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![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} purpleglitter and I got legally married Saturday. We intentionally kept this under the radar and had with us the bare minimum of people required, we didn't want anything big, over the top, or stressful. We stood together on the shore of Spy Pond, under a willow tree, in the darkest corner of the garden. We could hear the fish splashing as we said our vows.I am tied to you, my favorite piece of string. The seas may boil and the mountains may fall to dust and the stars may dim and die. But to you, my favorite piece of string, I shall be tied forever. And after forever has come and gone, forever again I shall love you. | |||||||||||||||||
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Every time I bring the birds out of their cages or put them back in, I feel I've missed someone, then I realized it is Statler. I wish he was still here. | |||||||||||||||||
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depressed| Good Journey, Statler | |||||||||||||||||
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Statler died today. We didn't know the plastic vines we were using to decorate the cage had strings in the middle of them. The birds had stripped the plastic from parts of the vine and Statler got tangled and hung himself in the string. I feel so guilty. I wanted to give him a better life. | |||||||||||||||||
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By now, most have heard about the video of U.S. marine throwing puppy off a cliff in Iraq. This sort of behaviour isn't new to war. There was a Vietnam veteran in Cahill 3 with me. He told me a story that seems now eerily similar to this. The guys in his unit called the orangutans "rock apes", because they would catch rocks you threw at them and then throw the rocks back. They had fun playing catch with the orangutans until one day one of the guys in the unit decided to pull a pin out of a grenade and throw it at an orangutan . Of course the orangutan caught the grenade and was blown to pieces. That ended the fun they had with the orangutans. The difference is that they didn't have camera phones then. Should we be surprised by this sort of behaviour? These soldiers have been sent to kill people. Most humans view other animals as less than human. If they're killing people left and right, what's the odd puppy or orangutan ? Who is more evil then: the marine that killed the puppy or the politicians sent him over there to kill? | |||||||||||||||||
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I escaped from the Dungeon of Neitherday!I killed Simonelo the kobold, Aheartofstars the zombie, Mizdarkgirl the leprechaun, Sandstar the fire elemental, Goldrose the kobold, Bbarbie the floating eye, Avphibes the floating eye, Purpleglitter the mind flayer, Neitherday the mind flayer, Seeksadventure the kobold, Creepigurl the leprechaun, Angelwylde the floating eye, Oxygenfreereba the leprechaun, Elabeth the rat, Forioscribe the floating eye, Danizana the goblin, Moominmuppet the leprechaun, Foxbaby the kobold, Crazymaureen the rat, Cptnhowdy2 the dragon, Spaglet the cockatrice, Mazzycat the rat, Cappadoria the floating eye, Definatalie the leprechaun, Clintcatalyst the rat, Foxxygirltamara the arch-demon, Evanescence the minotaur, Redwitchesbrew the owlbear and Doodlescribble the floating eye. I looted the Armour of Cardinals, the Dagger of Yukimi, the Shield of Kali Ma, the Shield of Luna, a Figurine of Serizawa3000, the Amulet of Jehanna, the Armour of Ellynx, the Sword of Wind, the Sword of Laurellily, the Shield of Sunspiral, the Axe of Finding Rowan, the Dagger of Skunks, a Figurine of Tiff Seattle, the Crown of Cobweb, the Sceptre of Raccoons, the Sceptre of Modifier, the Crown of Jescapade, the Wand of Canadian Geese, the Sceptre of Joedecker, the Wand of Box3, the Shield of Andragon, the Sword of Bathofblood, the Dagger of Nightingalelily, the Sceptre of Homelessness, the Armour of Lokiswings, the Crown of Ladyofshalot, the Wand of Arrielgurl, the Axe of Loki, the Armour of Grrlgerm, the Amulet of Polyamory, the Wand of Scrying, the Crown of Terriblelynne, the Shield of Dacookiemonster, the Armour of Mermaidnchains, a Figurine of Ununnilium, a Figurine of Myenergy, the Crown of Cvisors, the Crown of Ceruleanct11 and 524 gold pieces. Score: 1324 Explore the Dungeon of Neitherday and try to beat this score,or enter your username to generate and explore your own dungeon... | |||||||||||||||||
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found via rm:
Humans are far more of a threat to the environment than swans. There are only 1,100 mute swans in Connecticut, if the human population of the state were only 1,100 the humans would still have more of an environmental impact, especially if those humans were typical modern Americans. Environmentalists wanted to kill of the cherry-headed conures in San Francisco, the monk parakeets are always under attack even though they are essentially a replacement species for the extinct Carolina parakeet. Even here in Arlington, the Friends of Spy Pond still hate the geese. The Audubon society wants to get rid of swans, well in this world nothing should surprise me anymore. Sometimes things still do, but they shouldn't. | |||||||||||||||||
