A random round-up of what I see looking forward:( Read more... )

Better late than never:

http://snowflake.bhg.com/index.html

I just got back from a week's vacation. I'll post more about it later. I was tired, still am tired. My Gmail welcomed with some 400 new conversations. Yeah, some of you are saying, "Amateur, I get that much in a day. Anyhow, I'm using searches, then select all. One blink of the eye, and I ended up clicking "Select All" when I didn't have a search to filter results.

Or, to put it simply, I nuked my inbox.

It's surprisingly refreshing. But, if you sent me any email in the past month and I've not replied, can you resend it?

What is it with arrogant leaders? You know my opinion of the current administration, but even the previous had his own share of arrogance. The one before, George Herbert Walker Bush, was surprisingly controlled, but that is what I expect in a president, at least as far as national leadership goes.

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Dear Sir and or Ma'am,

You want a bailout? Sure.

I want any "golden parachute" deal torn up, then I want the pink slips of your CEO, CFO and chairman. If an average line worker f*cked up as badly as your CEO, CFO and/or chairman did, they'd be sent packing. What say we lead by example?

I want your company, all your executives (including the ex-CEO, ex-CFO and ex-chairman) and everyone on your board of directors to undergo a tax audit. If your in-place audits and controls were that great, we wouldn't be here, would we?

I want you to cap everyone's gross annual compensation (including benefits, stock grants, and other "it's-not-a-paycheck' perks) at 150% of that of their immediate subordinates' average gross annual compensation. Why should your VP get 500x that of the average worker?

I want to you to stop outsourcing jobs. If you want American dollars, they stay in America.

I want you to move your corporate headquarters back to the US, so you get taxed like any other entity. If you're going to receive our tax money, we get yours.

I want these conditions to stay in place until you pay us back the money we are investing in you and our future. This is not a gift, this is not a charity. You showed no charity to us, so we are reciprocating. This is just business, nothing more.

You still want that bailout? Please take it, because I sure want you to have it.

Sincerely,

An American Citizen

Copy this sentence into your livejournal if you're in a heterosexual marriage/relationship (or if you think you might be someday), and you don't want it "protected" by the bigots who think that gay marriage hurts it somehow.

Oh, and a pleas for people who post very long URLs such as this one http://preview.tinyurl.com/2nbh7v, please use tinyurl? My friends page will thank you.( more )

http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2008-02-27-spanking_N.htm

Worksafe, etc. Will likely offend someone, but for content and opinions, not crassness or expression.

I'll put more out here than I ever did before, but it'll be for a good reason. Hopefully, it'll be enough to find the right person, but not enough to make me the target of every crank and prankster (or worse) out there.( more )

Sian watched the door close slowly, pause at the jamb, the latch tongue slide in, seal silently, only the glint of the brass tongue in morning sun assuring her that it was fully shut. ( more )