Late Night Quick Links
Given the disconnect between the Occupy movement and professional hand-wringers and concern trolls, it's time to start talking again about non-profit industrial complex. One reason why some observers,...
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My father's review of INSULTS EVERY MAN SHOULD KNOW (which he has not read)
Today is my Name Day (thank you, thank you) so my sister called and put my father on the phone. Earlier, he'd seen a copy of Insults Every Man Should Know.Here are his thoughts:I don't understand this...
View ArticleLife in these United States
In Tennessee, a family learns the importance of personal responsibility.In Texas, a single mother says, "I shall be on welfare...no more!"Meanwhile, in New York Communist agitators and their useful...
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The first person to compare his lover's cheeks to roses was a genius!
The ten-thousandth was an idiot.Which brings me to this Kickstarter: Fucking James Franco: a collection of erotic fiction that describes hypothetical sexual encounters with the greatest American actor,...
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Work of Art, Ep. 8: TIT-AY IN THE CIT-AY
LOLA GETS NAKED!LIKE THIS:BUT NAKED!But first, Dusty and Young have breakfast—they both shove bananas into their mouths. This sets the tone for the whole episode.So anyway, this challenge is about the...
View Article"You have to be a certain kind of person to understand the Twilight books"
This is what happens when people don't understand the concept of intersubjective evaluation.Spoiler: Stephen King shouldn't call himself as professional writer. Also, he's jealous. And he has a nose...
View ArticleThe Port Shutdown of 12/12
Next week, the Occupy movement will attempt to shut down the Port of Oakland and other ports on the West Coast. The "Business Report" section of The San Francisco Chronicle (huffy Democratic Party...
View ArticleOccupy the Spectacle, for real! Uh...for "real."
From Mother Jones online:A few hours after television producers set up a replica of Occupy Wall Street for the filming of a new episode of Law and Order Special Victims Unit, the real Occupy Wall...
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Busy year
Wedding, trip to Scotland, five books released (Sensation Starve Better The Damned Highway Υπόγεια Κίνηση Insults Every Man Should Know), nominated for the Hugo, World Fantasy, Bram Stoker, and Shirley...
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I don't normally like NPR, but today I love NPR
Earlier this morning, one of my day job books was Amazon's #1 Mover-n-Shaker, but by the time I got the screencap:I had to settle for number two behind some ladywank book. Anyway, what happened was...
View ArticleGenre vs Literary Fiction—An Infantile Disorder
A few days ago, Jezebel republished a letter purportedly from an investment banker to a woman who stopped communicating with him after a first date. It reads, in part:We have a number of things in...
View ArticleIt WAS a busy year
I slept from 7pm till 7am! Haven't done that since I was a child, if ever.Anyway, happy Sunday: please enjoy my flash fiction Escapism from Nature Originally published in 2009, it's free to read online...
View ArticleFanfic
I'm in someone's Arthur/Merlin slash fanfic:Merlin looks through them and holds up a very old, battered copy of Dialogues concerning Natural Religion (David Hume, 1779) and says, “I’ve already read...
View ArticleWriter's Block: B.Y.O.B. Holidays
What is on your holiday wish list this year?One random answer will win a $50 Amazon gift card. [Details here] View 1402 Answers A fifty-ONE dollar Amazon gift card!
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Five Books I Loved This Year
Here are the five best books I've read in 2011. None of them were published in 2011. The list is in no particular order.The Burnt-Orange Heresy by Charles Willeford. I like noir and love art-world...
View ArticleJust what we need, a Racist Life Superhero!
SF Weekly is getting on the real-life superhero bandwagon by giving this politically confused pipsqueak who mixed it up with the cops at Occupy Oakland a personality profile. Highlights include:His...
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Is It time for a new World Fantasy Award trophy?
World Fantasy Award winner Nnedi Okorafor has some commentary on winning the World Fantasy Award, and the fact that it is a bust of H.P. Lovecraft, a notorious racist. She concludes I too am deeply...
View ArticleWork of Art, Ep. 9: 'TIS DEATH TO COUNTERFEIT
We're nearly at the end of the season, and there are five artestants yet! And three of them are good. Luckily, two will be eliminated, so it's all almost over. The artists are all eating together when...
View ArticleA Quick Guide to Writing Non-Fiction Books
My cousins are having some troubles with the local school. Sufficient troubles that they actually sat down and wrote a book, and then sent the manuscript to me for advice. My cousin Billy was a BMOC in...
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Friday Quick Notes
If I had better Photoshop skills I'd put up a bunch of links about spy drones being purchased by police departments, indefinite detention, and the anti-Internet SOPA bill right by the following image,...
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