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A portmanteau. A treasure trove. A time capsule. A poetry book. A diary. A photo album. Memories. Dreams. Wishes. Hopes. An open letter to an unsuspecting public. An intimate confession to close friends. A declaration of intent. A whisper of love. A personal record. An experiment in introspection. A performance space. A political rant. A wild yawp. Why do any of us publish our words and images online? Come, dream with me.Protected: Wedding reminder
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Webcasting plans
I have just placed an order for an Unwired Ethernet modem and if nothing else, we should have Skype-casting of the ceremony and an ability for people to do a certain amount of video chat… Unfortunately, Skype can only do one person video at a time, so we might have…
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Safe home
We brunched with my folks at Sydney airport and swapped presents. We were met at the airport in Melbourne by crystalstorm and the Hamish part of kirmish, which was awesome. Then we dropped by Fruit Peddlers in Westgarth to pick up fresh fruit and vegies for mushroom…
On our way
Despite last minute scrambles to get extra paperwork and half-plans for Doug to stay an extra week in the hopes that the Immigration Department will issue his prospective spouse visa now, we’ve decided to take the flight as planned tonight, so we’ll see you all in…
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The goodbye game
This last week is kinda crazy. There are people we’d love to say goodbye to in person but can’t for one reason or another – anthologie is booked up, mizchalmers is in New York, joedecker is in Patagonia. We had a fabulous dinner with galagushka and Lars last night at…
Safe travels, little black kitty
The crazy trip to LA to put Jezebel on a plane by herself is now done. I don’t want to talk about SF fog and delays. Suffice to say that the nice man from the USDA waited for me, examined Jez, signed the paperwork, sealed the crate, even stamped the passport…
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Sanity prevails
I am very glad to read that Gillian Gibbons has been released in Sudan over this whole teddy bear incident. I can’t remember whose journal initially linked to an article interviewing the seven-year-old boy who initially suggested the name but the outcry that resulted…
Is that the sound of Pauline Hanson choking?
In a book she wrote, well-known racist and scaremonger, Senator Pauline Hanson, warned Australia about the future, where an Asian cyborg lesbian would be running the country [note: link goes to PDF of Hansard quoting the book]. Today, newly sworn-in Labor Prime…
For sale in Cupertino
We leave on Friday. The following *stuff* is available for nominal donations. It’s all in excellent condition, bought new at the beginning of the year or more recently, but won’t work in Oz.Four-disc DVD box set of FireflyMotorola headsetElectric toothbrush with wall…
Flaming Lotus Girls fundraiser – San Francisco
Is anyone interested in the Flaming Lotus Girls fundraiser tonight at the Somarts Gallery (934 Brannan Street, SF)? It’s to raise money for the forthcoming tour of the Serpent Mother. Starts at 7pm and goes late…
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Full circle
Back in Cupertino… We just did 26 states in 30 days and it was just a tad insane.I guess I was overcome by election fever in Austin. The next day in Austin was great, late morning cuddling listening to the rain fall on the roof, dragging ourselves out around 1ish…
Cultural guerillas
Via the_christian, this magnificent story of underground culture hacking. It’s the sort of thing predat0r would have been involved with.Four members of an underground “cultural guerrilla” movement known as the Untergunther, whose purpose is to restore France’s…
Ding, dong, the warlock’s dead
I spent my first American thanksgiving in aethyrflux’s house and was treated with gluten-free homemade delights and I baked gluten-free chocolate cupcakes. The next night we had an all-nighter and I tracked the biggest change in our political landscape.I am thankful…
Phoenix Emberstone
passionate political poet
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