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OK, I hate Condi Rice’s foreign policy. I think she’s a big bully. But you gotta give the woman props. I do agree with the critique of the choice: Bush is getting everybody in top positions who agrees with his politics (yes. This is a Bad Thing. Surrounding yourself with a bunch of people who […]

Check out the oh-so-cool Worth1000’s “If Pirates Ruled” photoshop contest. It made me quite happy. I’m especially partial to Barney the Pirate and Cap’n Jack reading Oprah Magazine. Frickin’ classic. Richard A. Muller has some thoughts on The Physics of Gluttony and you may be interested in these Little Known Facts About US Presidents. Ha.

So, my roomie is dating again, which makes her very happy, and so – as I have a great deal of affection for her – is very good. Unfortunatley, it also means that my happy illusion of Domestic Bliss has crumbled. I have been in a Deep State of Mourning since Thursday, which is painful

The NY Times has an article about two shows hitting Broadway that deal directly with body perception, desire, and yes, fat. Eve Ensler of The Vagina Monologues fame is doing a one-woman show that examines her hatred for and later, her acceptance of, her “imperfect” stomach – imperfect because it’s not flat as an adolescent’s.

Writing & other misc. angst today. See you Monday.

It’s fucked-up that he had to die for it. If you haven’t seen Van Gogh’s short film yet, check it out. It’s not *quite* work safe – there’s some suggestive imagery, and I think you may be able to see some nipples through the black mesh. In any case, I just minimized the screen when

Jenn has coyly suggested that I start all of the fantasy saga titles with prepositions: To the Wall Over Burning Cities Below the [ominous words] Aboard [some kind of vehicle] Through [a kind of landscape or country] With, upon, amid… Near the End… I think “Near the End” is the most appropriate. My fall-back on

I’m off to go work on said writing projects. I’ve also been trolling through the internal job postings board at my company, trying to decide where I want to live in the summer of 2006. It occurred to me today that I have a nice cushy job, in a nice cushy city, and couldn’t I

Roey Thorpe, executive director of Basic Rights Oregon, shared a personal story that she believes illustrates the prejudice that a gay person cannot love as truly or as deeply as a heterosexual. The Portland, Oregon, woman said an employee who was grieving over the death of her husband asked Thorpe, “Do your people feel sad

So, John Rickards is deep in rewrite mode, and I must admit that as a mostly-unpublished writer who’s written nine books and god-knows-how-many-short-stories, I find it deeply comforting that even writers under 3-book contracts write shitty first drafts. I spent yesterday working on book two of the fantasy saga, Over Burning Cities, which is shaping