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Alex Chilton, RIP. I hope he and Chris Bell are covering "13" and "I am the Cosmos" together; I was listening to a friend sing the Box Tops' "The Letter" just the other night.

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( An amusing and prescient look by Arthur C. Clarke, circa 1984, at the phenomenon known as 'word processing.' )

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A couple of days ago, bodlon posted about Steve Perry. A former writer for Thundercats, Mr. Perry has fallen on hard times; he’s seriously ill, and under great financial strain. If you can PayPal a few dollars to his PayPal account — sandramaples48@yahoo.com — it would be of tremendous help to him and his young son.

( I sent a little something through PayPal last night; he sent a message in return. )

Do Klingons even *have* eels...?

The phrase ‘my hovercraft is full of eels,’ translated into roughly 90 different languages.

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The British Embassy says British, French and U.S. troops will march with Russian soldiers on Red Square to mark the 65th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany.

an honest question

An odd question about Steak and Blowjob Day (and its sister, Cake- not Chocolate- and Cunnilingus Day): I've seen a great many people posting/commenting over the last couple of years with words to the effect of, "Well, of course- men want to have meat, whereas women only like sweet dessert foods." My question: why are people assuming that the person receiving the sexual favor are the one for whom the attendant food is being bought? Assuming that I were so sex-negative as to only want to receive/perform oral sex on one specific day of the year (and that the purchase of food had to enter into it), I'd certainly buy my partner- of whatever hypothetical gender- the meal/dessert of their choice (in which case, assuming I'm dating a woman, wouldn't I be buying her steak, and wouldn't she be buying me cake?)

(The entirely valid discussion of why people always assume that this is a heterosexually-oriented holiday is one for another post; yeah, straights still engage in 90+ percent of this sort of PDA-themed tomfoolery.)