A brief note…
to the asshole who, in the middle of a thunderstorm, swerved towards the sidewalk while accelerating, thus creating the waterfall that blinded me and finished the job of soaking me to the skin: I hope...
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Charity Begins At Home? Or Does It?
This email has been doing the rounds on the web of late: Shame on you GREAT BRITAIN..we have children going to bed without eating..elderly going without needed medicines..mentally ill without...
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Cured? Cured????
This story has been bothering me for months now and it finally boiled over: Asshole cheating drug using pastor claims that therapy has cured him of his “urges” to use male prostitutes. I call utter and...
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“Not someone like that”
I’m a bit hesitant to post this because the exchange started in a different venue where I’d rather not create trouble for the moderators–especially since technically I’m still one of them. So, if I...
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Are you fucking kidding me?
Pardon the cursing, but really. Over at Dear Author, Jane has up a very apt post on the reader/author paradigm (honestly, should be required reading). The discussion that follows is, as usual, also...
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“Do all my work for me, please, but only if you are an expert. Thank you.”
Okay, so I’m probably being harsh in my interpretation, but that’s how this comes across to me¹: Let’s say, hypothetically, that my wife has written a romance novel, and furthermore, it’s quite good...
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Too good to pass up (as blog fodder)
I was busy with other things yesterday when this review went up at Dear Author, but as I was coming over to post something else, Karen had already been there, done that, and come back to post about...
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A lesson in management (or, how to fuck that up)
Where I work, everyone but salary managers and (hourly) shift supervisors provide availability so that, when the weekly schedule is made, you are not expecting employee A to show up while he’s sitting...
View ArticleIs that the baseline mark for strength?
I was reading DAJane’s review of Alpha Instinct, Katie Reus debut, and got increasingly annoyed as I read on. (Please note I’m not talking about the novel, as I’ve not read it) Jane uses ALL CAPS to...
View ArticleI shouldn’t be surprised
…and actually, I’m not quite sure surprise covers my reaction. Outrage is in there, for sure, but there is an element of incredulity. During the RWI debacle, someone at the SBTB commented that it...
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