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Being a discerning reader, part 2: it’s okay to set your own boundaries
Hot Take: “I’m sure this work of fiction has artistic merit, but it does something that I’m sick to death of seeing, and I don’t want to consume it” is an entirely reasonable, valid position to have,...
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Drip, drip, drip— or, Showing up matters
Credit: PixabayA few months before my 18th birthday, both my maternal and paternal grandfathers, independently, started asking me if I had registered to vote, since I was going to be eligible to vote...
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The Stuff of Legend – loving sf/f and the illusion of logic
Spock assures us, “It’s only logicial.” (MemeGenerator.Net)The stereotype of the logical sci fi nerd who doesn’t understand emotions is an exaggeration… except when it isn’t. There are plenty of...
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I’ve already survived one plague… part 2
I had planned to write something else today, but then I saw this post on tumblr: (Click to embiggen) “You’ll notice that LGBT pride parades are being cancelled, and LGBT people are not complaining and...
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May the Fourth…
This and other greatness available here: http://www.lastkisscomics.com/comic/may-the-fourth-be-with-you/My husband is the punster in the family. And his Good Twin (yes, he is the Evil Twin) is also a...
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Weekend Update 5/9/2020: The Best of Cephalopods, the Worst of Cephalopods
This isn’t my typical Weekend Update. We’re all suffering from anxiety fatigue, outrage fatigue, bad news fatigue, and so on. So I’m not sharing any of the news stories that caught my eye after posting...
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Confessions of a Rambler, or, my blogging style is verbose, okay?
Since the rich are the top of the food chain, bio magnification means that they accumulate maximum toxins in their bodies. It is not safe to eat the rich. Better to compost them.Some years ago a friend...
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Words and Images: Is it really only Wednesday? Because it feels so, so much...
I frequently save memes, cartoons, and the like to use as an illustration for a blog post or Friday Five. I always gather a lot more than I can actually use, so every now and then I share some the I...
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Hey, it’s March Fourth! So, let’s March Forth
“We don’t know them all but we owe them all.”I’ve written before about an acquaintance in college who was shocked that I’d never heard the pun about this day: March Forth! It’s a date! It’s a command!...
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Chuck is the artist, Chas is the writer
Many years ago the famous author Terry Pratchett was going to do a reading in the city where I lived at the time, Seattle, Washington. You had to reserve seats for the reading, though the tickets were...
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