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Is there an alternative to Etsy.com where you can sell homemade items made by others as well as yourself?

I took most of these photos with my new Palm Pre and I'm not sure yet if I really will leave my camera at home from now on. The camera definitely takes better pictures, but it's a lot easier to take them with the phone that's close by all the time anyway. When I edited the photos in a batch I messed up a tiny bit, that's why these photos are smaller this week.



2009-11-20: The package I was waiting for... my Palm Pre

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It's that time of year again!

If you want a Christmas/Holiday card from me this year, post your address! Assume I don't have your address this year, because I totally forgot my USPS user name and password.

Poll #1491096 2009 Holiday Cards!
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: None, participants: 11

Gimme your address! (responses can only be viewed by me)

Note: I totally send internationally!

Also, if you don't celebrate Christmas but still want a holiday card, let me know in comments.

Yay! I love this time of year!

Patrick Dempsey (”Grey’s Anatomy”) on “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition,” 7 p.m. Sunday on ABC.

I've been feeling weird all day. Like I might get sick with a heavy cold or the flu or the new flu. Well the last one not seriously, and I don't really have any flu-like symptoms. Not even cold-like symptoms. No running nose, no scratchy throat. No headache, but a feeling like a headache might be on it's way. Like my sinus might be swollen a bit. I don't know... just feeling weird and off all day. One of my tooth, which is the abutment tooth of a bridge feels weird as well. Or to be more specific the gum and jaw around it feels weird. Inflammed, but I have no idea what could have caused that. Probing around that area with my tongue all the time most probably doesn't improve the situation, but I can't help it. I got a dentist appointment in a week to have it checked out. I just hope it won't get any worse.

Ugh, totally insignificant post, isn't it? But I just can't think of anything significant to write about at the moment and insteand I'm off now to watch some more "West Wing"

HAPPY THANKSGIVING MY LOVELIES!



01. Now seeing as we don't have Thanksgiving here, I have no real idea of the inner workings of the Thanksgiving festivities in American homes, other than what I've seen in the media lol. However, I do know something about how tensions can run high(As Jimmy said, UNDERSTATEMENT), when families congregate.
So today I shall send all my bbs in the U.S some ~good/happy/positive vibes~ over the Atlantic!

02. Enjoy the food! Have a lot of some wine/beer/your poison of choice! Watch the parade/game/whatever it is you watch!

03. Again I don't celebrate Thanksgiving but I like the tradition of telling what one is thankful for. This year I'm thankful for all the awesome friends that I've met because of our shared interest in/love for/devotion to SPN, and I hope to meet some of them for real next summer(hopefully *crosses fingers*) I love you guys!

04. I couldn't conclude this post without The Boss, I love his version of Guthrie's song. Have a mostly happy Thanksgiving bbs, make the best of it, it'll pass soon enough! <3

Washington, November 26 (ANI): R and B singer Rihanna has admitted that she has a crush on ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ star Jesse Williams.
The actor has even starred in the promo of the ‘Disturbia’ hitmaker’s new single Russian Roulette.
Rihanna made the revelation when questioned about her crushes.
“Well, there’s this actor. His name is Jesse Williams. He was in Grey’s Anatomy and I have him in my video for Russian Roulette. He’s so hot,” Contactmusic quoted her as saying.
Rihanna broke up with rapper Chris Brown earlier this year after he assaulted her. (ANI)

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Dempsey Racing and lead drivers Patrick Dempsey and Joe Foster gave Mazda another top challenger in the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series in 2009 with career-best performances for both the team and its drivers in the GT class of Grand-Am Road Racing’s top division this season. The Dempsey Racing team, Dempsey, Foster and frequent stand-in driver Charles Espenlaub combined to post career-high race, qualifying and championship results in the No. 40 Dempsey Racing Mazda RX-8 GT this year and the goal is to carry that momentum into the 2010 Grand-Am Rolex Series season.

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The season's most-DVR'ed shows

Seven weeks into the season, DVR viewing patterns have been pretty well established: Several of the most popular shows on TV are also among those that get the biggest bump from delayed viewing.

"Grey's Anatomy" picks up the most viewers from DVR use, adding nearly 3 million viewers a week. Other cases of the rich getting richer include "The Mentalist" (which trails "Grey's" by only a few thousand viewers added), "NCIS" and "House." In terms of percentage of viewers gained, FOX's "Dollhouse" and "Fringe" remain the leaders. "The Office" is the only show in the top 10 of both viewers added and percentage gain.

Following are the most-DVR'ed shows on TV for the 2009-10 season through Nov. 8. The first 10 slides are the shows that added the most viewers; the second 10 are the shows with the highest percentage gain.

Related:

'Jay Leno' and the season's least-DVR'ed shows
Most DVR'ed, Oct. 5-11
Most DVR'ed, Sept. 28-Oct. 4

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Photos of the week

We're so delighted with the immense talent of our growing, global lj_photophile community that we've decided to introduce a poll. Each week, we'll choose a half-dozen photos (based on user comments and staff feedback) and ask you to select a photo of the week. The winning photo will be announced in the next newsletter. If possible, please limit photo size to 350x350 to ensure that images display properly on friends pages. We want to thank you again (and again!) for sharing your passion.

Check out this week's photo poll and more fantastic user content after the jump!

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Curtains

Thanks for joining us. To our American friends, have a fantastic Thanksgiving. To all of our international neighbors, we'll eat a little extra for you!

Today is the "International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women". Various female activists from woman rights groups, politics, help centers and the police campaigned today at our town's market place to raise money for our county's women's shelter and to raise awareness for the problem of domestic abuse and violence. I had the day off, so I joined them to help out and to show my support for the cause, because it is such an important one. The state governement cut back the funding for women's shelters years ago, the city municipalities are often reluctant to raise their share of the funding, most of the employees live with one-year-contracts, because it's not clear if there is money to pay them in the next year... the whole situation is just rather frustrating.

While I was out there this morning I thought about how lucky I am to never have been the victim of domestic or any other kind of violence. I can't imagine to ever stay in an relationship that's turned out to be an abusive one. To let that happen I'd have to be totally emotionally dependent on that guy and I can't really see that (being totally emotionally dependent) happening to me. What makes me lucky though, is, that I was raised to have enough self-respect and a sense of self-worth to know that I don't have to endure anything like that. That I deserve better than being beaten up and abused.
But most of all I'm lucky, because I have family and friends I could turn to. A safe place I could flee to. Brothers who would protect me. We might not be as close as other siblings, but I'm sure that if I'd call anyone of my brothers and and tell him my boyfriend had beaten the crap out of me, my brothers wouldn't hesitate to come and get me out of there immediately and bring me back to my Mom's.
But how many women lack that kind of safety net, because their parents or siblings just don't care or they don't have a family anymore or they live too far away. Who weren't raised to be indepentent and self-reliant women. Who don't know where to ask for help, especially in a society which turns to be more and more egoistic and indivdual and where people tend to care more about themselves and not about others?

So, yes, I'm lucky and (not just in the spirit of the Thanksgiving Holiday) I'm really grateful for that today....