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I was in Louisville Kentucky for a meeting.
3 days in a chair.
Sitting.

Kentuckyans are proud of their bourbons, basketball, and racehorses.

I am just relaxing this weekend.

Janet and I went to IL's most haunted cemetery.
The place has no birds or squirrels. It is in disrepair. The photos show interesting images. This is the devil playing animals.

I am in week two of 8 in DC. Just imagine long hours, bureaucratization, and slow internet.

Police at UC Davis openly & calmly pepper spray seated non-violent protestors at close range; dozens of cameras watch.

Here is the video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmJmmnMkuEM&feature=youtube_gdata_player


It makes no sense.

Jan and I went to Stillman Valley to see the memorial of the 12 soldier who died in the Blackhawk war in 1932. It was our state loss of life in a war. Approx 50 Indians routed 275 men at night. It was later called Stillman's run because they just panicked and ran.

I switched to the Dekalb County Credit Union.
I never used one, but giving the money to the national banks is what I want to avoid.

The fall colors are vivid. I love the vines on the house. I think I have four types and a Clematis if it survives the winter.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyX3pH3AOMQ is Icebird's going going and going. Sorta funky electrosoul.

I have been eating a low carb diet and the BS is averaging 160 with no meds.

I have been in #occupychicago since it started. The rain has been brutal so I try to take a few pictures here and their and tweet about it.

http://akirathedon.com/blobblog/watch-female-occupywallstreet-protestors-penned-and-maced-by-police/ has the best video of the macing innocent.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/44710536#44710536 show the comments on the macing by nbc..

So a peaceful protest against the greed of wallstreet can get you maced or arrested.

The flubug is hitting several here. So far so good.

Song of the week is the mixtapesohio. Punk rock at its best. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9rQmKBUzeI

Last week in DC hopefully. This is the Northside Fish Market. The Texas guy picked this off of Yelp. Only when we got there did we realize it was not a restaurant. So we walked to a mediocre buffet instead.

The Bosses in DC didn't understand why I didn't apply to the promotion. It is the math.
$7000 raise
= $5000 net after taxes
- $1000 locality drop
- $15000 for an apartment rental
- $4000 for airfare home once a month.
= -$15000 loss to gain $140 a year on retirement.

It doesn't even come where I would break even.

Dear Jack,

The process of sending invite codes isn't automated the way it used to be on LiveJournal (if you remember back that far!) -- we, the site admins, decide when we have the server resources necessary to support further growth. Then, we evaluate how many invite codes have been previously generated, but not used. If we have more room for growth than we have generated-but-unused invite codes, we generate more invite codes and give them out to our users. (There are multiple ways that we can distribute invite codes, but the ones we use most frequently are people with no unused invite codes, people who have paid or premium paid accounts, and people who have been active on the site in the last 30 days.) Invite codes are used to control the site's growth and limit the number of free accounts being created to only those that can be supported by the current number of paid users, and it's our way of making sure that our growth is sustainable for the long run.

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However, since you hadn't received any invite codes, I generated five for your account -- you can see them at the Invite Someone page:

http://www.dreamwidth.org/manage/circle/invite

In general, we are able to handle requests for small numbers of invite codes most, but not all, of the time. If you need more, you can contact the Accounts department at accounts@dreamwidth.org or by opening a support request in the Account Payments department. We can also usually create "bulk" codes if you have a whole community you want to move over, or if you need extra accounts for a roleplaying game or an organization.

Best,
Denise



Nice letter. :)

This week a week of random storms. Instead of steady rain, it comes down in buckets and is gone in an hour.

The director meeting was the last of the four hell weeks. It went good tho I wish minigolf was on 9 holes vs. 18.

I go to DC for a week on a task force. It will be easier since no commute.

Fist time. I didn't know it was created by the original LJ creators.