When men were men! And women were women! With varying degrees of success. I started reading The Godfather so I could take a look at the way Mario Puzo had rolled out the plot. The next book I’m working on is a sprawling family saga of revenge, rebellion, genocide, and female guerrilla fighters, and though […]
“There is nothing on the internet as interesting as the book you are supposed to be writing. Get back to work.” – David Lubar (via Shaken & Stirred)
I realize I haven’t posted any pics of my new diggs yet. Here’s my new room configuration and workspace: The map to the left of the desk is my GW world map. Sometimes actual WORK even gets done here. I even have line edits just SITTING on my desk WAITING to get input. Don’t knock
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What I did this weekend…. Attempted to re-paste, re-sand, prime and paint this with my roomies: Up into the attic…. From here it doesn’t look so bad!! Wait a minute. There’s something odd about that ceiling… What the hell…? OMG. OMGWTFBBQ FOR SERIOUS (for the record, it looks about 10X worse in real life –
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Well, at least it’s shorter. You know, Stephanie used to tell these little anecdotes about the difference between living in Dayton and the PNW, and I used to think they were terribly funny. Her oft-repeated story is one in which she was sitting around with the other receptionists at her workplace and she used the
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“The debate rages over whether or not this image represents an artistic interpretation of a sexual fantasy, or if it just glorifies rape. As the fashion industry continues to push the envelope and strives to remain cutting edge the line between risque and offensive continues to blur.” We’re surrounded by images very like the one
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“Moms were seen as less competent and committed. Moms were half as likely to be hired as childless women or men with or without kids. Moms were offered $11,000 less in starting pay than non-moms. And, just for good measure, they were also judged more harshly for tardiness.” (via Pandagon)
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My parents called me tonight to remind me that it was a year ago today that Jenn called them to say I’d been brought into the hospital in a diabetic coma. My condition was “stable,” but though Jenn knew that was better than the condition under which I’d been brought in, the doctor on duty