relationships

a nifty story in the guardian about couples who stayed together long-term, in different relationship patterns. i especially like that there's a story about a same-sex couple, and one about a couple that wasn't monogamous, though asking for a long-term clearly poly relationship between more than two people (and yes, i know several) is probably hoping for a bit too much. :)

i wish there were more of that in the media. i think a lot of serial monogamists who seem forever on the search for something that keeps eluding them could use examples of how to make a good life together in a less conventional relationship formation. it might spark alternative ideas.

that said, something we see even less of, is people who happily live by themselves all their lives. we have negative terms for them -- "old spinster", "eccentric bachelor", and the ones who prefer to live that way are all but invisible.

thanks

to all those livejournal folks who worked so hard on restoring the system. and a special thank-you for keeping us informed throughout the process.

for those who were at loose ends

at LJ patch one can leave alternate contact information for those times when LJ is down, such as another journal one has desperately started at greatestjournal or journalfen, or one's regular blog. the site might be useful if lots of people were to know about it.

via elke_tanzer.