Dear friends-list peeps who are much smarter/more in-the-know than me.

 So, there's some screwy thing going on now with LJ and Facebook, huh?  And something also about a pingback notification thingy.  

The pingback thing doesn't bother me much all by itself, but the FB thing totally does!  My LJ has always been 'anonymous'.  Sure, there are a handful of people I know IRL who know about it and read it. (Hi Becky, Paula, and those of you on my f-list, you know who you are.)

However, when I finally made my FB account a year or two back, every person I never wanted to see again from high school promptly found me, and friended me.  Since I barely use FB, this is sort of okay.  But, I DO NOT WANT the same thing to happen to my LJ.  My LJ is my haven, my place where I can go and say anything about anything, and not have to worry about someone bringing it up the next time we go out to dinner with those friends we haven't seen in six months, you know?  I can be stupid and fangirly about actors and shows, and complain about my mother's inability to use her cell phone, and it's okay.  

So, could someone explain to me in a couple of sentences or less what the LJ/FB thing is, and link me to where/how we opt out?  There better be a freaking opt out, or I may just have to bite the bullet and vacate to Deamwidth permanently, despite my permanent account here, and the many *sniffle* fond memories I hold re: LJ.

 

Just in case it needs to be said.

Please do not crosspost any comments on my LJ to Facebook.  Ever.  Thanks.

Writer's Block: Ground Control to Major Tom

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Finally, a Writer's Block that applies specifically to me!  

Well, I've spent some considerable time thinking about this very question.  Does it count if the answer isn't a spacecraft?  I can't really say what it is, without giving away major spoilers for Nemesis and the rest of the series, but I'm sure a few of you, at least, could figure it out.  Telepathic space pirates, you know.  

Not that spoilers exactly matter until people are someday actually reading the books, but I have hopes.  (And no fair commenting if you happen to be the person I was chatting with that day when I figured it out.  You know who you are!)

Of course, the easy answer to this question would be the Tardis. :D  Oh, and now I have that song stuck in my head.