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I'm awful about making my updates in this thread, but I want you all to know, I do enjoy your posts! For now, I'm on my third brick-sized book in a row:

I'm a woman, and I'm not a fan of Sarah Palin, but I'm also not a big fan of judging politicians (female or male) by their hair.

Congratulations!!

http://www.wayoveryonder.net/ This looks fun. I was just in Santa Monica last week, and already have a trip planned back there for that very weekend. I'd like to see a specific schedule before I pop for tickets though, as the primary reason for my trip would be to attend http://lapodfest.com/, and I'm not sure that I could do both!

Thanks so much to the generous crew that's donated in the past week! We're about halfway to where I was hoping to get for this round of fundraising. I'll now say that if 40 of you gave $5 each, we'd be pretty close to where we need to be. And please keep in mind that if funds are tight right now, but you'd be able to donate in a few months or a year down the road, that donation link is always active. So feel free to jump in at any time, because after we renew this summer, we'll be starting fresh for next time. Donations are always welcome and highly appreciated!

Thank you!

In the past week, at least 75 different people have posted on VC. That's just active posts, it's not even counting anyone who might be lurking, people who post semi-regularly but maybe have been on vacation for the past week, whatever. If each of those 75 people contributed $5 to VC, we'd be able to cover the server renewal for the next two years (fyi: that amount doesn't cover it completely; it would be all of those $5 donations, plus the small carry-over we have from t-shirt sales and some donations made since the last time we renewed). So: if you enjoy BSing on VC, if it's where you

This is an almost word-for-word repeat of a post I made a few years ago. Sorry for the repeat, I'm just too lazy to do all the links, etc., again. The bottom line is, the site is up for renewal, and we need to raise some cash to cover server fees, etc. This is an announcement-only post. For discussion on the topic, please go to the thread in TTL: http://viachicago.org/topic/48953-donations-and-t-shirts-redux/ After much ado, and kicking around a few ideas that were way over-complicated, we've come down to two fund-raising methods. We hope you'll all think about supporting t

This is an almost word-for-word repeat of a post I made a few years ago. Sorry for the repeat, I'm just too lazy to do all the links, etc., again. The bottom line is, the site is up for renewal, and we need to raise some cash to cover server fees, etc. After much ado, and kicking around a few ideas that were way over-complicated, we've come down to two fund-raising methods. We hope you'll all think about supporting the site by either making a donation (of any size) or buying a t-shirt (also of any size). First, you can donate directly by clicking here. That'll take you straight to a PayP

Ha!

I have no opinion on the phrase one way or the other, but I'm opposed to the practice of forcing something on another person against their will. If you loan me a book that you think I'll like, even after I've told you I have no interest in it, I will lose that book. Not intentionally, but maybe subconsciously? Anyway, it's happened more than once. If I don't want it, I'm not going to take nice care of it. FYI.

I'm only even vaguely aware of what this thread is about.

As someone who has been here for a while, and is also anti-poking-fun-at-newbies, I have always considered this thread to be a harmless bit of fun. Everyone catches on eventually, feels a little silly, and then moves on.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/08/14/bob-dylan-stopped-by-cops_n_260192.html This must have been a treat for him.

I was named after him.

Zito's .750 for the season.

This show http://www.act-sf.org/1213/blackwatch/index.html is opening here next month. The ads are touting it as "from the creators of the hit musical Once!". Maybe, but... how much of a cross-over crowd do they expect to bring in with that??

I've got some issues with Kid Rock, but I saw a story, years ago when he was still with Pamela Anderson, about a show he did in Afghanistan. He took a bunch of the soldiers/marines out to the McDonald's on the base, and while they were sitting there he pulled out his phone, dialed it, then passed it around and let them all say hi to Pam. Sweet move.

That's an odd sentiment. Certainly she should be able to support anyone's right to speak what they believe, without feeling the need to present those beliefs as her own simply to challenge the orthodoxy of wherever she happens to be speaking.

I love Dubliners. I think Ulysses is best read out loud.

I highly recommend this thread: http://viachicago.org/topic/34178-wilcos-non-album-tracks/ Regularly updated, and lots of links to download/buy non-album tracks.

Tim O'Brien and A.S. Byatt.

That is an icky scene, I agree. Amazing the things that went on in movies in the 80s, that look so creepy now.

Among the many reasons I enjoy Meatballs, I like that he and the female lead look like a real couple, that you might see in real life.