The Artist as fanfic
After watching The Artist a couple weeks back, I went looking at reviews, and found one—generally negative, but with some...
Summary of Prop 8 ruling
A section-by-section summary of the appeals court's Prop 8 ruling, semi-translated into semi-colloquial English.
Susan’s departure from SH editing
Stop by Susan's departure announcement to say goodbye!
Neuter panel at WisCon?
It occurred to me a while back that I don't remember having seen a panel at WisCon specifically about neuter...
Who should recuse on Prop 8?
Riffing on something someone said a while back (in a comment on, I think, a Joe.My.God entry), here are some...
Animals playing the ant-crushing game
In November, someone posted a video of their bearded dragon playing Ant Smasher, an iPhone game in which ants crawl...
Weekend awakenings
I've mostly been getting a fair bit of sleep lately, but have been tired nonetheless. And then came this weekend....
Half-amusing juxtaposition
I get spam now and then from the IGN Games website. I think I tried to unsubscribe at some point...
Nominate for this year’s Hugo Awards!
It's Hugo nomination season again, and thus it's time for a reminder about how you, too, can help shape the...
2011 movies
I watched 41 movies in 2011, including 8 that I had seen before. (I rarely rewatch movies, but I've been...
Trust the strength of your material
Sometimes, it seems to me, writers don't really believe that their plot and characters and settings and ideas are strong...
Frye on oppression
Back in 2009, Liz H pointed to an essay that I liked: “Oppression,” by Marilyn Frye, from Frye's 1983 book...