From Twitter 08-31-2010

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Oh, world. It has been a bit of a week and I have felt better. The writing and I keep giving one another awkward looks from across the room because I’m still not sleeping properly, which either means I can’t concentrate or I concentrate too hard and end up not sleeping.

It’s been so bad that I was kind of grasping at straws about what to write about for this week’s Win But Fail until I woke up this morning to discover that LiveJournal has pulled yet another hilarious, privacy-damaging bit of unwanted technology out of its horrid corporate nethers.

So yeah, here’s this week’s edition of WBF.

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Whinging and whining aside, this week hasn’t been all bad. I had a couple of fabulous coffee get-togethers, my new netbook has given me a kind of nerd high, and I’m getting a new tattoo tonight. There are pears from our tree in the kitchen waiting for me to…I don’t know. Bake them into something probably. I’ve got Friday night plans, which almost never happens.

I am a (mostly) happy man. I just wish I felt a little bit better and could be a little bit more awake so I could enjoy it more.

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I’ve got links enough around here to choke a small army, but I promise I’ll trim it down to the good stuff.

From the Department of News That’s Still Awesome Even If It’s Stale: Man arrested at the LHC claims he’s from the future. Excessive tweed is suspicious enough without the disappearance factor. I suddenly feel justified in listening for blue boxes.

Especially at MIT.

Tangentially related, a guide for gardening with a view to attracting bees. I’m thinking about this in September so that I don’t have to scramble in March. POLLINATION IS HARD.

As a member of a handful of sexual/gender minorities, this piece was a beautiful kick in the ass. Possibly kind of unsafe for work, and probably something I may find myself having to explain to my mother.

In a similar vein, problems of sexuality and gender in MMORPGs. Having been an avid WoW player, and being someone who may well again get into it at some point, this struck a chord.

Five things to remember about the Pakistan Flood crisis.

I really enjoyed this interview with White Collar’s Matt Bomer, but was surprised when it veered heteronormative. More proof that I live in a happy queer bubble more often than not.

Remember that hospital that refused care to a transwoman? They’ve updated their practices and policies. This is a Good Outcome.

A really interesting article about Western Civilization’s relationship with pop culture. And when I say “Western Civilization,” I mean us and Plato.

Right. Off to my ink appointment.

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