Dangerous Beauty
The other night, Kam and I watched the 1998 movie Dangerous Beauty. I had seen it before, in 1999; Kam...
The best-sounding new book I haven’t read yet
I was in Borderlands Books yesterday, and I saw a book on the shelf called Ancillary Justice, by Ann Leckie,...
Cup game, cup song
I vaguely heard of the cup game years ago, but never tried it before, and I'm not sure I've ever...
“What a Good Boy” and gender expectations
I've had several interesting conversations about gender roles in the past few days. Not gonna write a real entry about...
Not exactly language for a lady
Last night, I watched the 2008 movie Changeling (set in 1928). It didn't do anything for me, and I ended...
Giving money to people who ask for it
A discussion on Facebook about giving cash and/or food to homeless people (specifically sparked by someone describing having given food...
Half-asleep update
Spent the past few days at the writing retreat, mostly writing but also hanging out with cool folks. Monday afternoon,...
The sharpest knife in the world
(Potentially triggery for assault stuff.) The following was originally in the middle of my previous entry, about my brief visit...
In the wilds of the North Bay
Starting today, I'm at a writing retreat on the Russian River. I'm hoping to get some fiction written over the...
Group-of-people pejoratives, part 1: “gay”
This is part 1 in a planned series of posts about terms that are used as generic pejoratives but that...
Agents of SHIELD
I quite enjoyed the pilot episode of Agents of SHIELD this week. Here are some thoughts. Spoilers abound, including a...
Concluding my Gilmore Girls rewatch
Back in 2009, over the course of eight months, I watched all seven seasons of Gilmore Girls for the first...