My friend Brooke marieoroumania* Binkowski, who is Managing Editor of Snopes.com, was on the front page of the New York Times on Christmas Day!

For Fact-Checking Website Snopes, a Bigger Role Brings More Attacks

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Some of you might know about my objections to the Harry Potter series. They are numerous and varied, but the biggest one is the fact that characters conveniently forget obvious solutions to problems or information they'd been explicitly told just a few chapters before*. I don't know if I'm just weird this way, but I have a real beef against ( Read more... )

A couple days ago, a dear friend of mine who has access to IMDB Pro helped me find contact information for the agents of many of the celebrities I would like to give copies of my CD. So I spent the evening composing emails to various talent agents basically saying "Hey, I'd like to send [Famous Person] a copy of my CD because my song [Song Title] ( Read more... )

While I'm not usually one to comment upon celebrity gossip, I heard something on FM 94/9 this morning that made me just shake my head ( Read more... )

All right, folks, I have a request/challenge for you! I would very much like to get copies of Doctor, Captain, Dovahkiin, Chief into the hands of the following people:

1. Jim Infantino (front-man and songwriter for Jim's Big Ego)
2. Angela Claverie (music editor for the TV show The Flash)
3. Steven Moffat (former story editor for Doctor Who4. Matt ( Read more... )

RIP David Robert Jones, better known as David Bowie

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My friend Keith R.A. deCandido (yes, that Keith R.A. deCandido, aka kradical) recently had a bit of a financial snafu that required him to create a GiveForward campaign asking for help to meet expenses. That campaign was a success in substantially less than 24 hours. I myself contributed a small amount-had the campaign lasted until today (pay day) it would ( Read more... )

I just got an email from seanan_mcguire in response to the one I sent her to let her know about the videos for Deadly Ever After and Geeky Girls.

Dear Eben;

Oh, man, these are AWESOME. Thank you so much!

Best,
Seanan

YAAYYY!!! So much Muppet-flailing!!!

On Thursday, Nelson Mandela died. That day, Texan Senator Ted Cruz posted a tribute to Mandela on his Facebook page. Many of his followers posted comments in support and solidarity, as is to be expected. But some of them went, well, guanoloco. Here is an article on the subject from Daily Kos.

Despite the slant of the article, I don't believe that ( Read more... )

Hello, everyone. I know I've been kinda sporadic about posting things on LJ (and even FB) lately. I blame three things: work stress, health issues, and (since Friday) Batman: Arkham Origins
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