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Guess What, Everyone...
A new issue of Expanded Horizons! -
Bus Fire
I was behind this bus as it was being towed down Rt. 128 to Rt. 9. And I was like holy crap, that bus EXPLODED. I hope no one was hurt! (...And I wonder if I'll see this on the news when I get home ( Read more... ) -
Happy Pi Day!
3.1415926535897932384626433832795028841971693993751058209749445923078164062862089986280348253421170679... -
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas to all who celebrate it!
And may those of you who are having challenging times with your families right now (many folks I know, sadly) have as peaceful a holiday as possible. -
Is There A Word For This?
What is is called when two completely different cultures wind up developing a very similar practice, and for similar reasons, even though the respective histories are wildly different? (For example, two entirely unrelated religions with no historical overlap developing a similar practice?)
Is there a "convergent evolution" model for anthropology/ -
My Arisia Schedule (2015)
I will be arriving at Arisia on Thursday afternoon, pre-con, and leaving Wednesday morning (well past con, giving me time to go to Dead Dog on Monday night, and then wind down and mentally unpack on Tuesday ( Read more... ) -
Weird Intersex News On NBC
Hunters shoot intersex deer
Imagine that, intersex animals exist, too!
Polish town officials decide that Winnie the Pooh is intersex, or castrated, or something
Except not like that.
I dunno, NBC. I just don't know.
And then there was this story in the Washington Post about Michael Phelps' girlfriend ( Read more... ) -
MA Governor's Race And Transgender Rights
The Rainbow Times article here -- Baker prefers the current law, which excludes protections for transgender people in public accommodations.
MTPC's article from 2013 on what equal accommodations means and why it matters
The Daily Kos on Baker's runningmate and her anti-LGBT history
Just putting this out there so you all know. -
Write 50,000 Words Of Fiction In The Month Of November
Which in my case makes November no different from every other month of the year. O.O
I don't always make quite that word count (in just fiction), but I make up for it in time spent revising and reworking drafts and chapters, and making my writing polished, or scrapping things and rewriting them. /shrug/