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So my shipping woes continue. The cd I ordered from Amazon last week was supposedly delivered on Wednesday. Of course I never received it and am now playing a sort of boring, extended game of tag with various individuals at the Post Office. I did, however, file an official report this time as I am fucking sick to death of this. This is how many packages gone awry now? Too many. And there's just no reason for this, it was one cd, it would've easily fit in my mailbox even if the jackass couldn't get into the complex. Grrr.

Hopefully Amazon will be cool about this and just send me another. Hopefully.

I also received some software I'd ordered from a Marketplace seller, only it was the wrong software. I emailed him last night to let him know and he's promised me a refund as well. His response was "It was the only software I had", well, asshole, if that's the case why'd you list it as something totally different? If he'd put the wrong item in my package, hey no harm no foul, but to say he consciously sent me the wrong thing because he just had it on hand? Gah!

I did at least get the final package so I could put together cyranocyrano's gift bag o' goodness. Happy Birthday, dearest! I shall have plenty of gifts for you this weekend. And now ravenmb's is done as well, though I can't ship it to her by tomorrow so, since she'll be up here this weekend, I'll plan to deliver it then.

Speaking of ravenmb, this incredible woman is doing the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer this weekend and is so close to her goal of $1,800 necessary for participation. I'm sure there are a few of you reading this post who could spare even as little as $10 to help out. If so, please click the link to donate!. Her birthday's tomorrow and it'd make a lovely gift as well as helping out an incredible charity.

BTW, just how much doom are you in for if the Tower ends up smack dab in the middle of your reading for today? Wait, don't answer that.

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Ok, I'm just enough of a geek to think seriously about becoming one of the Doctor's companions. Yes, I'm even geeky enough to be considering writing some Dr./Rose/Jack fic wherein I drop all kinds of storyline about the Key to Time story arc and bring back Romana as well. Why? Why not!

But first, I really must finish some Snupin fic or ravenmb will be very cross with me.

And speaking of HP and geekery, ophidiae points to potterpuffs, art depicting all the HP characters in the style of the PowerPuff Girls. Aelf, you need to see the Tonks ones here, and do check out the animated ones with changing hair. ravenmb, the Remus and Severus one is to die for.

You learn something new every day

Apparently there's a new study out that tells us bisexuals, like unicorns, don't really exist. Or something. Amanda at Pandagon sums it up thusly:

A study that purports to offer evidence that bisexuality doesn't exist . Well, at least not the bisexuality that makes straight men uncomfortable--male bisexuality--as opposed to the "bisexuality" that many a young man as you read this is explaining to his girlfriend is the natural birthright of all women, which is why he just knows that she wants to have a porn-a-riffic threesome despite her claims to the contrary. You see, in lab conditions, the Peter-Meter demonstrates that bisexual men found through advertising in gay magazines like looking at pictures of boys more than girls. There you have it--irrefutable proof to all you women married to bi men that you're just a beard. Never mind that it was hard as hell for him to be out as a bi man in our homophobic culture--all our prejudices are confirmed!

...and Digby as Ranty Dwarf

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I do think both of my critics have a fair complaint about me, though. I am, in fact, a crazed fringe leftist, freaking out liberal. In fact, I am dangerous. And I was hotheaded when I wrote that post, mostly because it was all too predictable that we would get had in that deal once the Three Horsemen of the Apocalypse got confirmed --- which set the bar for "extraordinary circumstances." Professior Bainbridge sees the deal as a good one for the Republicans and indeed it was.

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What Patterico fails to understand is that I want that nuclear option, I need that nuclear option. I'm fucking dying to have that fight. We so-called freaking out liberals have been pushed to the wall. We're accused of being traitors at every turn, of wanting to give terrorists therapy, of being unamerican. People are making millions selling books saying that everything I believe in is treason. There are pick-ups all over the country that have "liberal hunting licence" bumper stickers on them. Being called a "fringe leftist" these days is actually kind of cute. How about terrorist sympathizer? Now there's a descriptive insult with some meat on it!

I am the last person who is afraid of Bill Frist going nuclear. Like a cornered animal, I've got nothing to lose. In fact, it's my fondest wish. If we could score a knock-out on Bush we might actually open some eyes in this country. And even if we don't, so what? When you go out of your way to rub your rivals noses in the dirt,particularly when they comprise an army as big as yours, don't be surprised when they start to see mutually assured destruction as an alternative.