From the hip.

[reddragdiva]

• US readers: As well as the Carmen Ortiz petition, don't forget the Steve Heymann one.

• Belle de Jour very patiently explains what trolling on or off Twitter is and is not.

• "A man in charge of something important just made a SEX PISS JOKE at the Panasonic Press Conference and that’s all fine."

• My Wikimedia blog: Uncyclopedia has left Wikia.

• Rocknerd: An evil mob princess with really good hair; Factory Benelux is alive and well.

arkady miscarried. The embryo didn't develop past a few weeks, so what miscarried was literally an egg yolk with pretentions. We're mostly disappointed, A is recovering from the dilation and curettage after the miscarriage and we plan to try again in a couple of cycles.

Seeking Wikipedia-quality citations regarding the loathsome scam known as Train2Game. It's the one where they promise kids meaningful training in a job they'd love, via hard-selling very dodgy loans at a total price of about twice the cost of, e.g., an Open University degree.

Note for future: new microwave arrived yesterday.

Comments

[marahmarie]

Sorry for your loss. Hope she's doing OK.

[tcpip]

... an egg yolk with pretentions

Whilst I also appreciate your wry humour, I also express my sympathies.

[damerell]

Check the page. The PR puffer cut a bunch of dirt at the same time they put in the puff, resulting in a +size edit not a -size one. I've re-inserted the dirt.

... except it's about someone else. Hey, ho, red face here.

[reddragdiva]

No it isn't - Skillstrain and Train2Game turn out to be the same upstanding group of legitimate businesspersons and colourful racing identities.

[damerell]

Well, we've got it right between us, then. :-/

[ludy]

i'm sorry for your loss