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OK, sorry to do this via DW but I think it's about the easiest way. I'm also really sorry that we couldn't invite everyone on my friends list; anyway, if you're not coming to the wedding this post is completely irrelevant and boring, so please do skip!

( matching people up )

Thanks to despotliz for reminding us that it would be good to have a central clearinghouse for this.

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It's been a busy month, but I really should have updated before now. There are a couple of huge discussions on posts from the past few weeks; feel free to reopen them if you like!

• Controversy [issues, linkies] Giant debate about tolerating homophobia!
• A ray of hope [ work]
• Mixed emotions [diary]
• Book: The amateur marriage [book]
• makeup [marriage] Giant discussion!
• Pesach: going well so far [Jewish]
• Book: The magicians [book]
• Film: The prestige [film]

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• Innocence [gender]
• Book: The hare with amber eyes [book]
• If you hate romantic / coupley stuff, look away now [rfh]
• Book: The man in the wooden hat [book]
• Love and marriage [marriage]
• Book: The myth of Mars and Venus [book, gender]
• I commissioned a post! [linkies]
• Not a purimspiel, honest [Jewish]

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• Year in review 2011 [diary]
• Book: Brasyl [book]
• Love [relationships]
• Bus fail [quotidian]
• Graphic design help? [rfh]

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• Kindness [diary]
• Happy New Year [friends]
• Thwarted! [science]
• Etiquette question [rfh] [, mildly NSFW (text only)]
• Lights [family]
• Hard decisions [relationships]

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• Film: Infidel [film]
• So, about that orgy [personal] []
• My friends are the best [diary]
• The life of Lev [gender]
• Strikes [political]
• Gymiversary [self-improvement]
• Book: The windup girl [book]

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Work is sending me on a course in London next month, and I've arranged things so I can have a few days in the metropolis. Would anyone like to get together between Friday 18^th November and Wednesday 23^rd? And can anyone offer me crash space for some of that time? I should mention that jack isn't going to be around for most of the weekend, so if you have a preference for seeing me sans partner, this is probably a good time to speak up.

( tentative logistics )

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Oops, I really haven't updated this in forever! Sorry about that. There was a month in the middle of that when I really had no free time at all, between travelling and being ridiculously busy, but even so, two months is longer than I meant to leave this.

• Book: Muhammad [book, interfaith]
• To don't [self-improvement]
• Not that kind of girl [personal]
• Goodbye-gle [tech]
• Help my brother source some books [rfh]
• Pep talk required [rfh, whinge]
• Manchester [tourism]
• On the brink [diary]
• New beginnings [Jewish, work]
• Give us an H! [diary, meme]
• Wedding dress [marriage, rfh]

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• Painful humour [issues]
• Real name social networking [tech]
• Sold my soul for a shiny toy again [rfh, tech]
• Film: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 [film]
• Book: The Broken Kingdoms [book]
• Book: Ann Veronica [book]
• Breaking out of the bubble [issues]

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• More wedding planning [marriage]
• Other people's weddings this time [friends]
• A statistic [gender]
• Apart from that [diary]
• Meta-recs? [rfh]

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• On the bright side [diary]
• Blessed is the True Judge [Jewish] []
• Notice of marriage [marriage]
• 6 month report [self-improvement]
• Diaspora invites? [tech]
• Community [friends]
• Questions from khalinche [meme, personal]
• Highs and lows [diary]

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• In less srs news [diary]
• 21 days crammed into one [Dreamwidth]
• How to be a girl [marriage, rfh]
• Weekends are great, even when they lead to Monday mornings [diary]
• "International" day against homophobia and transphobia [issues]
• Anniversary [anniversary]
• Indistinguishable from magic [science]

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• Book: The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks [book, science]
• While the sun shines [friends, work]
• Different from other nights [family, Jewish]
• Dates [announcement, Dreamwidth, logistics]
• Not exactly a con report [issues]
• Last refuge of a scoundrel [political]
• Challenges [linkies]

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This is a bit long, because I foolishly put the wrong date on my previous round-up post, so I thought I'd already posted half of these. Plus I've been chatty recently! Sorry about that.

