I read over slytherincess's recent post with interest this morning, and then I read calliope14"s subsequent post and I have to say:

I disagree with nearly all of it.

So I was rereading, wondering why I disagreed, and strongly. And then as I read her analogies it seemed to me that Julie was treating YM as a private space. But, YM is a chat program; it's public space ( Read more... )

Christmas weekend thanks for Friday, Saturday, Sunday, MondayI could write a reply to all the bitching about TV news but I've done it so many times before I feel like a broken record. They say it's a sign of insanity to keep doing the same thing and expect a different outcome, so I'm going to step back from the brink. All of you who think that TV ( Read more... )

( A brief self-indulgent passage about EWFS and plot. )

1-NBC cut a quick shot of an elderly patient's breast from the episode of ER that ran last night. They said they felt it was appropriate (and it would air after 10:30pm) but in the current climate they didn't want to cause their affiliates any headaches ( Read more... )

*headdesk ( Read more... )

This is for rabican, and also for vanityfair whom I'm sure wants us the f*** out of her LJ. If the rest of you would like to see the start of this conversation, go here.

The Peter Pan Syndrome was one of those pop psychology books that made the rounds of the daytime talk shows (this was back in '83, before things went tabloid, when all the shows were like Oprah ( Read more... )