About me, some stuff
I have read up through A Storm of Swords (book 3) and almost finished the first season of the HBO series (it did pick up the pace) and I have thoughts — especially as related to the frequent accusations of sexism/racism/isms of all kindsContinue Reading
I signed up for the Clarion West Write-a-thon this year, mostly to help them reach 200 people, and also because I can’t help myself. My page is here: http://clarionwest.org/writeathon/juliemcgalliard Of course, I already changed my mind about what I want to do, but IT'S TOO LATE NOW. Oh, well. Say,Continue Reading
Paul: I like the reference to Happy Days. I mean the Beckett play. Me: Really? Paul: The Barbie torso in the ant hill? Me: That seems a little obscure… (Rango opens a parasol, which promptly catches on fire.) Okay, you're right. It's totally a Beckett reference. (Note: I recently madeContinue Reading
Finally saw the first two episodes of the first season of Game of Thrones last night. I was kinda disappointed. I was really looking forward to Peter Dinklage as Tyrion, and he did not let me down. I was riveted whenever he was on the screen. When he wasn't… notContinue Reading
Me: Oh, KEXP is playing Queen because it's Bike to Work day. Paul: I'm not biking to work. Me: No, biking all the way to West Seattle would be pretty hardcore. And with the broken elbow you're not even up to softcore right now. (long pause) You know, "hardcore" canContinue Reading
This is a politically-related thought that has been bugging me for a while, so I thought I would share it: all other disagreements aside, I oppose the Republican agenda because I find it difficult to imagine a country run according to modern right wing orthodoxy ever becoming the great countryContinue Reading
I find it fairly plausible that liberals are more open to new experiences, while conservatives are more conscientious and have a greater need for cognitive closure (ie, certainty). If you look at liberalism and conservatism purely in terms of species instinct, they form a balanced yin-yang of survival values. TooContinue Reading
Thursday April 5 8:00pm – 9:00pm Anthropology in World Building – Cascade 3&4 Fri Apr 6 3:00pm – 4:00pm Escaping the Little White Room – Cascade 11 4:00pm – 5:00pm Alternative Medicine – Cascade 6 8:00pm – 9:00pm Deconstructing theContinue Reading
I first listened closely to this staple of classic rock radio when, as a teenager, I was informed that it had BACKWARD MASKING EVIL MESSAGES TALKING ABOUT SATAN. (Listen here!) I was pretty sure it wasn’t about Satan, but I thought it might be about Lord of the Rings (“allContinue Reading
I was looking at this picture of Callista Gingrich and realized that I’ve been wrong insinuating that she’s a Stepford wife, when in fact she’s Lady Penelope of the Thunderbirds.Continue Reading
Check out this Goodreads infographic about who loves Twilight the most. The pattern is, intense Twilight love in the south and midwest, shading gradually to “meh” on the coasts. The red/blue split looks a lot like red/blue voting results, which is kind of interesting. It could be driven by theContinue Reading
I had a major aha! moment when I read this quote in the Stranger: “you can split the world of theater between people who prefer Chekhov and people who prefer Shakespeare.” I realized that this aesthetic scale, with the Chekhovian (restrained, thoughtful, subtle, naturalistic) at one end and the ShakespeareanContinue Reading
Aspiring writers’ hearts are notoriously brittle. Why else would anyone query only once, or twice, or a small handful of times, then give up altogether, assuming (wrongly) that if his book were really meant to get published, it would have been snapped up instantly? —Anne Mini Quoted for truth.Continue Reading