This is the trash out behind my garage as a result of both moving out and having had no pickup for the Month on January despite many phone calls and promises by Allied Waste Services of Denver. I’ve been told by a manger that it will be picked up today. We’ll see…
Update: The trash was finally picked up this afternoon!
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I am:John Brunner His best known works are dystopias — vivid realizations of the futures we want to avoid. |
In one of the most brilliant casting announcements I’ve ever read, Sir Dereck Jacobi will be appearing in a series three episode of Doctor Who.
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Julie Andrews kills 300 insurgents with Screen Actor’s Guild lifetime achievement award
Found on CHINAdaily.
Google is now mashing up itself by adding maps of places mentioned in books. Here’s an examples from Tolstoy’s War and Peace.
Geni.com is a new ajax-based site that allows you to easily create an online faily tree. As you add your family to your tree you can invite them to contribute. (It’s slightly social from that point of view but I’d wouldn’t call it a “social web” application due to a lack of many other “social” features.) I can say it’s very easy to use but I’m waiting to hear what my father thinks of it. (He’s the family genealogist.)
I just got the call and we closed on the house in Lincoln. I think this is all starting to become a little too real.
