Sep 14th, 2009
I’m really too tired to go around punching people in the mouth today. So: if you find yourself tempted to post one of the following things to the Internet, or God forbid saying one of them sincerely in conversation, would you kindly punch yourself in the mouth? Thanks.
“IANAL, but….”
Anything describing how when you were a [...]
Sep 4th, 2009
Because Obama is going to indoctrinate America’s schoolchildren with the socialist, Marx-hugging message that they should stay in school, work hard and take responsibility for their learning!
And I absolutely want people who are stupid enough to believe that to keep their kids out of school that day. For every Wingnut, Jr. who doesn’t have the [...]
Jun 4th, 2009
Ursula LeGuin has a funny essay cautioning against actually meeting the writer behind the breathtaking works of genuis that you love to read, because you might find out that the creative genius is kind of a weirdo who mumbles and has bizarre theories about tungsten poisoning.
Well, Jonathan Tweet just managed to prove LeGuin right. Robin [...]
Apr 5th, 2009
Samwise is kind of avoiding me today because I am stalking around muttering under my breath about how the fucking Baby Boomer generation needs to grow the fuck up, after reading an article that exemplifies everything about the stereotype of the ivory-tower policy wonk you can imagine.
Frank Micciche writes about how the recession is hitting [...]
Mar 12th, 2009
So in the wake of RaceFail 2009, John Scalzi rethinks his reflexive “no way am I putting my hand in THAT blender” position, and invites Mary Anne Mohanraj to write a guest blog post. Which she does in a thoughtful, kind, non-blaming, We Can Work It Out sort of way full of linky goodness.
And damn [...]
Mar 7th, 2009
If you feel compelled to preface a discussion with “I’m not a lawyer, but…”, even in abbreviated form, chances are the next thing to come out of your mouth is going to be a horribly-manged misunderstanding and/or generalization of the law that will make anyone with a JD clutch their ears and howl in agony.
Then [...]
Jan 19th, 2008
The cat seemed a little scruffier than usual last night, but as I was pretty tired from a three-hour drive and dealing with a very sick Kid Peligro, I didn’t pay that much attention. Today I took a closer look and noticed that the left side of his face was about twice the size of [...]