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Mostly, this works just fine. But at least one reader informs me that, for unknown reasons possibly related to solar flares, a small percentage of users are being sent through an endless loop of these security features. Journalscape’s resident techies tell us they are aware of the problem and hope to have it fixed, possibly within the next 24 hours. Fingers crossed.

And while we’re doing a little technical housecleaning, might I direct your attention to the handy-dandy “subscribe to this journal” link above? If you’d like a friendly e-mail each time I post a new blog entry, you can click on that link and enter your e-mail address. (Ignore the option to join a group entry.) I use this service for other Journalscape blogs myself and find it super useful. I can also assure you they don’t use or sell your e-mail for any other purpose, including but not limited to the advertising of penis enlargement devices.

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ahream Dispatches from the City of Angels I'm a mystery writer living in and writing about Los Angeles. You can catch my short story, "Running Venice," in the new anthology LAndmarked for Murder. Look for it in bookstores and on Amazon.com now. In the meantime, feel free to poke around. Over at my website you can find even more blog entries than I could fit here, as well as a few other ramblings. Enjoy and come back often.
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