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pissed off| Benazir Bhutto | |||||||||||||||||
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My heart today goes out to the Pakistani people. I hope and pray that all those responsible for the heinous crime that has been committed today will be brought to justice. Good journey, Benazir Bhutto. Good journey. | |||||||||||||||||
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shocked| Abortion Monument in Cambridge | |||||||||||||||||
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 I took this picture in the fall. I haven't posted it until now because I've been so nervous about the amount of drama potential of posting it. Fear of being shouted down and demonized for a simple picture. I'm not pro-life, just thought this shot was interesting and had turned out well — but that I am required to explain myself and my reasoning for posting a photograph says something to me about the political climate and what it says isn't good. | |||||||||||||||||
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From the The Universal Household Assistant or What Every One Should Know (1884):
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when a window shatters you can pick up the pieces and glue them back together but the cracks will still be there the window will never be the same again the window is always shattering there are so many cracks that what is behind the window can no longer be seen the cracks have become the world but what lies beyond is still there and never dies | |||||||||||||||||
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drunk| Saint Paul's Cemetery in Autumn | |||||||||||||||||
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Yeti, my parent's dog, died today. She was 15 years old. I remember her as a playful and scrappy young dog, but she hasn't been that way in a long time. She had a good doggie life and was well loved. Good journey, Yeti. | |||||||||||||||||
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From the The Universal Household Assistant or What Every One Should Know (1884):
* Teething was thought to be a common cause infant mortality in the 19th century, however most "teething deaths" were actually caused by opium poising from the opium and morphine teething infants were treated with. | |||||||||||||||||
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okay| 50 Years in Space | |||||||||||||||||
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The USSR launched Sputnik 50 years ago today, starting the space age. Poll #1065940 Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All In the next 50 years, humans will...
View Answers set foot back on Luna. set foot on Mars. set foot on another planet or moon. establish a strong civilian presence in space. establish a lunar base. establish a base on mars. establish a colony off earth. detect gravitational waves. mine an asteroid. begin terraforming Mars. be capable of interstellar travel. be capable of faster than light travel. detect extraterrestrial life. detect an earth-like planet. make contact with an extraterrestrial civilization. not advanced much father than they have already. kill themselves off. | |||||||||||||||||
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7 (35.0%)| Blackwater | |||||||||||||||||
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The information coming out about Blackwater just keeps getting worse and worse. A few weeks ago, we hear that Blackwater massacred at least 11 Iraqi civilians. Then we find out that there were 6 other Blackwater shootings this year. Then we find out that a Blackwater employee drunkenly shot and killed one of Iraqi Vice President Adel Abdul-Mahdi's bodyguards last Christmas Eve, only to be silently whisked back to the United States by the State Department — never to be held criminally responsible for the murder. Then we find out that Blackwater (not Iran) has been arming the Iraqi militias. Then we find out that there have been 195 Blackwater shootings since 2005, and in 162 of them Blackwater fired first. Blackwater has been operating above the law, not accountable to anyone — and the State Department has been complicit in their actions. The Iraqi government has asked that Blackwater leave the country, but the U.S. State Department told them that is not possible. As a result, the Iraqi government has accepted the foreign-hired mercenaries will stay and that it is powerless to do anything about them. Is that how a sovereign government behaves? Powerless to prosecute, expel, or even question foreign mercenary groups that prey on it's citizens? The Iraqi government is in not sovereign, its actions have to be approved by the United States, it is nothing more than a puppet. When Americans complain about the Iraqi government being ineffective, they are really complaining about our government's puppeteering being ineffective. | |||||||||||||||||
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