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Think happy thoughts

It's safe to say that most of you are feeling pretty down this week. So am I. (Although I do have exciting plans for the weekend.) The first thing I read today was eye magazine's obituary for Ninjalicious (I'd link to it, but it's apparently not on the site yet), which was bittersweet in a way -- it reinforced both what a loss his death was but also what'd he'd managed to accomplish in 31 years. And it makes me grateful, in a way, to read about someone who loved Toronto as much as I do. Most people who live here, I've noticed, are either insane or looking for a way out.

I can't read the news lately. It's hard enough to see my friends list sometimes.

Anyway...I'm not going to be around much this weekend if all goes well, but I'll be back Monday or Tuesday with some fabulous stories. I hope. In the meantime, I want to try to cheer everyone up in the most cooperative and participatory manner possible. Which means that I want everyone to post something in the comments that makes you happy or that you think will make someone else happy. I think we can all use a smile.

I'll start. For all you editors: Lesser-Known Editing and Proofreading Marks.

EDIT: Another thing that made me laugh: Too dumb to be Objectivists! Hat tip to [livejournal.com profile] kynn.
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[identity profile] human-loser.livejournal.com 2005-09-01 02:47 pm (UTC)(link)
This site was so nerdy-awesome it made me smile. The videos are pretty cool.

Look out! Corn!
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[personal profile] sabotabby 2005-09-01 04:48 pm (UTC)(link)
I can't watch the videos (I'm at work) but I'm all in favour of the nerd impulse to make things that go boom. In fact, we have been talking for awhile about building a watermelon cannon. I need to befriend more physics geeks, though.

[identity profile] lovableatheist.livejournal.com 2005-09-01 03:07 pm (UTC)(link)
the long weekend makes me happy.

also, the fact that the new Harry Potter movie comes out in about 77 days also makes me very happy.

[identity profile] warlordkittens.livejournal.com 2005-09-01 03:17 pm (UTC)(link)
77 days, but who's counting?
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[personal profile] sabotabby 2005-09-01 04:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Not me. Not at all.

[identity profile] groovitude.livejournal.com 2005-09-01 05:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Luckily, I didn't turn on my sarcasm detector or else that baby would be off the charts.
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[personal profile] sabotabby 2005-09-01 04:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Okay, that one is going to be hard or impossible to top. Any newer cats and they wouldn't be as cute. That's peak cuteness, especially the tiny orange one.
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[personal profile] sabotabby 2005-09-01 05:06 pm (UTC)(link)
And their noses! And their bitty claws!

[identity profile] warlordkittens.livejournal.com 2005-09-01 05:07 pm (UTC)(link)
they are soooooooo very new.

[identity profile] rote.livejournal.com 2005-09-02 09:06 am (UTC)(link)
AWW GOLLY THOSE ARE CUTE!

[identity profile] kaelynn.livejournal.com 2005-09-01 05:08 pm (UTC)(link)
since you couldn't find the first link and I wanted to know who you were talking about:

http://www.torontoist.com/archives/2005/08/death_of_a_ninj.php

[identity profile] kaelynn.livejournal.com 2005-09-01 05:12 pm (UTC)(link)
oh, right, happy thoughts. cutest pic in the whole wide world do? :)

[identity profile] rote.livejournal.com 2005-09-02 09:05 am (UTC)(link)
AWWWWWWWWWWWWW! CUTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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[personal profile] sabotabby 2005-09-01 05:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, that's the article, I think. Thanks!

[identity profile] marinwood.livejournal.com 2005-09-01 05:13 pm (UTC)(link)
More cats, but this time in SINKS!
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[personal profile] sabotabby 2005-09-01 05:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Is it wrong that I immediately scrolled down to see if I could spot Ally-Bug and Izzy-Bee? Who, of course, are on that.

