Stranger Here, and Fat Ladies in Spaaaaace
Yesterday, I read Jen Larsen's newly released memoir Stranger Here: How Weight-Loss Surgery Transformed My Body and Messed with My...
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Manliness satisfies? (NSFW)
I think it's interesting that so much spam is phrased in terms of heterosexual men making themselves better lovers. A...
Review: Valentine’s Day (the movie)
If you're looking for an intertwining-plot-threads fun sweet romantic comedy to watch on Valentine's Day, you could do worse than...
Les Miserables Calmes
(Can you tell I still don't speak French?) I finally went to see the movie of Les Miz the other...
Customer service angels
I had a remarkably good customer-service day yesterday. And since I complain so much about the bad incidents, I figure...
Another wacky door-to-door sales group
Doorbell rings. I answer. Tall smiling guy (maybe early 20s?, casually but neatly dressed) asks how I'm doing, tells me...
New Captain Marvel series: excellent so far
Otavia recently recommended the new Captain Marvel comic-book series, starring Carol Danvers, formerly known as Ms. Marvel, and written by...
Star Trek + Gilbert & Sullivan
Went yesterday to see the Stanford Savoyards' ST:TNG-themed production of H.M.S. Pinafore. They wore Star Trek costumes, and mapped the...
The core Prop 8 argument against same-sex marriage
Back in mid-2010, I wrote a ridiculously long and detailed analysis of the closing argument made by Prop 8 lawyer...
Jacob Clifton of TWOP for Fan Writer?
I think it was during a post-WorldCon party last year that people were chatting about who should be nominated for...
Is it fully operational?
I knew about the awesome White House response to the build-a-Death-Star petition, but I hadn't bothered to follow the links...
Lewis Thomas on computers
In 1974 or so, Lewis Thomas wrote an interesting essay titled “Computers,” which he reprinted in his book The Lives...