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Finishing up the edits to the POV chapters for one of my main characters in tDW, Auryn. His chapters and Roh’s chapters are the last in need of major overhauling (as usual). This is good because it means Lilihin, Zezili, and Anavha are done, and I refuse to touch them again until somebody tells me […]

You Are A Pirate! What Type Of Swashbuckler Are You? brought to you by Maddog Varuka & Dawg Brown (thanks, Jenn!)

… is that 90% of diabetics are Type 2, which means 90% of the drugs are tailored to Type 2s, people who still have functionaing pancreases. So you get all excited reading about the benefits of new drugs and then realize that they aren’t made for you.

Interesting article about the power dynamics in a small coastal village in South Korea where the women make the bulk of a family’s wealth by diving for shellfish. Like their sisters throughout coastal areas in East Asia, the sea women here spend their days diving into the sea with no breathing devices, simply holding their

But hey, if that’s the only consequence to having an IUD anymore, I’ll take it. Why doesn’t everyone have one of these? Oh, yea, cause the first three months fucking sucked. Also, I’ve discovered why so many of my characters in my last two books get their fingers chopped off. I just chopped my finger

Prof. Barres is transgendered, having completed the treatments that made him fully male 10 years ago…. Being first a female scientist and then a male scientist has given Prof. Barres a unique perspective on the debate over why women are so rare at the highest levels of academic science and math: He has experienced personally

Countries as diverse as Britain, Chile, Liberia and Israel have elected women to their highest political office. When it comes to female representation in national parliaments, the U.S. ranks 68th in the world…. Even the new democracies in Iraq and Afghanistan have a greater percentage of female representatives than does Congress, according to the Inter-Parliamentary

I could complain about living on the top floor of a three flat in 100 degree weather with one little air con unit for one long, thin apartment, but then, looks like everyone else is pretty screwed, too: I’ve been surviving by dousing myself periodically with cold water and lying around a lot. The good

Why is The Road Warrior playing on The History Channel?? Did someone get confused?

I HATE this insulin. I’m going home now.