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Nom, dear, so sorry to hear that. We do what we think is best. Can't possibly blame yourself for doing just that.

WonderCheese, congrats on school

How exciting. Do keep us updated, will you? Are you still blogging? Maybe I should tune back in....

True true. I'm just working with what I was given

confession: I've actually made plans to see House Bunny.

*sigh*

Still presupposes two things:

1) there are NOT some dumb people, even in countries that have scored higher than us on standardized tests.

2) standardized tests are truly standardized internationally, and that they mean something.

Let's be fair and turn this topic subject line into a mad lib. "Some ____ (pl. nationality) are scarily ____ (adjective)." If you choose to fill in that second blank with "dumb" you may as well whip out your atlas and start filling in that first blank with every country big enoug...

Clark is pretty much the only choice for veep that would make my choice to vote for Obama entirely comfortable. Everyone else makes me feel a little squicky.

I find myself shrugging. He is a member of what I perceive to be a quickly shrinking minority. In time, these inflammatory opinions will be washed away by the tide of rationality and relevancy. Actually, I'm only commenting to state that I found one part of that feminist SF essay to be eerie: I find...

Two years ago I wrote a short story. I loved it, but there was something wrong with it. I wasn't sure what -- it was just... broken. And today, while listening to an NPR show, it occurred to me what had been wrong. A simple idea. And now it all works.

I am thrilled.

Oh Jeebsy weebsy, are your nipple clamps a bit rusty this morning? You should borrow your mom's; her's were nice and shiny when I saw them last night.

Not to mention that the approval ratings for our (blue) congress are at all-time lows right now. All-time lows. As in, never ever been lower. Don't you think a few of those congresspeople are looking to lose their seats next time around?

Oh dear me. Am I the only one that thought of Wesley Crusher, instead of the Dread Pirate?

I admit, I've only noticed it once on another guy. It was the most awkward thing in the world. . . My wife and I were at my aunt's funeral, and my dad had a random one. What made it awkward was my homosexual cousin (about 26 years old) noticed and became aroused himself! It doesn't stop there. My c...

This movie was really quite good. My only complaint was my relative emotional detachment to all of the characters. When Rachel died, I didn't care, because there had been so very little chemistry between the main characters. I didn't believe that Batman loved her. In fact, the most emotionally jarri...

Ultimately, I'm not trying to convince you that alien life does not exist out there. As I said before, I have my own personal belief that it maybe does. What I'm trying to convince you to do is to acknowledge, logically, that it is possible that we are alone. As to your post: I guess my overall poin...

Dear Bob, I'm sitting in my ballpit and surfing the net. This is the best waste of money ever! Seriously? Seriously. http://alexparsons.co.uk/ballpit.jpg It was much more full before the party, tedious to clear up after BUT TOTALLY AWESOME. I demand to know where you purchased these items.

Okay, upon re-reading my last post, that very final sentence read more gruff than I meant it. I really am not angry or annoyed with you and didn't mean to attack you personally so please don't take it that way.

I was with you until: "but life exists somewhere out there in one form or another." Once you said this, you fell back firmly on your personal religious conviction and you lost me as a scientist. I actually anticipated the comment about life being different from us -- which is a valid one -...

No. How is it arrogant? (Says the guy who is apparently arrogant around here, yeah yeah...) Yes, it is. If you believe that out of the billions of billions of billions of stars in the millions of galaxies that we can see that we are the only life in existence, then yes it is arrogant (or ignorant.....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drake_equation http://www.aerospaceweb.org/question/astronomy/life/drake.jpg The inevitability of the math does not lie. That is, if you're willing to accept the values put forth. It's quite.. arrogant.. of us to believe we're the only life in the universe, isn't it? ht...

This movie's adorable levels were clearly off the charts. It was a breath-stealing amount of cute. Not going to say it's my favorite of theirs, but it certainly didn't hurt them whatsoever. I do have to say, however, that it triggered a midly irrational, luddism paranoia of mine though. Fat humans b...

Confession: I seriously do lose respect for people who liked the DaVinci Code. No, wait, that isn't really true. There are plenty of trashy, just-for-fun books that I enjoy. But I can recognize that they're trashy, just-for-fun. I seriously do lose respect for people who think that the DaVinci Code...

The irony is indeed stifling. Besides, what does it really matter?

First words through my head: That Bitch.

Jealousy, you understand. Wow.

As of five minutes ago I am now officially looking for a new agency to work for.

I absolutely HATE cliff-hangers! Are you all right?

I didn't mean that to sound so accusatory; I just have a hard time finding any urban fantasy these days that I think is good, despite the fact that everyone is telling me it is 'so hot' in the industry. At any rate, good luck (stealthily) gathering a list of clients you can get behind. Does this mea...

But then the author must PAY to have his work "published." But MOST self-published stuff is utter s***. Not strictly true with the advent of POD, but basically, yeah.. I agree. I'm curious. Do you really enjoy the urban fantasy genre, or do you include it in your list because it is pretty...

KAVALIER AND CLAY was in dire need of an editor. Easily 1/3 of that book was extraneous. That said, the other 2/3 were very good, but Chabon's best is WONDER BOYS and nothing else he's done has super-duper impressed me. Agreed. And yet I'll keep buying and reading his books because... well... his w...

Short Circuit.
Can you say, "They're doing a remake!"? Because they are.

Shut UP!

"Howard the Duck" and "Teen Witch" oh lordy lordy, yes.

I get coffee every Thursday from a McDonald's that is exactly halfwalfway from my house to the contract gig to which I have to drive two hours. Other than that... eww....

I am, however, surprised to hear that they do not use beef tallow for their fries anymore. Hmmm.

Way to go, Girl. You are a cup full of rockstar.

Wow. That's stunning. Good for you!

Is eating meat wrong? I remember a story once where they decided to ban hunters from killing the poor deer on some island one year. The deer ate all the food, and so most died of starvation over the winter. I don't mean to argue, but animal cruelty is not the only reason why eating meat may be cons...

Whom, whom, whom, whom, whom.

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