Various sad, serious things are happening to people I know, and when not attempting to help I’m distracting myself by writing about whimsical nonsense.

Conversation with a colleague.  A likeable author/publisher/blogger/multimedia content creator, whom we both know through work was in town recently.

She:  There wasn’t time to meet up with him and ( Read more... )

Opportunities for academics and graduate students abound...and the book of literature and art on the contemporary American Indian experience in Michigan is open to non-academic work and art, including comics, creative nonfiction, photography, short stories.
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 Popular Culture. Sex. Fanfic. Surely there's a connection?  ; )

Call for Panel Proposals/Papers:    Popular Culture and Sex, 2011 SW/Texas 32nd Annual Regional Conference

2011 Southwest/Texas Popular Culture/American Culture Association April 20 - 23, 2011
Southwest/Texas Popular & American Culture Association’s
32nd Annual Conference in San Antonio, ( Read more... )

George Wayne, interviewer: "You're 72 years old. Are you still sexually active?"

Novelist Jackie Collins: "Well, of course. Aren't you?"

Source: VANITY FAIR, February 2010 edition
http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2010/02/wayne-collins-201002