Turtlepile!
When I was a kid, I had a Red-Eared Slider turtle that met a bad end (at someone else’s hands). Since then, I’ve wanted to get another one, but I’d have to find one without Salmonella, because I think I would kiss it a lot.
“ We don’t let racists adopt black children. For obvious reasons, right? Well, maybe we shouldn’t let people who are anti-gay religious bigots—or who consort with them—adopt gay children. And since we don’t know which children are going to be gay or lesbian until they grow up, um, maybe we shouldn’t let religious bigots adopt at all.
— Dan Savage (via macbean)
Sad news: Brendan Burke, 21, killed in car accident »
from TSN.ca:
The youngest son of Toronto Maple Leafs GM Brian Burke has died in a car crash.
The team said 21-year-old Brendan Burke was fatally injured in an accident Friday in Wayne County,…
Can't touch this... »
…a return to the analog world in search of better edits.
When editing, I often change things back and forth and worry my ass off. And, other times, I go on a blitz and change all sorts of sh*t…
Friday Fill-Ins »
1. Wait! Wait, don’t forget your phone.
2. CRASH followed at once by Mooooommmyyyy!.
3. The trouble is usually me.
4. Most of the people I love are many miles away.
5. With a…
This always happens this time of year. »
I regret not actually doing NNWM. I don’t think I actually wanted to do it. I think I more wanted to get something DONE. But, maybe I do miss the thrill a little (as jaded and grumpy as I am about…
Pandora Project: Runaway Story — An Eppie Finalist »
Dianne and I just got the news that Runaway Star, the first of the Pandora Stories, has been selected as a finalist in its category (E7) Science Fiction/Erotic Romance. Unlike other…
Why is the QOTD always silly? »
Today, it’s about whether or not you’d live in the house of your dreams — for free, even! — if you knew there had been a murder there, or if the neighbors said it was haunted. Really, LJ?
What a…
Because Dianne did it. :) »
1. What is the color of your toothbrush? Clear yellow acrylic w/ white rubber?
2. Name one person who made you smile today. Kiddo, as we were trying to find her a cardi to go with her skirt.
3….
Monday so soon?! »
<— foundling with only 3 days left. :(
Tomorrow is Monday. I slept ALL DAY yesterday. I lost the whole day and most of this morning to a migraine. Ugh. I object.
On the upside, my lesbian…
I feel like my icon. Again. & A Brief Peek at a MHB. »
First impressions of Brian Kiteley’s The 4 A.M. Breakthrough: Nice follow up to The 3 A.M. Epiphany (reviewed here), which remains the sole (until now) book of writing exercises to get any use at…
I feel like my icon. »
A sludgy pink pile of gooooo. I wish I were a real… 
…and then I wouldn’t have to work.
I hate when I need to get writing done and my brain turns into a puddle.
/whine
(On the upside,…
2009MHB: The Clockwork Muse by Eviatar Zerubavel »
Okay, so I’ve completely slacked off on these postings, for complex reasons that — surprisingly — did not involve being lazy or running out of books. However, now is as good a time as any to review…
the best way to say what kind of night this is. »
am having the kind of night defined by needing to pick up 4 things.
knock 1 on floor under table.
pick up 3.
drop 1 on floor.
put down 2.
pick up 1.
2 slide on floor.
pick up 2.
put down…
Just one... »
…or two.
Shut up. It was all lonely and abandoned. Shush. Do you want the baby dragons to die? Lie back and think of Pern!
Yeah, now you know how we got our youngest dog.
