proud to speak your mind? Think again...

http://www.livejournal.com/users/anniesj/331112.html


Mind you, I understand the need for awareness. Most of the Secret Service guys I've met have been pretty cool (even the ones I dunked with a bucket of water). There are a lot of crazies out there, and they fixate on public figures, and the SecSer and the Feds need to be aware and on top of things. But these was...extreme. And for a LJer to have turned the poster in -- the mind boggles. Satire, people. It is still protected. Mostly.


And don't think that locking your posts can protect you -- nope. It's a matter of a simple subpoena under the Patriot Act for them to get access to that (unless LJ should happen to have a massive melttdown and memory wipe just before the Feds busted down the door, which, y'know, these popular services, it can happen)

Personally, while only a portion of what goes into this journal is public access, I never lock my political rants. So I'll say right here that I'm scary only in the sense that I have a brain and use it to think. If that's something the Feds need to be investigating, well then, bring it on. You know where to find me.

best. pasta. ever.

Okay, best pasta recently, anyway. And especially good when you're short on kitchen-time but your taste buds refuse the usual writer-on-deadline shoving of food into mouth.


Take two cloves of garlic. Chop fine. Simmer in quality olive oil until saturated. Add a sprinkling of minced chipolte. Cook short pasta until al dente (or mushy, if that's your preference). A twisted shape works best.

Splash warm oil over the pasta. Add fresh soft-grated parm cheese and a hint of black pepper. Consume.


(and felines like the smell, too)

Sox Win!

What more can be said. They swept the series.


G'night, grandpa. Sleep well.



edited to add: And now, if I recall tradition correctly, isn't Bush the lesser supposed to call the winning team to congratulate them? Heh.