I never get frists anymore. I used to all the time.
We need to hold a blogger ethics panel on this. Perhaps the dipshits from the WaPo (aka Pravda on the Potomac) can host.
Gary Frazier |
01.28.06 - 10:55 pm | #
Yay, karma gets the annoying barbecue guy.
four legs good |
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01.28.06 - 10:56 pm | #
I coulda been first, but I thought four legs needed the ego boost.
spinoza |
01.28.06 - 10:57 pm | #
Maybe it wasn't about the oil after all. People who are addicted to drugs don't make any logical, rational decisions....
Darryl Pearce |
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01.28.06 - 10:57 pm | #
For once, it's a beautiful thing.
Attaturk |
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01.28.06 - 10:57 pm | #
Breathing yellowjackets is not recommended.
four legs good |
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01.28.06 - 10:57 pm | #
Star Crash review posted on thread below.
Pitchforks and Torches |
01.28.06 - 10:57 pm | #
Thank goodness! Popped in after doing some of my own work, and knew I'd never reach the bottom of that last thread.
Trying to gear myself up to either another stab at getting published, or self-publishing this year. I was doing some cover design on a couple of stories I have to send down to the copyright office. I'll bring copies of the covers next week to the Ann Arbor meeting just in case someone's interested in seeing what I did.
sister of ye |
01.28.06 - 10:58 pm | #
I'm glad, but what, now that it's safe? Fuck them.
mena |
01.28.06 - 10:58 pm | #
sister of ye, what you write? (I have a publisher and she is willing to listen)
DWD - Challenge |
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01.28.06 - 10:59 pm | #
"The NY TIMES takes Dubya to The WOODSHED!
For once, it's a beautiful thing.
Attaturk"
They unloaded double-barrel into Alito earlier this week.
At least their op-ed writers seem to get it.
Nim, ham hock of liberty |
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01.28.06 - 10:59 pm | #
we miss every new thread...
How could we forget everything ever made (including in the future) by Dr Uwe Boll, who is fantastically skewered here; also, this Wifetime movie about how internet porn will turn you into a rapist or a slut, also skillfully dealt with at Something Awful (Cyber Seduction: His Secret Life).
Something Awful is about as hit and miss and occasionally self-destructively right-wing as South Park, but the two pieces we've linked are solidly throughout some of the funniest things we have ever read. Copy the urls if you haven't seen them.
kei & yuri |
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01.28.06 - 11:01 pm | #
For a point of reference, in case any of you are caught in the middle of a BBQ with a swarm of deadly wasps.
Propane own will attract wasps, you don't need the meat.
David (Austin Tx) |
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01.28.06 - 11:04 pm | #
I write sci-fi. I have 2 works ready to go, another that just needs a final tweaking, one more that I want to re-work the ending on, then just needs tweaking.
I also have a novella length work that I want to expand a bit. I have another novel and a short novel on my old Commodore 64 disks that I need to find a way to get into my Windows system. Then those will need some fine-tuning.
I put my work email in the box; it's really the best place to get the info to me if you're willing to pass her name along.
sister of ye |
01.28.06 - 11:09 pm | #
Happy Saturday all.
Just want to let y'all know that I was blockwalking (actually, more like blockjogging) for Donna Howard, Democratic candidate for State Representative in Texas House District 48.
If you haven't heard her of her runoff against Dellionaire Ben Bentzin, you may soon. It's part two of a special election to replace the unreelectable Todd Baxter, GOP mindslave of Republican House Speaker Tom Craddick. Gov. "Good Hair" Perry called the election for January 17, hoping to drive down turnout in a district that was Republican-redistricted to elect a Republican.
When election day was over last January 17, Donna Howard had nearly won outright in what was a 4-way race, with another dem and and "libertarian" Ayn Rand fan. She pulled down 49.5% of the vote to Ben Bentzin's 37.8%. Kathy Rider got a little over 10%, and "libertarian" Andy something got just over 2%. In other words, in a GOP-designed district, the Dems just put in a 60/40 showing!
This could be a tipping point in Texas for a number of reasons I won't go into, except to mention public school finance reform, which will force a special session of the legislature after the March primaries. Donna Howard's race is pivotal. The runoff is slated for Valentine's Day, February 14.
Ben Bentzin's throwing money all over the place and rumor has it the DeLay and Rove are getting involved in this runoff. The GOP was badly embarrassed by Bentzin's "chokeitude" (to quote Mike Clark Madison of the Austin Chronicle). Bentzin's been linked to the DeLay TRMPAC scandal because he used TRMPACer John Colyandro for his dirty 2002 state senatorial run. He also failed to report the "indirect payments" to Colyandro in his Ethics Commission candidate filings. And he's already got ethics complaints for not filing his 4th quarter candidate report until the day of the election, Jan. 17. And he's taking money from the radical right of Texas politics, guys like James Leininger, a voucher sugar daddy. And on and on...
We think we can win this and take our SECOND republican seat away from the GOP in Travis County. Visit Donna's website for more info.
This is a bonafide hopeful situation, people. Wish us luck!
common dedominator |
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01.28.06 - 11:18 pm | #
I'm amazed at that election. I live in Austin, but not it that district. Bentzin was carpet bombing the air waves with these goofy TV commercials touting him as a tall guy that likes kids. Never mind that the Republican controlled legislature has bankrupted all but a few school districts.
I'm glad Howard is doing so well, and it looks like she spending her money wisely, instead of on content-free TV ads. A Texas House district is a little over 100,000 people, so it is possible to make a big impact with block walking and people-to-people campaigning.
Mark B. |
01.28.06 - 11:29 pm | #
This past week has been among the most instructive in the annals of the Pentagon's inexcusable "don't ask, don't tell" policy. Among the lessons learned: while the American military has no place for soldiers who pose on gay web sites, the Bush White House press corps is another matter altogether