random update

I did go to the Call for Change party held in my neighborhood Saturday evening. (inhumandecency attended, too.) I was my usual shy self, but I temporarily overcame my long-standing fear of telephones to call unlikely voters in Wisconsin. ( Read more... )

So, did I make a difference? I did make personal contact with a few people, and I think that's better than nothing. There were a good number of people at the party, so hopefully we collectively accomplished our overall goal. I'd like to know how many MoveOn parties there were and how many people were contacted total.

After that, I met up with dionysus1999, sarahmichigan and rikhei (as well as other people I'd not met before or with whom I'd had a fleeting acquaintance) at another Halloween party. ( Read more... )

Afterwards, I originally had plans to hit the Stilyagi party (held at hotwire7's place), but I was feeling stranger-saturated by then, so I ended up turning into a pumpkin just after 10 p.m.

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I have signed up for NaNoWriMo this year. This will be my first time doing it.

I will not be sharing any of my story--not even the idea!--until the program is complete.

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Fan banned for alleged racist remarks to Mutombo

Idaho animal shelter halts black cat adoptions: Fearing abuse or worse, activists shelve some animals during Halloween

German ‘love witch’ loses court battle: ‘Witch’ failed to induce client’s ex-boyfriend to return, told to repay $1,300

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October Surprise that Missed: Zawahiri Assassination Attempt kills 80 -- a DailyKos diary

dsgood found some good stuff

Language center of the brain is not under the control of subjects who 'speak in tongues': First neuroimaging examination of participants practicing glossolalia shows decreased cerebral activity, Penn study shows

Insect population growth likely accelerated by warmer climate

Study reveals religious leader's silent secret (more on the leader referenced)

First evidence to show elephants, like humans, apes and dolphins, recognize themselves in mirror: New finding suggests convergent evolution with humans (more on the study in question)

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I understand (though I wish I didn't) how the Pentagon cannot account for thousands of weapons it supplied to Iraq. What I don't understand is why the Defence Department registered the serial numbers of only about three per cent of the approximately 370,000 weapons it provided.

The NYTimes weighs in.