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Persons in charge of coding...
Could i ask for:
A notice to be sent to the 'owner of the post': if someone writes in their journal and someone else posts a response, could the owner of the journal get a notice of a post in the journal to their 'new messages' 'inbox' if this makes any sense at all.
If it doesn't make any sense at all, blame it on Captain Morgan, Black spiced rum... gluten free and YUMMMMMMMMYYYYY!!FORMYTUMMYYYYYYY!!!1
STRIKE THAT! SEEMS TO BE HAPPENING NOW! Thanks.
***Now can i have my [strike][/strike] usage back?????? :)
Supermoon!
Supermoon, ooh, you are SO big! In action as we type: half way. Teh sky cleared just in time and the eclipse is in motion. The moon is sooooo bright right now!
Oh man... didn't know so much time had passed... more like 90% there.
No one else on my block seems to care (or know?). I should go around banging a pot... or a bong???
Eclipse fun
We're getting set up to have an Eclipse party with the kids tonight. We're going to arrange to be driving on the road with a very good view of the rising "supermoon" when it comes up. Then we're heading to the store to pick up a cheap tent as a surprise - three of our boys are going to have the option to camp out in the woods tonight if they like, but they don't know that, yet. After we get home the partial eclipse should be just beginning and we'll all hang out outside watching it for awhile. The boys can hang out and watch to the bitter end if they want, but I bet they'll be asleep before that.
Interestingly enough, our youngest daughter was actually born the night of the first lunar eclipse in this tetrad. We drove home late from the birth center that night watching the moon disappear, which was pretty cool. So I've made a point to notice each of these four eclipses as they've passed (couldn't see one due to clouds - hoping for better visibility tonight).
ETA: Crud. Clouds rolled in. At least the boys got their tent.
ETA: Wow. Right after the kids fell asleep, we went out, and the sky was almost cloudless, with zillions of stars showing. The moon was still behind what was left of the clouds, but we could see it glowing through and it was a great sight with binoculars. Went back out 25-30 minutes later and it was totally gone and clouds covered everything again. Finally went out for one last look about 30 minutes before the partial eclipse was over, and that spot of the sky was clear for some spectacular viewing. It's a shame the kids didn't get to see anything at all, but they were still thrilled by the tent.
Star Trek Continues
Saudi prince arrested at LA mansion for alleged sex crime
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-34358380
Los Angeles police said Majed Abdulaziz al-Saud, 28, was arrested on Wednesday and released the following day after posting a $300,000 (£197,000) bond. He is scheduled to appear in court on October 19 to face a charge of "forced oral copulation". Al-Saud does not have diplomatic immunity, police said.
Thanks, Vic!
So I joked last Sunday about how some of my kids gave a pass on watching Star Trek to go play role playing games. This Sunday will be different: there's a new episode of Star Trek Continues! It's neat to see my kids' preferences: most of them prefer TOS over everything else (we skip around and watch random episodes every Sunday) although one likes Voyager the most. Star Trek Continues is actually how we got started doing this, and they all love it.
Guake, how i love you
Guake, in combination with i3wm, is great: hit alt+enter to open a terminal, type 'guake &', then hit F12 to open and close guake. You can then 'exit' the terminal you first opened to leave your screen empty and ready to use.
F12, palemoon &, F12
F12, cvlc [movie you want to play] &, F12
Very nice!
Oh, my, where did I go wrong
Three of the kids didn't want to watch Star Trek with the rest of the family today; they were too busy playing a pen and paper role playing game of their own devising.
In other news, I think I'm successfully raising kids to be a lot like me...
Republican Debate #2
http://www.cnn.com/ (right on the front page, no Fox BS)
Or an audio stream.
Starts at 5:10 PM PT, 8:10 PM ET.
The undercard broadcast took place at 3 PM PDT, while the main card broadcast will occur at 5 PM PDT. The candidates in the main debate are Donald Trump, Ben Carson, Carly Fiorina, Jeb Bush, Scott Walker, Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, Marco Rubio, Mike Huckabee, Chris Christie, and John Kasich. The candidates in the undercard debate are Bobby Jindal, Lindsey Graham, Rick Santorum, and George Pataki. Rick Perry suspended his campaign on September 11, effectively ending his candidacy. The two-tiered CNN broadcasts will be consecutive, with the primetime debate planned to immediately follow the second-tier broadcast. The moderator is Jake Tapper of CNN, with side-by-side participation by Hugh Hewitt of Salem Radio.
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