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(From September 13, 2009)

Sidetrackedery, n.: the weird, interesting, and/or fun stuff I find via my ever-behindness in my LJ flist, from Twitter, emails, going back through friends' LJs, and elsewhere.

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:: From the awesome artist quirkybird, her comic Bite Me! :D Go read it!
:: From queer_theory, the blogs 69 Love Songs, Illustrated and Feasting on Art. :)
:: Heehee. From a link in an atheism comment thread, the Cult of Cthulu. :P
:: From a friend on Yahoo! IM, Pangender on Wikipedia, from there to Genderqueer.
:: From Genderqueer, United Genders of the Universe, Gender Queer Revolution, Genderfork.com, and Polygender.co.uk, and thus I felt a little less alone. Not exactly androgynous myself, but I do rebel against rigid gender roles.
:: Wow. From CNN Politics, Wilson calls White House to Apologize.
:: This is something Fizzy showed me. It's the last piece from the NYT reporter in Afghanistan who was killed. 'I would not leave Afghanistan'
:: From poor_skills, this and this on Amish Friendship Bread starters and recipes. :)
:: From another poor_skills comment thread, Paula Burch's All About Hand Dyeing. :D
:: From @milblogging, Wisconsin Troops: A World Away, But Maybe A Little Bit Closer Than You Thing with the Power of a Military Blog :) (from milblogging.com)
:: From greencow, Waking up Canadian (youtube)
:: HAHAHAHAHAHA! From Fizzy via Gtalk, Chris Franklin - Bloke Famous Aussie comedian Chris Franklin doing a parody of Meredith Brooks's "Bitch." (youtube)
:: Heehee. Fizzy just showed me this to show Chris: Super Mario man: 20 years and still chasing Princess Peach. XD (from theage.com.au)
:: From quirkybird, the Stumpdown Comics Fest 2009! (Yes, it already happened.):: Another from Fizzy: SA pigeon 'faster than broadband' :D (from news.bbc.co.uk)

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Sidetrackedery, n.: the weird, interesting, and/or fun stuff I find via my ever-behindness in my LJ flist, from Twitter, emails, going back through friends' LJs, and elsewhere.

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:: This is fucking awesome. From forwrathandruin, Partially Clips: Canoe in Storm *guffaws* (from partiallyclips.com)
:: From antitheism, Stupid things Atheists are Assumed to Be. *sighs, shakes head*
:: This awesomeness from antitheism: Joss Whedon on Humanism :D
:: thecuriomuseum suggested I look into RuneScape, and it looks interesting. I'm not an RPGer, but I'm putting the word out there in case any of y'all are. Some really spiffy graphics, it looks like.
:: This is so sad. From aliyaskie, At an Age for Music and Dreams, Real Life Intrudes (from nytimes.com)
:: Dumbass NOM is dumbass. From rahmbamarama, Anti-Gay Group Sends Letter to Colbert Thanking Him For Mocking Them *eyeroll* (from huffingtonpost.com)
:: From rahmbamarama, the Racism Bingo Card (from amptoons.com)
:: This very good observation from peapods42:

1. I am once again stunned by the fact that my head has enough room for all this snot.

:: Also, since RBR is locked, I'm gonna link individually all the posts from the April 19th mod post on racism.

:: On privilege: Unpacking the Knapsack, and Things you Need To Understand #4. (Also, Teabag Me and Ann Coulter really is a cunt, people.)
:: On how to respond when told your arse is showing: How Not To Be Insane When Accused Of Racism (A Guide For White People), How To Fuck Up, How to Apologize, and IBARW: Racism and intent.
:: Examples of racist imagery: The Jim Crow Museum, Subconscious Connection Between Blacks, Apes May Reinforce Subtle Bias (from ssri.psu.edu), Racist Historical Images of the Chinese, and Nazi Propaganda, 1933-1945.
:: Others that were pointed out: ibarw, Starkeymonser's "for clueless white people" bookmarks, How to Suppress Discussions of Racism, Sixteen Maneuvers to Avoid Really Dealing with Racism, The Angry Black Woman's Required Reading,...
:: continued: rydra_wong's extensive archive of RaceFail09, sophy with More on RaceFail09 and racism 101, etc., from paradox_dragon, Baby-stepping away from racism: A guide for white people, debunkingwhite, deadbrowalking, and mystickeeper's 101 Primer
:: Conversations about Being Afraid to Write PoC characters:, vito_excalibur's Being An Imaginary Conversation, friendshipper's Cruel little lies, and shewhohashope's Cultural Appropriation and SF/F.

051.

[orbitaldiamonds]

(From September 15, 2009)

Sidetrackedery, n.: the weird, interesting, and/or fun stuff I find via my ever-behindness in my LJ flist, from Twitter, emails, going back through friends' LJs, and elsewhere.

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:: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. The "H" stands for "Hussein." (from atheism)
:: From queer_theory, 100 Unintentionally Hilarious Spam Subject Lines LAWL. (from cracked.com)
:: Also from queer_theory, the Mudhouse Cafe in Springfield, MO :)
:: This gem from fancy_galloway:

I liked church. which is odd.

I came to a conclusion: I have not accepted Jesus Christ as my personal savior, I have however added him to my buddy list. I friended him on myspace. I commented on his facebook.

So yeah, we are not exactly in the "close intimate relationship" the pastor described, but I dont mind him living next door, he can date my sister, and I'd buy a car from him.

:: And this unfortunate funneh from sarken:

As I do about once every year, I took my contact out, dropped and couldn't find it, and concluded I must have missed and left it in. I tried to take it out again, thereby reminding myself that OW FUCK IT HURTS WHEN YOU GRAB YOUR EYEBALL AND PINCH.

:: This well-considered commentary on Genesis from solid_squid at antitheism.
:: From @msnbc, Tweet by tweet: Breaking Down Obama's speech (from msnbc.msn.com)
:: COOOOOOL. From @aesthetik_dekay, Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland Touring Exhibit. XD
:: From whitehouse.gov, Remarks by the President to a Joint Session of Congress on Health Care. Full text, yo.
:: From @ontd_political, Text of letter to the President from senator Edward M. Kennedy.
:: From metaquotes, a modern reboot of Passover. :P
:: From @impeachmybush, The Obama-Pelosi-Biden "bitch plz" face at Joe Wilson (FUCK YEAH.)
:: SCHAWEET. From Fizzy via Gtalk, The Passion of the Facebook :D
:: From @rkref, Joe Wilson of South Carolina said Obama lied, but he didn't. (from politifact.com)
:: From @books4soldiers, ACB maintainers keep Apaches in air (from booksforsoldiers.com)