Phaedrus

I don't budget for this, specifically... but I do limit what I spend on recreation in general. So spending more on the ladies of CERB means spending less on other things that I might like to blow money on. (Feeling poor at the moment, 'cos I just spent way too much on other toys. Please, no flowers... :) )

Waaaay too many to choose from :) Narrow it down a bit for us... what sort of thing are you looking for, or not?

Do we really want to know?

And on that note... more classic euro-cheese! Europe - The Final Countdown

I don't give a damn whether it's healthy or not. I like it, so I'm doing it anyway!

Off-topic, a bit, but it really had to be posted...

I like Chanel because she always has something interesting to say. And, boobies!

80s flashback... Pet Shop Boys - It's A Sin

NASA's latest picture of home. Complete set at flickr, here.

No discussion of monsters under the bed would be complete without these guys. And one of them was called Maurice. Coincidence?

A variant on wrecks... The Primitives - Crash: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nl8ULWxt7sQ

There's a rush on apotheosis at the moment :) Congratulations to one of the nicest guys on a board full of nice people! Awesome, sir!

I'm not sure if there was ever a patron god of fortifications... but if not, there is now. Congratulations, my friend!

Congratulations, Castle!

More news on the relentless campaign by the entertainment industry to shut down the Internet if it does anything they don't like. Last year, Bill C-11 was introduced; this is a re-hash of Bill C-32 from the previous parliament, which never passed as it ran out of time before the last election. But the re-vamped version has just been made far more draconian as a result of pressure from the music industry. It's the usual story: they want to be able to take anyone offline purely on the basis of an accusation made by them, with no opportunity for the accused to defend themselves. They'd also like to be able to prevent many things that are legal and considered fair use now. If they get their way then you won't be able to jailbreak your iPhone and use it with another phone company that dips its hand in your pocket less often. You won't be allowed to rip a CD you bought so you can also listen to it on your iPod. Anything on your PVR will be deleted when they want it to be; if you hadn't quite gotten around to watching it yet, tough. That's not all, but it'll do for now. Of course, laws like this don't just screw things up for everyone; they also deter investment in countries that pass them. And in other shitty news, look what's just happened in Europe. The pigopolists have a huge built-in advantage there, as they can just have the unelected European Commission write the laws they'd like rather than having to go through elected legislatures that, being accountable to the electorate, might have to give any weight to what voters think... at least this one still has to go through the European Parliament, and their rapporteur to the Commission has just quit in disgust at the way this has been done.

Well, there's some tough reading here. I have to say, reading the things people have posted here has made me realize - again - how inordinately lucky I've been up to now. I really can't think what the hardest thing I've ever had to do is, and the big reason for that is that life has never thrown anything really hard at me. I'm profoundly grateful for that. To everyone who's shared their experiences - thank you. I can't say that I have much of a clue about what you've been through, but I hope that if nothing else, being able to write these things down and share them is cathartic.

I need this, sometimes.

Once you've posted something, you can't delete the post. However, you can - if you get to it within the time limit - edit it to remove the content. I'd imagine that's what happened here.

Depending on how mobile you are, you could also consider Megan and Melia... they're both not too far from the Market.

+1 on that. By all means move yourself and your family where the prospects are better than the country in which you were born. But why on earth would you then want to import the barbaric attitudes that screwed up your native country in the first place?