DontMessWithMomma Originally uploaded by MathHippy. That pretty much says what it needs to say.
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Union Jack raised at State Department, Washington DC Originally uploaded by Antarctic Lemur. I may have to email this to Debbie in Washington. I don’t know if the Union Jack is being raised in place of the Stars and Stripes, or if it’s going up on a “guest of honor” type of flagpole. But if it’s the former, the alternate reality folks will get a kick out of it. I approve of the sentiment and hope these guys don’t catch any flak.
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The Flickr 7/7 Community (formerly the London Bomb Blasts group) has got some amazing images from today’s terrorist attack in London. Some are cameraphone shots, some are screenshots showing worldwide coverage, some are pictures of TV coverage from around the globe, some are just images posted in support. This one is by Marvin(PA) and includes lyrics by Peter Gabriel: Fear, Fear, she’s the mother of Violence, Don’t make any sense to watch the way she breed. Fear, she’s the mother of Violence, Making me tense to watch the way she feed. The only way you know she’s there Is the…
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I've added this to Flickr's London Bomb Blast group, along with the previous "mug shot." So many people are checking or uploading to Flickr right now that it's slowed to a crawl. I was astounded just now when I saw that the previous shot has already been viewed more than 4,000 times… I sent it at 8:30am CDT and added it to the group a short time later; it's only 11:09am now. Judas Priest! this image has already been viewed more than 1400 times. Flickr must be getting hammered. I've added a prayer request to the Holy Moly blog with…
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We’re all Londoners today. I’m taking my London Underground mug to work today just to remember the marvel that is the Tube, and to be in solidarity with the people of London. I asked my husband David if he was going to wear his beloved “Mind the Gap” T-shirt to work, but he thought that would be too flippant. I imagine things at work are going to be somewhat hairy until we figure out if we have many travelers in London – I just ran a report of all the international records we currently have yesterday, and from what I…
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The bracelets arrived yesterday – I ordered 5 from MakePovertyHistory early last week, and even with the high demand and last minute nature of the order, the Royal Mail still got them to me just as things are starting to get interesting in Edinburgh. One recent pitched battle between protesters, who sound like an unruly but well-coiffed lot, was described by The Guardian as “The Battle of the Gerania.” The paper’s Backbencher adds some amusing and/or alarming details of conditions in “Auld Reekie,” when the shops were full of people taking advantage of sales while waiting for scruffy activists and…
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Drew’s Blog-O-Rama: The Movie Blog That Other Movie Blogs Beat Up After School roars back from the undead with some hot, fresh snark on various topics. Thank God for Bloglines or I might have missed it. One interesting question raised: is Russell Crowe’s new movie tanking because people are boycotting it, or because it sucks? This seems like a good excuse to screw around with Blogpolling again. Watch for a new poll later today. I remember seeing a “quirky” news item last week where movie theaters were offering a money-back guarantee to filmgoers who see Cinderella Man and don’t come…
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BBC NEWS | Americas | US Church backs same-sex marriage The UCC (United Church of Christ) has passed a resolution in support of gay marriage. It’s a “mainline” denomination – mostly of the Congregational flavor. They’re running the well-received “God is still speaking, you’re welcome here” ads. My own national church will be running some pretty cool ads in August. Yay us! The mainline churches are starting to take that light out from under the bushel at last. But we still have to get over the general ickiness of talking to people about church stuff. I’m as guilty of this…
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I’ve been slowly getting more photos online from the recent trip to Washington State – some more Folk Life pictures are up on my Flickr site. I’ve got a lot more to add to both the gallery page and to Flickr, I hope by the end of this week.
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Oh, this is truly funny. I got a lot of fake "your computer has been compromised and is being used to send spam" emails. Why do I know they are fake? Here's a typical "alert." Dear user of midrange.com, Your email account has been used to send a huge amount of junk e-mail during this week. Obviously, your computer was compromised and now runs a trojaned proxy server. Please follow instruction in order to keep your computer safe. Sincerely yours, The midrange.com support team. Obviously, someone thinks they're being devious, because not so obviously, my husband David IS the midrange…