“The trouble with manhood, American-style, is that it is maintained at the expense of every man’s feminine side — the frantically repressed Inner Wussy — and the demonization of the feminine and the gay wherever we see them.“ I do love that even in an article about how we demonize the feminine, the feminine is […]
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Temp work until 12:30 today, followed by one interview at same place I’d been temping that’s looking for somebody to assist one of the investment brokers. Bike ride home, lunch, bus ride downtown for second interview for a receptionist/project assistant position that’s got a commute out to fucking Springboro and a 7:30 am start time.
“Occupation” is turning out to be one of those stories that, like “Genderbending,” I didn’t realize anybody actually liked, read, or cared about until a year after it was published. Now Occupation’s on a “notable stories of 2006” list and reprinted in a Year’s Best SF. And, to be honest, of the three stories I
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I didn’t see the fight, but knowing the result sure makes me miss watching `em. I was surprised at the result, actually, even having seen De La Hoya when he was seriously out of fighting shape.
Yeah, I Need to Get Back to Watching Fights… Read More »
You Are Batman Billionaire playboy by day. Saving the world by night.And you’re not even a true superhero. Just someone with a lot of expensive toys! What Superhero Are You?
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Ian and I went out on a beer and pie run tonight. On the way back, I mentioned I’d sent out some query letters today. “Wow,” Ian said, “if you got a big fat check for that book, you might almost be cool again.”
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Had to turn down interviews for a couple of short-term temp assignments because… well, after I was told I wasn’t going to be interviewed for one of them, I went ahead and booked Wiscon for some extra days, and now I’m committed to doing that instead of a possible 2-week assignment for 20 an hour.
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