Because there are other things to do today. Check out The Paper Boy for a cool list of international, national, and local papers you can browse. The “full service” member treatment is $2.95 a year, and you get all of your handy papers in one place, with a user-friendly searching tool. Also, Vandermeer has some […]
Some more thoughts here. I’ll try and say not too much more about this, because I’d like to move on to covering women’s rights, fantasy fiction, and health issues. All of which are likely going to be of even more importance from now on. I think a part of me was hoping I’d be able
via Empire o’ Dirt And, if you’re interested, here’s someone else’s rant. I have work to do.
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I love The Daily Show. This clip rocks. You can check out more recent goodness here.
Jon Stewart is Still My Secret Boyfriend Read More »
Well. I’m laughing. The Good Housekeeping Way vs. The Real Woman’s Way.
And, Just For Laughs Read More »
I just e-mailed my Republican little brother: “I know your vote will be EVIL, but have you voted yet?” This is the first election he’s been old enough to vote in. I’ll also be following atrios’ blog for updates. For the more conservative, there’s also L.G. Footballs, though I won’t link there, as I don’t
I Know Your Vote Will Be Evil, But.. Read More »
Hopped across the street and voted before heading to work today (for some reason I thought the polls were open from 8am to 8pm. In fact, they were open here around 6am). Linda, one of our architects, just voted in the US for the first time (she’s orginally from Poland). She found it quite exciting.
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Since I’ve been using it as my sounding board, here’s the FAQ about the guy running electoral-vote. Good luck, everybody. via Simon
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There’s an interesting article up at Strange Horizons on the stereotype of the “Magical Negro” in fantasy fiction. Author Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu looks at this white-written type in the novels of Stephen King (Dick Hallorann in The Shining, Mother Abigail in The Stand, John Coffey in The Green Mile, etc). There’s some discussion about the problems
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