One of the members of our writing group* has been reading a piece about becoming a fan--and meeting--a controversial right-wing figure. Eve's an ex-flower child hippie, and some of what she has been reading to us has been about how shocked she is to have become a fan of this guy. Over the past weeks she's been incredibly, annoyingly coy about who ( Read more... )

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Still on news blackout. Because everything I see ruins my sleep.

For all I know, this is doomed to failure.  But at least it's taking a stand.  I'm calling congress and  senators up and down. It's that or jumping in front of a subway.


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At some point in the future I will write a proper response to the finale.  But it was a steaming turd. After last week's lame-o shitstorm I was dreading this.  Thanks for proving me right, guys.


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Last night, Donald Trump kicked off the debate by bragging about his penis size.

The man is still leading.

I want a divorce from America.

Basking in the glow of SDCC!  I wasn't there, but kept up with the pictures, live-streamed Nerd HQ  (how funny was that unicorn??  If you haven't watched it, find the link!!!).  Jared and the Hall H AKF--BE STILL MY HEART-- the happiness and fun everyone radiated...so great ( Read more... )

It occurred to me the other day that if LJ went down, I would lose years of entries.  So I decided to make several Word docs.  The first one is "Personal", so far the second one is "Idle House entries".  Not the stories, which are all on my hard drive, but thoughts, arguments, etc.  I just came across a post done in 2010, "When Good Fandoms Go Bad ( Read more... )

When trolls attack, many take it personally.  This article discusses a study of Internet trolls, and they're just as bad in real life as on the interwebs.  Please link anyone who has been badly hurt by trolls to this entry.http://www.

EMAIL GLOSSARY:

Email: Electronic mail. A letter you send on your computer

Listserve: An electronic mailing list, similar to an instantaneous chain letter

List owners: Those who maintain the mailing list

“Re:”: The term that appears in the heading of an email you are responding to. For instance, you send an email headed “Suggestions”. The response will ( Read more... )