My cat can't fit in a sink. :( :( :(

[identity profile] groovitude.livejournal.com 2005-09-01 05:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Ayn Rand's name is almost as contrived as her philosophy. I would be doubtful if anyone gets her name right after the first time they hear of it. It's one of those things you actually need to see to believe.
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[personal profile] sabotabby 2005-09-01 07:03 pm (UTC)(link)
You mean she used a pseudonym? I bet her real name is something Jewish and commie-sounding, like Alissa Zinovievna Rosenbaum. ;)

I think I've always managed to spell her name correctly, mostly because I heard of it because I read her books. Still, if one likes her enough to list her as an interest (shudder), one ought to look up how it's spelled.

[identity profile] groovitude.livejournal.com 2005-09-01 07:19 pm (UTC)(link)
You're right about her real name. It was Alissa Rosenbaum.

She was often asked how do you pronounce "Ayn"? And here is her answer:

"Ayn" rhymes with "mine."

http://www.aynrand.org/site/PageServer?pagename=about_ayn_rand_faq_index2#ar_q3

[identity profile] bike4fish.livejournal.com 2005-09-01 05:31 pm (UTC)(link)
The ASCII art versions of missed annotations include:

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  | ?  | |  Is that a coffee stain or part of your figure?
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    -o-    What were you smoking when you wrote this?
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    JJ    You are not James Joyce. Do not try to pretend you are.

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[personal profile] sabotabby 2005-09-01 07:05 pm (UTC)(link)
A+++, especially the last one.

I'm afraid that I'm sometimes the one responsible for the first one.

[identity profile] lzz.livejournal.com 2005-09-01 07:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes, the last one is splendid! I needed that one just the other day.

[identity profile] lzz.livejournal.com 2005-09-01 06:01 pm (UTC)(link)
I can't read the news lately. It's hard enough to see my friends list sometimes.

Christ, I know just how you feel. Hope things get better soon...

I'm sure you've seen all the pirate cats on the entire internet now, but just in case, have this fine chap in exchange for the splendid proofreading marks!
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[personal profile] sabotabby 2005-09-01 07:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, that cat doesn't look happy about being a pirate. He should cheer up. Piracy is fun!

[identity profile] lzz.livejournal.com 2005-09-01 07:59 pm (UTC)(link)
I think he is secretly loving being a despotic pirate captain.

[identity profile] mcsokrates.livejournal.com 2005-09-01 07:41 pm (UTC)(link)
The new Bloc Party remix album is actually better than the original, proving R. Stevens' thesis that "Remixing is like admitting you were wrong."
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[personal profile] sabotabby 2005-09-01 08:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Well it's true.

[identity profile] rohmie.livejournal.com 2005-09-01 09:38 pm (UTC)(link)
I want everyone to post something in the comments that makes you happy or that you think will make someone else happy.

Well, there's [livejournal.com profile] seanmonster's posting Coyote's Commandments, but you probably already saw that. Listening to the Art of Noise's version of "the Peter Gunn Theme" has also been doing it for me recently.

I loved the new editor's notations and I will watch for them. Chapter Three will be complete in a week. I am currently in giddy, super-genius mode and totally enamored with everything I have typed in the last 48 hours. Part of this may also be my being punchy from sleep deprivation. I wish I could always feel like this. [*bounce*]

Oh! this should cheer you: Here at work we had these old, 1950s double-sided clocks that stood out from the wall or hung down from the ceiling. They stopped working ages ago and we finally got the replaced, which means I have found art to play with. I initially considered filling them with water and goldfish, but on second consideration I quickly realized that they aren't the least bit water tight. Then I considered building a diorama inside them or something. They are actually too heavy for me to do anything with, so I reconsidered the one-sided wall clock by the same manufacturer (also broken and replaced). It's sufficiently lightweight and its convex glass would make a great picture frame. Then I thought, "Hey, I can put by 1984 George W Bush icon in there." I could even back light it to make it look more like a monitor. Maybe add an old, broken camera lens to the mounting, etc. ...
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[personal profile] sabotabby 2005-09-01 10:50 pm (UTC)(link)
One word: PICTURES.
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