I think it’s encouraging that a woman who is two years older than I am is widely perceived as young and hot. I think it’s less encouraging that she’s such an airhead. I think it’s funny and sad that there are still people — not all of them Republicans —Continue Reading
There is a meeting tonight. Beaver Inn. If you sometimes go to these things, check out http://community.livejournal.com/bsffc/Continue Reading
Me: You know who has a hot wife? Dennis Kucinich. Paul: Really? Me: You didn’t know? You vote for him every primary. Paul: Him, not his wife. Me: Well, she’s totally gorgeous. The first time I saw a picture of them together I was like, “Who’s that movie star standingContinue Reading
I saw “Burn After Reading” and enjoyed it. I also saw a preview for a dreadful-looking farce by David “Scary Movie” Zucker called “An American Carol” which seems to have been constructed exclusively for purposes of allowing things like the real Bill O’Reilly to pop a Michael Moore impersonator inContinue Reading
Since this is LiveJournal, some of you might not know that I’m female. I also love the movie Fight Club. Love it a lot, actually. It’s on a short list of my favorites from the 1990s. I think of it as a generation-defining film, and it seems to me thatContinue Reading
I have no-lj-meme policy, but there is a Buffy quote meme going around, and so now I feel that I need to acknowledge it, somehow, without actually participating. Because if I break my no-meme policy now, suddenly it means that every time I see a new meme I will haveContinue Reading
Texas still leads nation in rate of uninsured residents… But the numbers are misleading, said John Goodman, president of the National Center for Policy Analysis, a right-leaning Dallas-based think tank. Mr. Goodman, who helped craft Sen. John McCain’s health care policy, said anyone with access to an emergency room effectivelyContinue Reading
Finally saw The Dark Knight over the weekend. I was… disappointed. The film is so hugely popular, with an almost universally positive critical reaction, that I was expecting better. At two and a half hours the movie is waaaaaay toooo loooong and tends to be dull whenever the Joker isn’tContinue Reading
I had a great time at Bumbershoot yesterday, but I’m really sore because I got kicked in the back of the head by a crowd surfer during the Death Cab for Cutie concert.Continue Reading
Just finished this Stephen King story from a couple of years ago. It was moderately entertaining, and I liked the cell phone = zombies premise, but it felt awfully thin for an entire novel. I think he could comfortably have eliminated the less interesting secondary characters, and cut out hugeContinue Reading
Goal: Six stories or story-length novel snippets. Accomplishment: One 8,000 word story based on a premise that I’ve been kicking around for years. I thought it was going to be a novel, and it just wasn’t. Now I’m not sure it’s even a short story. Paul tells me it’s goodContinue Reading
I am never going to be a world famous blogger. I know this. I’ve accepted it. Because when I get back from WorldCon at two in the morning and throw my luggage on the living room floor and think, "blast! I have to be at work in a mere sevenContinue Reading
So far I’m still three for three on the write-a-thon — three weeks, three stories. And, it’s been a while since we had a real cartoon controversy. This one is a little different, as it does not (as yet) involve any violence. To summarize: The New Yorker’s next cover isContinue Reading