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On lazy Sundays, I’ll often browse through my sitetracker and amuse myself by looking at all the search strings that brought confused users into my blog this week (in addition to the regulars and random “next blog” browsers): My Darklight post has brought in a few “The Celestine Prophecy was a true book!” types with: […]

I had a long conversation yesterday with my Republican Atheist brother (now there’s a pairing I bet you don’t see much) about healthcare, welfare, and Michael Moore. Needless to say, it was a really interesting discussion. My brother’s white, good-looking, and comes from an upper-middle class family. He’s never had to worry about healthcare or

It’s still a sad day when most people aren’t voting *for* the democratic candidate: they’re voting *against* the President (I include myself in this category). And, of course, I’m pretty stuck on this one: one wants to limit women’s health choices. One believes they should have choices. I’m pretty stuck on that issue alone. Not

Today’s a writing day. Cleaned up and sent out some stories that have been sitting, bumping up my stories-out count from 3 to 6 (paltry, I know – my highest count was 21 stories out, and that was the year I sold three stories. A good example of the Law of Averages). I have several

Picked up another of the usual sort of rejects from Datlow for one of my shorts, the WMD story. She said there’s not “enough to the story” which I can’t complain about. There’s not. But I like the story anyway. I’ve been wondering if there’s a form reject for SciFiction (cause I’ve never seen it),

I figured they were dumping the talent competitions for the Miss USA beauty pageant because, really, it was always about skin, and nobody gave a damn about world peace. Donald Trump said as much about the jury picks and how so many “reall beautiful” women were “passed over” by “incompetent judges” who, I presume, weighed

I had no idea this was a real organization. Who’da thought? They endorse Kerry, by the way.

A day in the live of Thin Privilege A day in the life of Straight Privilege White Male Opression Awareness Month! (because I couldn’t resist) White men being oppressed! Here and here! Ahem. Yes. I realize I’m being intolerant and exclusionary, so here’s: Kitten Terrorists. The next wave (this one’s for Jenn).

So, what’s your guess for October’s “surprise” fear tactic to increase Bush approval ratings? Bets? “It will be revealed that the three token female bloggers the A-list confesses to stealing material from via Bloglines are actually men who work for the DNC.” – CC “All kidding aside, we’re going to get another alert that terrorists

The debates are gearing up! Check out the Secret Addendum to the Debate Agreement that both parties had to sign! TOP SECRET ADDENDUM TO ELECTION 2004 DEBATE AGREEMENT, entered into on September 20, 2004 by President George W. Bush (hereinafter referred to as “Bush”) and Senator John F. Kerry (hereinafter referred to as “Kerry”) NOW,