In Common with Humans

Images from the season, under a cut to spare f-lists.

it’s been a long winter…:

• 19:57 Frank Rich about the economy & *real* American values: www.nytimes.com/2009/03/08/opinion/08rich.html #
• 20:23 I’ve written a program that extracts e-mail addresses, dates, & IP numbers from a file full of e-mails; still refining it, though. #

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Maureen Dowd in the New York Times:

“Let’s face it: The only bracing symbol of American strength right now is the image of Michelle Obama’s sculpted biceps. Her husband urges bold action, but it is Michelle who looks as though she could easily wind up and punch out Rush Limbaugh, Bernie Madoff and all the corporate creeps who ripped off America.”

I’d pay to see that. 🙂

• 12:34 I’m very grouchy–news item about “vampire grave” is viralizing a lot of total bullshit misinformation about vampire folklore, wrong, wrong! #
• 12:35 And I have too much on my plate to take the time to really address it properly, all I can do is stew over it. Stupid boneheaded idiots! #
• 12:36 How the heck did the bunny eat a chunk out of this piece of blank notepaper?! #
• 17:08 Electrical power went out for an hour & 20 minutes–it’s like living in the Soviet Union, sheesh. “Substation” problem is all I know. #
• 22:21 I’m using the other half of my brain & writing an app to extract contact information from e-mail files. Tricky b/c info is not consistent. #
• 11:35 Finally, someone says what I’ve been thinking about the recession: www.nytimes.com/2009/03/08/opinion/08friedman.html #

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• 11:57 New trailer out for Harry Potter 6, it’s looking better all the time! movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809791044/video/12342139 Can’t wait… #
• 12:06 Harper Collins, after “restructuring,” launches new imprint of pop-culture books: www.nytimes.com/2009/03/05/books/05harper.html #
• 16:35 Amazon.com is boosting its Twitter use. www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2009/03/09/story4.html #
• 23:55 The layout is all finished for *Gideon Redoak*, with decorations. It looks great! I need to proof & tweak it & do the ARC cover #

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• 16:02 Good gods, when did I buy all these anthologies of vampire short stories?!? There are a bunch I didn’t buy (yet), too! #
• 16:03 I’m collecting pre-1976 vamp fic by women for a presentation, & trying not to get stuck reading them all as I go along. 🙂 #
• 11:53 Borders/Waldenbooks is cutting 749 jobs in the U.S.: tinyurl.com/cffn5s #

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I’ve been puttering with Paint Shop Pro and had an inspiration to make a new desktop wallpaper. This is a shot I took of Camden Harbor from Mount Battie, in September 1995.

• 12:35 Now, a board game based on the Twilight saga! Trivia-type, possibly. tinyurl.com/b5dyr9 #
• 12:36 Amazon makes Kindle books avail. for iPod & iPhone: tinyurl.com/cwk54p #
• 13:41 Google looking for copyright holder of every book ever published anywhere: www.nytimes.com/2009/03/04/books/04google.html #
• 18:04 I’ve been searching online for images w/ frustrating results–it’s easier to sit down w/ pen & paper and draw my own illustrations! #
• 18:07 So far today, I’ve had to wade thru deep snow to rescue two small trapped things, a cat & a frantic cardinal. #
• 20:29 I *finally* got InDesign to stop choking up over mss 2! Too many file conversions, had to save it in Notepad to strip it to plain text! #
• 23:02 Amazon has lost all its cover images, both on its site & linked in widgets. Wonder what *that’s* all about…! #
• 11:54 Fictionwise, the e-book site, has been acquired by Barnes & Noble: tinyurl.com/dde6xk #

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• 12:41 Big publishers sue to force distributor Anderson News into bankruptcy: tinyurl.com/ceduch #
• 13:26 I tried to pay my Commonwealth Choice, the MA state health insurance, online & couldn’t log in! No wonder they’re in trouble, *grump* #
• 15:37 Conservative & religious states are biggest consumers of Internet porn: tinyurl.com/cw4o5l #

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Happy Birthday, lady_cgs_garden!