I've debated whether to blog about this weekend's Hugo nominations. Given the amount of ink that's been spilled already, adding more, especially at this stage, may be unwise. But as a Hugo nominator/voter, I am tangentially involved in this. So, here we go.

( Cut to spare those of you with no interest in the Hugos and science fiction inside baseball, or who cannot take any more of this. I understand. )

This has been up all over, but I still think it deserves still more coverage. So, I add.

To sum up, Fred Phelps and the Westboro Baptist Church headed to Comic-Con to protest, you know, all that rockin' gay stuff and idol worshipping there. (Or so I am told. Apparently Angelina Jolie will be making an appearance, so, you know, the idol ( Read more... )

LJ News is full of excitable squeaking that Lj is suspending journals again, without notice.

A few thoughts and problems here:

1) As queerbychoice and others have noticed, Livejournal has chosen to use California's age of consent, 18, which is not the age of consent in all countries or even all U.S. states. What this means is that LJ may be restricting ( Read more... )