• Happy birthday! [anniversary] []
• Earthquake [linkies, religion]
• Book: Less than angels [book]
• PSA: More privacy fail [announcement]
• Book: My tango with Barbara Strozzi [book]
• Days of feasting and joy [friends, Jewish]
• Congratulations, Elemy! [friends]
• Crowd-sourcing the wedding planning [marriage]
• YA literature matters [linkies]
• Book: Anathem [book]
• This is why I shouldn't watch TV [disability]

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• Multicultural [political]
• Books: Un Lun Dun, The Hunger Games [book]
• Happy International Women's Day [image]
• Census [meme, quotidian]
• Good company [friends]

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Heads-up, people: LJ has managed to get itself on the Spamhaus blacklist by repeatedly failing to deal with the onslaught of (mostly Russian-originating) pharma spam. This is the reason why LJ's comment notifications are currently unreliable or completely absent. I've heard contradictory reports about whether LJ actually care about this problem or intend to do anything to fix it.

I think this means LJ is actually dying; pharma spam is like the ivy that eventually takes over abandoned websites. Personally, I'll be both surprised and sad if spam kills LJ, rather than either people abandoning the site because of its bad policies, or the site being restored to its former glory.

(Dreamwidth's comment notifications are pretty reliable currently, though they are blacklisted by some mail providers, notably Yahoo and SBC Global. I say this because there was a period early in Dreamwidth's history when they didn't have a mailserver, so there's a persistent rumour that you can't get comment notifications on Dreamwidth. That's definitely a killer feature! OpenID accounts can also receive comment notifications, but to do that, you have to go through the whole process to validate your OpenID account, including giving DW a verified email address. It won't happen automatically.)

• Countdown meme: day 10 [meme]
• Holocaust Memorial Day [rant] []
• Relationship questions [relationships]
• Book: In the kitchen [book]
• Doesn't matter if you're purple with green stripes [issues]

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• Book: Among Others [book]
• White rabbits (aka very belated 2010 year in review post) [diary]
• This FAQ needed a whole post to itself [marriage]
• Countdown meme: day 7 [meme; mildly sexual]
• Countdown meme: day 8 [meme; mildly sexual]
• Helpful things [coupley, linkies]
• Countdown meme: day 9 [meme]

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• Countdown meme - day 6 [meme]
• Book: The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms [book]
• Book: The Lessons [book]
• Those three weeks went by in a flash! [quotidian]

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With a break in the middle for Christmas.

• Countdown meme: day 1 [meme]
• Countdown meme: day 2 [meme]
• Countdown meme: day 3 [meme]
• Countdown meme: day 4 [meme]
• Countdown meme: day 5 [meme]
• Book: Red seas under red skies [book]
• Christmas - Limmud - New Year [diary]
• Engagement FAQ [marriage]

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• Celebrations [friends, Jewish]
• Political education [academia, political]
• A good start [self-improvement, rfh]

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Trying to get back into the habit of doing this regularly...

• Book: Slumdog millionaire [book]
• I was a teenage pirate [music]
• Drive-by links about US airport security [linkies]
• I may regret asking for advice about this [rfh]
• Book: Sag Harbor [book]
• Tipping the balance [Dreamwidth, self-improvement]

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Oops, forgot to update this for months. Not that I have posted all that much in the last two months, but still.

• Turning point [Jewish, personal]
• Holiday snaps [photos]
• Things you should read [linkies]
• Book: An autumn war [book]
• Bi visibility day is tomorrow [relationships]
• I didn't expect to keep up during Tishri, but this is ridiculous [diary]
• Book: The amazing adventures of Kavalier & Clay [book]
• The political is personal [political]
• Book: The crimson petal and the white [book]
• Book: A short history of tractors in Ukrainian [book]
• Sociable [friends]
• Book: The steep approach to Garbadale [book]
• NaNo no-no [diary]
• Standing up for my beliefs [essay]

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