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this is just to say
I'm so sick of people bleating at each other to "check their privilege." As if someone's going to say, "Wait, you're right, I DO have privilege! Thanks so much for the reminder." -
okay, more about the Hugos
I read George R.R. Martin’s response to Larry Correia and, man, he’s more sane and measured in his response than I ever would have been. I tried reading Corriea’s original post and lost track of the number of self-references in the first two paragraphs. You see, I always wanted to be a writer, and I always wanted to be recognized, and blah blah. ( Read more... ) -
all I'll say about the Hugos
This is why I read mysteries. -
escape from tomorrow
I'd like to see that again, from the perspective of the wife whose dumb middle-aged husband won't help with the kids and spends large chunks of time chasing teenage French girls (one WITH BRACES, GOOD LORD).
Give me your movie. I'll fix it. -
the thing on the doorstep
Had a really, really lovely time at Readercon. Saw folks, met new folks, almost-met some folks. The SO read one of his stories and everyone laughed at the funny parts. I bought too many books, especially ChiZine when they made an "everything is $5" announcement 15 minutes before the dealers' room closed. (Note to self: Always hit the ChiZine table ( Read more... ) -
you're a cult, we're a family
I went to Boskone on Friday night and had a lovely time. Saw unnamed_horror and pgtremblay, saw some good panels, went book-shopping...and picked up a bunch of goodies from the freebie table, including two books from someone's version of The Stand, starring Mormon polygamists. (Which I thought was self-published, but turns out it's from Amazon's mystery imprint. Go figure ( Read more... ) -
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I am cranky, at work, and waiting to hop a plane to Indiana later tonight ( Read more... ) -
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I really, really wanted to like Side Effects. It has a pretty original premise -- woman goes on new antidepressant, antidepressant has, whoa, like, SIDE EFFECTS -- and the first 2/3 is smart and crackly and I had no idea where it was going, although it looked like it was going to be about evil Big Pharma, and I'm all for more movies about evil Big ( Read more... ) -
so!
Lovely wedding anniversary trip to Vermont. Hiking in Queechee Gorge, bird-watching at VINS, gawking at glassblowers for hours and hours, much grocery-shopping ( Read more... )
