Don’t you just hate it when the overlord in movies does stupid things? All that time and effort and carefully laid plans, only to throw it away because they decide to tie the hero up instead of killing him or leaving silly clues. No, there are certain things I would do if I was an evil overlord.

Yes, Sarah Palin scares the hell outta me too. Can we pass a law that specifically forbids her from holding any position of power.

September can you kill, in the south. Having survived the languid, sticky slowness of August, you think September will be different. It is, after all, a month of change, when children return to school. The streets go quiet during the day, the parks and malls are bare in the mornings and stillness settles over the city, a held breath that finally begins to exhale around 2:30. With these shifts and changes, you’d think the weather would also change, that heat leave like an a guest who has over stayed.. You’d think.

But you’d be wrong.

You slowly realize that the heat and humidity has spent the summer making itself comfortable and it has no intention of leaving just yet. It stays on the porch, gently rocking in its chair and staring off into the sky. Occasionally, it will reach down and bring a wet glass to its lips and take a long drink and you’ll feel pieces of yourself melt away and it’ll turn and smile at you, the son of a bitch, and continue rocking. It paid for the full month and it intends to enjoy every moment of it and if you should go mad from the heat and humidity that doesn’t let up and seems like it never will, if you’re wake up everyday on the thin edge of reason praying please, let the heat break today, well, that’s just too bad, but it pay for the entire month, so it’ll be stayin’.

Simply put, it has not been a good summer, hence the silence here. I could list it all out, but really, I’d like to move past it all and instead, dream of flying

It is better to have a hen tomorrow than an egg today.

You are going to take a vacation.

Our Facebook accounts have been reinstated, no real explanation given, just this short email:

Hi Brandon,

We have investigated the matter more thoroughly and have reinstated your accounts. I sincerely apologize for our error and the inconvenience you and your wife have gone through. I hope this will not deter you from fully enjoying the site in the future, and please do not hesitate to contact me if you experience any further problems.

Thank you,

Anjali
User Operations
Facebook

Much thanks to the Metafilter posse for their help, both in public and behind the scenes for getting this correction made. It’s great community of people.

and no, I doubt I’ll be spending much time on Facebook.

To all,
If you’re wondering why I may not be in your Facebook network or friend circle anymore, it’s because I’ve been using a fake account. It’s true, Facebook itself told me. Not only that, but Lisa has been using a fake account too.

Now, I know many of you knew me as Brandon Blatcher, the name I’ve had since birth, though ya’ll have certainly called me other names at times. But Facebook has uncovered the truth and now my shame is revealed.

This all started a few weeks ago, when I tried to log into Facebook, only to get this error:

Your account has been disabled by an administrator. If you have any questions or concerns, you can visit our FAQ page here.

Naturally the link they provided didn’t contain any information or email addresses so I Googled around to find some sort of contact info. All I got was , which I emailed saying they were in error and could they turn my account back on. After a week they replied with the above notice, saying I was using a fake account.

I’m not sure where to go from here, as who I am clearly isn’t who I thought I was and then to find out that Lisa isn’t Lisa, well, I need a moment or at least a phone number to talk to someone over at Facebook and politely ask just who the hell they think they are and what they hell they’re going to do about this problem.

Update:
Facebook, please notice that this is the full, uncropped picture that was used in my Facebook profile.

Good news will come to you by mail.

I’m not a big fan of the summer olympics, but these pictures are gorgeous. There’s not much video on YouTube though. Seems NBC is getting that stuff pulled off the site which is a shame ‘cause the opening ceremonies are usually pretty impressive.