I'm working my way through rydra_wong's comprehensive list of posts on the recent blow-up around race, racism, and (sci-fi/fantasy) fiction in my spare time. I'm not even nearly finished -- I've been keeping track of the discussion only haphazardly before this -- but in the meantime I thought I would work through some of my thoughts in my own space. This ( Read more... )

I'm going to be out of touch for a week, I think (starting tomorrow). No big, just think I ought to steer clear of the internet and phone for a while and get some work done. You won't even notice I'm gone ( Read more... )

Today was Columbus Day, also known as "If the Canadians Have Thanksgiving, We'd Better Get a Day Off Too, Goddammit." I had the "If Only We Had Socialized Medicine" remix, where I hacked weakly into tissues and moaned piteously for mercy ( Read more... )

New Kid Makes a Rule
FOB/Panic, Joe/Spencer, Rish?
WARNING FOR WIP AMNESTY.

Explanations are necessary for this story, so bear with me.

After I wrote "After," I was kind of drained on the srs bsnss front.
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( Follow-up on ye olde warnings debate: some very interesting points have been raised, and I'm going to blither about them. )