Stop trying to disappear female geeks!
2013-05-19
Say! Did you know that girls hate Game of Thrones ? Well, neither did I. But apparently they do.Continue Reading
The Taming of the Shrew
2013-05-04
Thursday night, Paul and I saw the Seattle Shakespeare Company’s production of The Taming of the Shrew. The production is mostly great (especially Kelly Kitchens as a tough biker chic Kate) and the rednecky, rural southern trailer park setting works extremely well. The down-n-dirty vibe fits the lowbrow material muchContinue Reading
As a matter of fact, I do have a magical effing library
2013-04-24
So, I read this thing on Tumblr about why a particular blogger over there doesn’t like female characters, and she got quite self-righteous about her right to dislike them, and I started to feel all ranty, and this is the result.Continue Reading
Sinners in the hands of an indifferent void
2013-04-07
Sometimes you have to wonder why the idea of hell caught on the way it did. Sure, it’s an interesting metaphor in art and fiction (Bosch… Milton… Dante… Gaiman…), but why do people believe in it with the sincerity and fervor with which they apparently do? It’s a pretty weirdContinue Reading
Fan fiction
2013-04-05
Since I know some of my Buffy-related readers are into fan fiction, I thought you might enjoy this passionate (and delightful) defense of it from a literary history perspective: http://fleurdeliser.tumblr.com/post/45428199979 Cheers! The Smashed poll is almost ready, except I have to go to work now!Continue Reading
Waking up naked in ever-stranger places
2013-03-29
The saga of my novel, through LiveJournal posts. Spring 2009 At a Norwescon lycanthropy panel featuring Greg Cox, somebody poses the question: why has there never been a werewolf Dracula? A truly definitive and iconic novel/story/character? I suspect the best way to answer that question is probably to write aContinue Reading
The lament of the Southern Baptist
2013-03-10
R. Albert Mohler, Jr., president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, reacts to the rapid progress on gay rights: From the Boy Scouts to the British Parliament: Left behind? Conservative Christians and the gay revolution The piece seemed interesting to me for its sad, resigned tone — the tone ofContinue Reading
What can I say? It seemed like a good idea to stay up until 3 am to watch The Hobbit premiere
2012-12-15
Short, spoiler-free review: if you liked Jackson’s LOTR movies, you will probably like this as well.Continue Reading
As a matter of fact, Republicans did lose the culture war
2012-11-20
Republicans Lost the Culture War, says professional Republican William Bennett President Obama won the 2012 presidential election by accumulating some of the most one-sided electoral constituencies in modern political history. If you keep reading, you will discover that what William Bennett means by "one-sided" is "everyone except wealthy, older whiteContinue Reading
Eight years later
2012-11-14
The finger wounds that started to bug me over the weekend were actually a return of the dyshidrotic eczema that has plagued me periodically throughout my life. Usually, when it appears, it is painful and irritating for a couple of weeks, then it goes away. Except in the summer/fall ofContinue Reading
Washington State voters: please approve Referendum 74 for marriage equality
2012-11-03
This is me climbing onto a political soapbox, and if you don't want to hear about it, the guts are behind the cut. (Obviously, the title of the post already tells you where I stand)Continue Reading
Where did I go? A farewell to the Buffybot
2012-10-05
I can’t say I was surprised that the strong winner of “favorite Season 5 episode that isn’t The Body, The Gift, or Fool for Love” was Intervention — because Intervention was my own pick. But at first consideration it might be an odd choice. It seems like the deep introspectionContinue Reading