July 2012
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Pro tip.
Folks: telling a married/partnered woman writer in the comments thread of one of her posts that you would like to date her if she’s ever single again? It is not flattering. It is creepy, and it is also insulting to her spouse/partner. Please refrain. It is also creepy if she’s single/available too, just so you know. Actually, I’ll go so far as to say that it’s rude at...
Jul 31st
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“The whole of the city is, in fact, a proto-mob. News travels fast on the...”
– Terry Pratchett, in The Art of Discworld Still applicable, even (especially) online.
Jul 30th
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Jul 29th
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Jul 28th
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Jul 28th
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Jul 27th
Jul 27th
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“What are these shared convictions? I could go on all day, but here, for...”
– John Cassidy, “Is America Crazy? Ten Reasons It Might Be”
Jul 25th
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“Heck, how about a Game of Thrones style HBO mini series based on the...”
– The Beat, “Jackson toying with a third Hobbit movie — just make The Akallabeth already, okay?”
Jul 25th
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Jul 25th
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“When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say...”
– Fred Rogers Mr. Rogers always knew the right thing to say (via crabcakes)
Jul 24th
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Chicklit Tumbls: Comic-Con: A Post-script →
chicklittumbls: I’ve said that on the first day of the con, I felt like an outsider. Not geek enough to be there. I had no costume, very little comic book knowledge, and I didn’t collect anything. But what I didn’t realize is that that doesn’t matter. If you love something, you belong at Comic-Con. I read Shellie’s commentary this morning while my editor at Tor was helping me fix this...
Jul 23rd
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Jul 23rd
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Jul 22nd
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Jul 21st
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WatchWatch
Full trailer for Paul Thomas Anderson’s The Master. Get this movie in my theatre now plz. (Also, someone please reassure me that I’m not the only person who has a slight, brief, Doctor Who-related mental hiccup every time she sees the title of this movie.)
Jul 20th
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ListenListen
Jul 20th
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Jul 19th
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Jul 14th
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Jul 12th
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Jul 10th
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Jul 8th
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Jul 7th
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Jul 6th
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“On the other hand, we now appear to be actively styling our Games to resemble a...”
– London 2012: even Beijing didn’t put an army on the gates …and that Muse Olympics song with its “Tomorrow Belongs to Me” vibe seems even more appropriate.
Jul 5th
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Jul 5th
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Jul 4th
Jul 4th
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Email at work
FROM: [redacted] TO: [Redacted company name] SUBJECT: Mediterranean food in [redacted break room nickname] SENT: Tuesday, July 3, 2012 12:07 PM Falafel Pita Humans Chips Olives Yummy goodness “These are desperate times, Mrs Lovett! And desperate measures must be taken.”
Jul 3rd
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Jul 2nd
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