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[bottom drawer] I spend a lot of my time thinking about the shape of 'communities' or 'neighbourhoods' or 'cities' in the present and the future - how people relate to each other and what this nice word 'community' really means. I write as someone who has always been wary of whatever community I found myself in, who relishes the anonymity of a big city like London but who now finds themselves happily ensconced in small-town America and with all the community acquaintances and network that the steroetype demands (auto mechanic, gas station attendant, lawyer, judge)
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[Washingtonmonthly.com] Political Animal: Comment on The Long Emergency: You know, since the Goldman Sachs declaration and the big follow-on about the various predictions on "Peak Oil" I've been in overdrive looking in ways to prepare for the inevitable (it IS inevitable since oil is finite - it is immaterial whether you think Peak Oil is now or 10 years away, it is coming and it will hurt BIG). I am building a still so I can ferment and distill ethanol for fuel (and medicinal purpose, you understand), looking into home-grown biodiesel (not difficult to do at all - and you can make vegetable oil into actual "diesel fuel" with ethanol and lye), and a few other things.
[Alphavilleherald.com] The Second Life Herald: Interview with Anonymous, on Alphaville's ...: yes...I am part of the AV BDSM community...weither it be Rose Thorn or any other...W/we are a Family...hats off to Darksoul, Tabula, Lady De Mary and of course brigit..I am Gorean lil lady..and you were correct...you know nothing of Gor...yet you have tha audasity to speak of it...silence your tounge...some points were very good...and some..piss poor...there is No community thats perfect...if there was..W/we would A/all be there...We ...as Darksoul said..do not ~recruit~..but I...as I know O/others are approached Every day..and asked questions of O/our lifestyle...and yes...Many join after finding that they were not sure where they fit in into life...only to find that this lifestysle...D/s, M/s or even Gorean was their true place in life...I cannot count how many times I was ~Coughs~...Harassed..by the Mafia...in My Home...do I go looking to harass tha ~Normal Folk~..No..nor do Most...but yet W/we are labeled..because W/we grow....
[Pamspaulding.com] Pam's House Blend: (Oh, honey, said one new office mate, shaking her head and patting me on the shoulder, Youre going to be fucking miserable.) I wasnt prepared to yank my poor little dog in frantic dashes through my progressive neighborhood, leaping over fences and cutting through backyards to avoid SUVs full of teenage boys hollering, Hey, faggot! (I have no idea what tipped them off.) And I sure wasnt ready for the flamboyant bodybuilder I met at my Baptist-run gym. He sported the kind of fussed-over hair, poofy muscles, and sibilant drawl that make it impossible to even consider trying to pass for straight.
[Montages.blogspot.com] Critical Montages: (emphasis added, Melissa Allison, "Horizon Air Worker Vents on eBay," Seattle Times, December 23, 2004)Alaska Airlines' pilots, who have been forced to negotiate with the company for 18 months and whose contract expired on December 15, 2004, must be feeling the same way as the anonymous mechanic, as the company is determined to cut costs by reducing their wages and benefits and raising productivity at the same time (Steve Wilhelm, "Crucial Flight Plan: Alaska Air Execs Must Cut $170M," Puget Sound Business Journal, December 12, 2004).
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