It has come to pass that the RIAA has levied a $2000 fine against a 12-year-old girl from what appears to be an underpriveleged household, without ever having been required to prove its claims to anyone, least of all the U.S. legal system. This is a practice colloquially known … [Read more...] about Taking money from children
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My GregJunk arrived today. … [Read more...] about Timing
currently reading
American Gods – Neil Gaiman The War for the Oaks – Emma Bull The Queen's Necklace – Theresa Edgerton Downbelow Station (*) – CJ Cherryh Cousin Kate – Georgette Heyer Intrusions – Ursula Hegi The Lovely Bones – alice sebold … [Read more...] about currently reading
Today on BoingBoing…
Cory Doctorow discovers Making Book. … [Read more...] about Today on BoingBoing…
Search query poetry
Reading through the search queries on this site affords endless amusement, especially if you rearrange them like refrigerator poetry: NaNoWriMo TypePad Orlando Bloom zen calendar spank Boston dead people movable past "what possible use?" Tivo archives Buffy viable … [Read more...] about Search query poetry
Why I hate marketing
Amazon is good to me; my Angel season 2 DVDs arrived today. I immediately did an inspection of the packaging, since both the Angel and Buffy sets always have quotes from the episodes, and it's fun to see which ones the marketing people picked. I hate the outside of this set. I … [Read more...] about Why I hate marketing
“Strange Girlfriend”
Go read Scott's new story at Ideomancer. Do not pass go, etc., etc…. … [Read more...] about “Strange Girlfriend”
LJ snafu fixed, I think
The LJ feed should be working again in about half an hour. If you get three months' worth of posts all at once…. sorry. Mea culpa. Update: Oy. That sucked. Back to normal now. … [Read more...] about LJ snafu fixed, I think
New music too….
New Sarah McLachlan album, "Afterglow," to be released Nov. 4. I snagged about 2/3 of the "Fallen" mp3 before Nettwerk yanked it (idiots), and it's vaguely disappointing in that there's nothing really new about it, but it's very nice to hear her sing something other than the same … [Read more...] about New music too….
There is a God, and He likes space opera
Firefly is being made into a feature film. Rumors confirmed, deals signed. Whoop! (via Whedonesque) … [Read more...] about There is a God, and He likes space opera
