"I've found that a lot of my relationship fears vanish and my relationships become a lot stronger and more healthy when I start with certain assumptions: namely, that my partners want to be with me, that they see value in me, that when given the opportunity they will seek to make choices that honor our commitments and cherish the relationship we're in, that they are honest and can be counted on to...

Own a website? There appears to be a new social engineering attack making the rounds of registered owners of Web sites that have SSL encryption certificates . Beware of emails advising that upgrades are available from hxxp://updates.[thenameofthewebsite.com].secure.ssl-datacontrol.com/ssl/id=712571016-[email address of registered contact]-patch257675.aspx BEWARE: ATTACK IS CURRENTLY LIVE...

A Case of Morals "This started out as a brief mini-video, and somehow turned into an endless obsessive rant about the minutiae of the Polanski case. This video has no entertainment value, unless you enjoy hearing let's be clear over and over. related links on my blog " http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCpRuxb9cJA (thanks, tacit .)

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A reader reacts (well) to Green [  Powell's | Amazon | Kindle | Barnes & Noble | Borders  ] ISBW #131 - Worldcon Interviews Lake, Gilman, and Kelly, Kessel, and Cadigan — Mur Lafferty's podcast, interviewing a few of us writers who were at WorldCon. Ukrainian Sand Animation — Wow. Fascinating video. (Thanks to MH, whose LJ handle I suddenly can't remember.) Famous photos recreated...

What's in a name? Everything Intersex: Why naming matters "What is at stake when it comes to intersex clearly goes deeper than language. Intersex is about culture, human rights, and quite literally, saving lives. No matter who you talk to, the intentions on all sides of the intersex/DSD controversy are good: to end unnecessary medical treatments or to disallow discrimination based on physical variation...

Racism, Right-Wing Rage and the Politics of White Nostalgia - a really interesting insight into the racism surrounding this entire healthcare debacle. Epiphany and George Sodini - an interesting discussion about polyamory and misogyny. And lastly, from my dear mlfoley : A trailer for Agora, a film about the very interesting Hypatia of Alexandria , a brilliant female philosopher...

I saw this as an extra on Doctor Who: Attack of the Cybermen.  Prof Warwick explained that they left Morgui on overnight and in the morning when the cleaning lady came in it started following her around.  She panicked and now they have a warning on the door. University robot ruled too scary | UK news | The Guardian Source: www.Guardian.co.uk "Meet Morgui, the new robot constructed...

In deliberately pseudo-random order: * I sprained my left wrist while skating on Sunday. It's not too bad, but I've been wearing a brace on it this week and babying it some. Unfortunately that means that I've been putting off a project at work that involves a fair amount of heavy lifting, so I'll need to make up for it sometime soon. * I'm still playing the strategy game at ResistOrBeTerminated...

From tacit , by way of joreth : "If there is someone on your friends list you would like to take, strip naked with, let them tie you to a bed post, have them lick you until you scream, then fuck until both of you are senseless and unable to fuck anymore, then wait about five minutes and do it all over again, post this exact sentence in your journal." There are several people on my...