CNN Debates Twitter's Relevance While Ignoring Important World Events Being Reported on Twitter — "In what could be viewed as a watershed moment for social networking and the internet in general, here you have an oppressive regime with little tolerance for dissent doing … [Read more...] about CNN, Twitter, and the Iran elections
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in lieu of a personal update, book reviews
Lots of big stuff going on in friends' lives. It's been a really crazy week, but I don't feel that I can divulge their personal business to the internets, so I'm going to blather about books for a while. Between doctor's visits (nothing big, just lots of little things: the … [Read more...] about in lieu of a personal update, book reviews
When you can’t log in to wordpress.com stats from your Dashboard…
…but you can log in at wordpress.com itself, and you're using Firefox… …you probably need to go to your cookie preferences and check "Accept third-party cookies," because the stats are loaded in an iframe, and Firefox is trying to protect you from yourself. … [Read more...] about When you can’t log in to wordpress.com stats from your Dashboard…
Overcoming Your Cooking Obstacles
Overcoming Your Cooking Obstacles … [Read more...] about Overcoming Your Cooking Obstacles
The field guide to Ewoks
The field guide to Ewoks — "After several cycles of exhaustive fieldwork, we can unequivocally report that Ewoks are not the naïve companionable canopy dwellers initially reported by Alliance military sources, but rather a singularly violent, cunning species, driven … [Read more...] about The field guide to Ewoks
Boy in the Bubble
Boy in the Bubble — Josh Friedman's first blog post since Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles was canceled. It's… wow. "Losing your show is more like a surprise divorce where you get served papers in the morning and your (ex)wife is fucking Human Target by three … [Read more...] about Boy in the Bubble
The most backward law
'Now, it's like the Stone Age, it's like a Muslim country here [...] This is the most backward law, it is not for a civilized country. If this was Iran, Iraq, I wouldn't be surprised. But to pass this law in the United States, what is this government doing?' (via Sarah Monette) … [Read more...] about The most backward law
Five years later…
… he's not sick of me yet. I think I'll keep him. … [Read more...] about Five years later…
the origins of urban fantasy and paranormal romance
Gwenda Bond's article for Publishers Weekly on the origins of urban fantasy and paranormal romance is a wonderful antidote to the NY Times profile of Charlaine Harris that claimed Stephenie Meyer made the genre what it is today. What arrant nonsense that was! Bond does a lovely … [Read more...] about the origins of urban fantasy and paranormal romance
… and a Buffy movie
Apparently, by going on vacation and ignoring the internet for the better part of a week, I missed this whole shitstorm about the Kuzuis wanting to redo the Buffy movie without Joss. Is it just me, or do these people have shit for brains? As if the first Buffy movie wasn't proof … [Read more...] about … and a Buffy movie
