When discriminatory US laws are constitutional
It occurs to me that some of y'all may be as unclear as I've been on why the plaintiffs in...
More about cover art
A few more assorted notes about cover art on books, especially with regard to issues of portrayals of characters of...
Blogging paralysis
As may be evident from the wildly veering tone of my last few entries, I'm having a hard time figuring...
Very sad news about Kage Baker
A couple of weeks ago, author Kage Baker's sister Kathleen Bartholomew sent out a public note revealing that Baker had metastatic cancer. Unfortunately, things have gotten even worse.
What I want in an ebook reader
Today's iPad announcement reminds me to finish and post an entry I started a couple weeks ago. There are now...
All shall be well and all manner of thing shall be well
On my way to bed, half asleep; occurred to me that I could use an optimistic song, and "Julian of...
Assorted Haiti items
Things in Haiti continue to sound hellish. I'd heard about the really big aftershock on Wednesday (magnitude 5.9), but it...
Ice spheres and water marbles
A set of interesting and thematically linked items, I think via BoingBoing: A scientific hoax/trick/joke: water marbles. The video shows...
Chromatic comics
A fun LJ meme: casting various traditionally white comic-book characters as actors of color. There's a good starting point at...
Assorted same-sex marriage notes and links
I've been following the Prop 8 trial this week and last week via the magic of Firedoglake. Teddy Partridge, Marcy...
Latest earworm
A couple weeks ago, the webcomic Darths & Droids had an episode that quoted two songs from Les Misérables. In...
John McCutcheon concert tonight in Santa Cruz
Keep forgetting to post this: singer/songwriter John McCutcheon is doing his annual Santa Cruz concerts this weekend. As usual, he'll...