Sidetrackedery

(From September 3, 2009. Oops, out of order!)

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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:: Excellent! From @gayatheist, Uruguay Approves Gay Adoption (from thegayatheist.com from afp)
:: From metaquotes, I know it would convince me... Wordy goodness. :)
:: FULL POINTS, CANADA. From ontd_political, Thanks, Canada: Facebooks's 4 Big Privacy Fixes :D
:: From an ontd_political comment thread, Everysaturdaymorning's Blog, written by one of the Escort Volunteer Coordinators for the only abortion clinic in Louisville, KY.
:: This makes me so sad. From ontd_political, Reading Rainbow ends its 26-year run. I'd say my childhood weeps, but I've watched it as an adult too. I hope it comes out on DVD or something, I'd show the episodes to my kids someday.
:: Right. The fuck. ON. (from an ontd_p comment thread)
:: From shiruartist, Great Geek Debates: Stormtrooper vs. Redshirt *geeks the fuck out* (from wired.com)
:: WOOHOO! From partlyyellow, Vermont Marriage Equality kicks in at Midnight Eastern! :D :D :D (from unitethefight.blogspot.com)
:: From @PaulReikhoff, Student-veterans pinched by aid delay. *facepalm* (from dailyiowan.com)
:: Awwww Joey! From rahmbamarama, Biden Cracks Up Announcers With Jokes About His Baldness, Dan Quayle. With video! :D (from huffingtonpost.com)
:: From @roomerholmes, House Leadership Memo Urges Dems: Remember That Public Option Has Tons Of Support. (from theplumline.whorunsgov.com)
:: From this entry in metaquotes, Asian Women Carnival #1, then Deconstruction of the Land, Which I Pledge No Allegiance, then Racism has consequences at UW, and You are guilty, Yellow. Can I go back to kindergarten where people were just people?
:: From this entry in atheism, Medium Large. :)
:: From exceptindreams, this lovely poem called The World Is a Beautiful Place, by Lawrence Ferlenghetti. An excerpt (emphasis mine on my favorite line):

Yes the world is the best place of all
for a lot of such things as
making the fun scene
and making the love scene
and making the sad scene
and singing low songs and having inspirations
and walking around
looking at everything
and smelling flowers
and goosing statues
and even thinking
and kissing people and
making babies and wearing pants
and waving hats and
dancing
and going swimming in rivers
on picnics
in the middle of the summer
and just generally
'living it up'
Yes
but then right in the middle of it
comes the smiling

:: From @DonLemonFans, President Obama's message in a bottle (from ac360.blogs.cnn.com)