wrinkles

Sometimes you just are not the same person that you previously were once you have finished reading a book.

The old, dusty copy of A Wrinkle in Time from my elementary school library was one of those books for me. It might as well have been a tessrract rather than just just being about them; I have little recollection of there being a me before I stepped through it.

Thank you, Madeleine.

im in ur internets, pwning your myspace

This sucks a whole lot. Let's make Section 2257 not happen.

"The Department of Justice is proposing regulations to implement a federal law designed to combat child pornography, known as Section 2257. The law was first enacted in 1998 and was amended in 2006 and significantly expanded to include regulation of the Internet.

While many of the regulations pertain to companies that produce adult entertainment magazines and videos (and are extremely burdensome), they would also affect anyone who uses an adult social-networking site. Here’s how:

* The regulations would require the people running a site to get and maintain personal information from every user (that means you) who posts a “sexually explicit” photo, including your photo ID (driver’s license, passport, or military ID).
* The regulations would allow the Attorney General to conduct warrantless searches at will on the sites’ records, including your personal information.
* There are few safeguards over what the FBI can do with the information it obtains.
* If a site operator fails to comply with the regulations, he or she would face a prison sentence of up to 5 years.
* For more detailed information on Sec. 2257, go to http://www.thetaskforce.org/downloads/misc/2257_fact_sheet.pdf.

Obviously, none of this has anything to do with child pornography. Instead, it is a blatant attempt to end the ability of consenting adults to use adult social-networking sites to meet other people for sex. Obviously, if these regulations go into effect, they will kill this industry."

Can you say "chilling effect" boys and girls? I am very tired of the refrain of "Let's protect the children!" being constantly used to slowly strip us of fundamental rights and freedoms.