to buy them from us! O noes! # US Treasury Secretary: You guys are too big to fail. I'll save you! # Lehman Brothers: Save us, Henry! # US Treasury Secretary: Wait,...

"If march participation is any indication, Leonard Peltier has more support than Hillary Clinton." flwyd blogging about the protests around the Democratic National Convention.

Apparently, I just got Salmon-botted .  It was weird but harmless.  This has been going on for a while . (4:50:23 PM) PliableSalmon: I'm not sure that's any different from prostitution, but I like it anyway. (4:50:43 PM) AIM: funchords: eh? (4:51:13 PM) PliableSalmon: Relax...did you read my previous post? (4:54:12 PM) AIM:...

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Happy Birthday, flwyd !

Our second third of the California Road Trip Extravaganza has unfolded delightfully. A warming and new-found-friend-filled several days were had at M & Z's Ring Ceremony at Sea Ranch. By the time people walked in the door and gathered up their senses, I had already found out their preferred moniker, origin, relationships, and several details about their life, habits, and hobbies in order to cement...

Mendocino County: (in chronological order) Gowan's Oak Tree: berry check Scharffenberger: "champagne" check Navarro Vineyards: wine check Navarro River swimming hole: hoorayful check! The Nickies: check-check-check-check!!!! Roadhouse Cafe: stuffed check Elk Cove Inn inspection: sniffly check Elk beach: exultant check Thimbleberry/nasturtium/fennel/monkey-flower/fuchsia-berry/wild-radish/chamomile/blackberry...