*clambers onto soapbox*

So my friends list is buzzing over the news that Amazon.com is hiding the sales ranks of some books featuring homosexual characters. When the author of a de-listed “young adult” title wrote to Amazon for an explanation, he received this reply:
In consideration of our entire customer base, we exclude "adult" material from ( Read more... )

So I’m on the L train reading, as is my wont, when I notice that the woman seated directly across from me is also reading.

My book: The Pleasure’s All Mine: The Memoir of a Professional Submissive.

Her book: Healing Victims of Sexual Abuse.

CDs
The Crystal Method, Legion of Boom
Depeche Mode, Playing the Angel
Life in a Blender, The Heart Is a Small Balloon
Radiohead, “No Surprises” (with “Meeting in the Aisle,” “Lull”)
Brian Wilson, I Just Wasn’t Made for These Times
-, Smile

various artists
Dead & Gone #1: Trauermärsche - Funeral Marches ( Read more... )

Like many people, I have been gnashing teeth and rending garments over the desecration of The Dark Is Rising that will shortly be infesting movie theaters under the title The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising. (Go here to learn why we are so cheesed off.) But whenever I’m in danger of giving myself an aneurysm, I take a deep breath and recall Raymond ( Read more... )

Saturday: Went to Nyack with Announcement and his daughter for her very first They Might Be Giants concert; spent much of the visit correcting people’s assumptions about the nature of our relationship. (“His daughter! All his! Not mine ( Read more... )

I’m going to be on the night shift this week, which means I’ll be working on Halloween night. We’d better be getting some damn good take-out.

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For the past couple years, the approach of Halloween has prompted me to re-read my Lovecraft anthologies. This year, although I’ll probably watch my DVD of The Eldritch Influence: The Life, Vision and ( Read more... )