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Late Tuesday Tidbit: The evangelical leader and the other pool boy
Instead of finishing my binge watch of The Boys a glance at twitter is forcing me to update a previous post. Remember how Jerry Falwell, Jr. and is wife decided for some completely unfathomable reason to hand over $1.8 million dollars to be a gay-friendly flophouse in Miami as a gift to provide an income to a hunky pool boy they met at a very ( Read more... ) -
That has always been here, or politics aren’t a new thing in sf/f
I’ve been a fan of Jeannette Ng since a friend recommended her novel, Under the Pendulum Sun a bit over a year ago, so I was overjoyed when at this last weekend’s WorldCon they read her name as the winner of this year’s John W. Campbell Award. And here acceptance speech began with the line: “John W. Campbell, for whom this award was named, was a ( Read more... ) -
Tuesday Tidbit 8/20/2019: Closeted politician tries to co-opt us to dodge his anti-gay past
I was out of town Friday and Saturday dealing with family things, and then when I was back Sunday I needed to get the errands I usually do on Saturday finished Sunday morning, then get ready for the second Seahawks pre-season game in the late Sunday afternoon. So though I really wanted to post links to the following stories as a Weekend Update, I ( Read more... ) -
A Hugo of Our Own
I watched the livestream of the Hugo Awards ceremony broadcast from DublinCon yesterday. When the feed wasn’t glitching or having other problems, it was great. And I got to squee live on twitter about some of the wins. The ceremony flowed well, the setting was nice. The music choices were good, and the co-presenters Afua Richardson and Michael ( Read more... ) -
Friday Five (that never works edition)
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Most writing advice is free, but the value varies
I made my first professional sale to a science fiction ‘zine (Worlds of If) forty-four years ago. And I was ecstatic, because I had only been submitting to professional ‘zines for two years, and I had already made a sale! I was on my way, right?!? Except I didn’t make another sale until thirteen years later. So maybe I didn’t quite know what I was ( Read more... ) -
That’s not a plothole…
Frequently when people are trying to explain why they don’t like a particular movie, series episode, or book, they will refer to a plothole. They will express great frustration about this problem in the story. And they will get angry at you if you don’t agree with them that this plothole was a horrible mistake that made the whole story worthless. I ( Read more... ) -
Pining for Commander WASP and his sidekick, Biff; or, your sf/f golden age not the only one
Once again while I was merrily surfing to some of my favorite web sites (when I should have been writing), I came across a link to a ridiculous and judgmental comment on the state of science fiction. More specifically, it was intended as an indictment of the reading tastes of “fans these days” while nostalgically lamenting that the genre is no ( Read more... ) -
Friday Five (political lackeys edition)
And now we're at the second Friday in August ( Read more... ) -
Tuesday Tidbits 8/6/19: Smirking and Inciting
I frequently save memes, cartoons, and the like to use as an illustration for a blog post or Friday Five...
(This post with charts, cartoons, memes, and a bunch of news links I don't want to sit on until Friday, is at FontFolly.Net.)
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