Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Book 6) What page are you on? David and I have been asking each other this question for a couple of days now. We picked up a copy of “Half Blood Prince” on a trip to Costco the other day, and have trading back and forth reading at leisure since then. Unfortunately, we’ve been losing each others’ places in the book. I was about halfway through it by yesterday, and when TiVo locked up on the latest TAR1 rerun (arrrrgh!) I gave up on televised fantasy and re-entered the familiar world of Hogwarts instead.…
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Pipe Organ Vandalized So yesterday morning I got to church early for choir practice, and we got started late because the organist ran late, and there were only two of us (Scott the Ineffable Bass and myself) so we bagged on performing an unfamiliar “party piece.” Then we noticed something odd about the metal organ pipes visible in the chest to the right of the organ console. Someone had broken off some of the smallest ones in the front rank with a flat stick. Stewart noticed a bit of tissue paper that shouldn’t have been in there, then he said…
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At last. We get to see new Stargate and Atlantis episodes, and my husband David gets to see new Battlestar Galactica episodes. It’s too bad the Shuttle Discovery didn’t launch the other day; according to the behind the scenes show SciFi.com ran the other day, there are a couple of Stargate fans up on the International Space Station. Hope the scrubbed launch doesn’t screw up their plans for throwing a geek party to watch the new eps. Ben Browder and a few other new people sign on tonight, which will make many Farscape fans very, very happy. Hee! David keeps…
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Chicago Tribune: Karl Rove Got It From Novak Okay. He’s technically off the hook, according to the way Floyd Abrams laid it out the other day on Al Franken’s AAR show. . So who gave it to Novak, and did they have security clearance, or was this the biggest open secret in Washington history since JFK snuck wimmin in and out of the White House? And why isn’t Novak in jail, or is the grand jury just trying to confirm his testimony? It’s still highly dubious that Plame’s identity was deliberately used to deflect Wilson’s criticism. By Rove, of course.…
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I was looking for some video to watch yesterday while waiting for incoming calls and checked out the CBS News site, since they’ve been touting an increased “24/7 online news” presence lately. Also, it had to be free newsvid, and I wanted to watch the 2-minutes’ silence observance on a delay, which their site made available in RAW video (not edited, full length). I picked some other videos using their handy “select for playlist” and listened idly. One choice was to watch Ground Force’s Charlie Dimmock explain how to select plants for and design a Mediterranean garden. Now, if you…
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Before Originally uploaded by GinnyRED57. Taken from a similar POV as Against Racism Against Poverty Against War
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Against Terrorism Against Racism Against War Originally uploaded by Beatnic. Original Title: Against Terrorism Against Racism Against War
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On my way in to work this morning, I saw a car whip around a turn just in front of me, then come to a screeching halt. Why? Because a large gaggle of geese was waddling slowly across the street (several breeding pairs and their progeny). Traffic backed up. People got impatient. “Honk! Honk!” said the cars. “Honk! Honk!” said the geese. It was pretty pointless, like much of the debate to come in the Senate Judiciary Committee. Somebody’s going to get mowed down eventually, once the honking stops.
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BBC NEWS | In Depth | london explosions Watching the vigil at Trafalgar Square right now. UPDATE: The speakers have been impressive, the theme is the same – diversity is strength. The variety of religious and secular leaders calling for unity is inspiring. And a really cool thing that may interest ginmar: Anthony Stewart Head seems to be the MC. Text will probably be available at the Beeb news site later. For now, I’m listening with half an ear while I get tickets issued and fix stuff that didn’t get issued yesterday, and take calls, and help people with changes…
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A vigil will be held in Trafalgar Square (that’s in London, y’all) tonight at 6pm GST, which I think works out to be about 10 or 11am my time (argh, it’s not Eastern Standard Confusing Time here, but it’s something like that). I’ll be there in spirit, and I expect there will be webcams running feeds at various news sites. Oops, gotta go to work. I’ll check in later with more information and maybe some pictures of Trafalgar to aid in visualizing a world without terrorism. Oh, to be in London in August: We Are Not Afraid – Tube Challenge…