The News (II: The News’s Revenge)

Obviously I should have read my news feed before I posted the news. Ahem. Here’s round two:
All hell is breaking loose in the GBLT community. I, um, was busy looking at my interior decorating blogs. Fortunately, Hayden Thorne pays attention to these things.It looks like people are freaking out because the Lambda award is now [...]

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Before submitting anything anywhere, read this:
I do not want your D & D.
I do not like your elf PC.
I cannot stand your purple prose.
I want to punch you in the nose!
Would you like a hot sex scene?
I wrote it for my online ’zine!
I do not like your pervy tale.
Your metaphors make readers pale.
Your paragraphs are [...]

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Day Off

A day off seems to cure most ills. I don’t know about you guys, but my house is cleaner and I’m in better humor this afternoon than has been the case for some time now. I’ve also had a chance to browse the news. And here it is.

Google Books settlement has been rejected. I like [...]

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Alan Turing

“The debt of gratitude he is owed makes it all the more horrifying, therefore, that he was treated so inhumanely .… We’re sorry, you deserved so much better,”
-Gordon Brown

Alan Turing, the man without whom WWII would not have ended so well, and who was hounded to death by the UK government, has finally got an [...]

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This is for you, Flannelberry.

Source.

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New Addiction

I mentioned my new addiction to DIY blogs the other day. It seems unfair, then, to tell you all about the awesome I have been viewing, and then not share it with you. Here are the blogs that are costing me time and money these days.
DIY, reviews and fun stuff
Nifty craftsFrom the Makers at Make, [...]

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Link

Antioxidant activity of cookies and its relationship with heat-processing contaminants: a risk/benefit approach

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OK!

OK, I’m back. Phew. That week was too much.
I’ve started writing again, which is good. In fact, I wrote the opening few paragraphs of the book I’ve been trying to write for two or three years and went, woah, which I figure is a good thing. Who am I kidding? It’s great. I haven’t [...]

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Womanking, II

Womanking, the world’s most super-awesome retailer of clothing for and by transpeople now has a website up. The website is ultra new, and the shop (hosted by Etsy) doesn’t appear to have any gear up yet, so hold onto your credit cards for two shakes. Don’t worry, you’ll be able to get the toaster over [...]

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Where I Go

You don’t have to go far in the average gym to find someone willing to give you bad information. People are full of ideas and advice about women and weights. And most of them are wrong. I’ve compiled a list of some of the most common myths floating around like the alligator in the sewer [...]

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