and a lot of his commenters agree with him. I could have realized LGF had become less outrageous-- I haven't seen it cited as something horrendous for a long time in the leftish circles where I hang out. Still, this reminds me of something I've been meaning to ask. Does anyone have a list (doesn't have to be complete) of the Republicans who have written "my party has betrayed me" books? Link...

Harvest Buffet, how I love you! Btw, I'm down to no glyburide in the afternoon or half a dose: yesterday I took the full dose, deliberately so I could eat with impunity! And it worked fine! We had to wait 20 minutes, but it was more than worth it. I feel I did celebrate Thanksgiving on one way like a true American: eating up to a week's protein in one sitting. I did, however, have two helpings each...

Last night I had another dream about the living dead. It's actually been a while. I can sometimes stop or reframe these via semi-lucid dreaming, and last night I could tell I was trying that and failing. "Oh, sh*t, they're going to come down this corridor. Wake up a little! Be elsewhere! Make them go away! Oh, darn." I guess I interfered with the dream a little, in that when I got bitten, it wasn't...

Snorting mocha out one's nose is painful. Several groups trying to re-ignite New England's faith are theologically conservative, such as the Southern Baptists, Presbyterian Church in America and the Conservative Baptists' Mission Northeast. They say a reason for the region's hollowed-out faith is a pervasive theology that departs from traditional Biblical interpretation on issues such as the divinity...

Today supergee fell and dislocated the middle finger on his left hand . Also, I finished Stephen King's Under the Dome , in which three characters experience a dislocated shoulder & dislocated fingers. I read about one case of the latter as I waited for Supergee to call from the urgent care facility. At least Supergee both got pain meds and didn't have to fix his own. Then womzilla...

Someone else's status update on Facebook made me think about how attitudes towards "living in sin" have radically changed in my lifetime. Well, for white UMC women, anyway. I actually recall my mother saying, seriously, "Why buy the cow if you get the milk free?" as a caution that if I had sex with a man before marriage, he would never marry me. Well, duh, because he likes having that particular cow...

As you may know, Bob, I am permanent ABD from Duke, and don't find it worth thousands in back tuition to remedy that, but at the Korean-American academy I teach at they call me "doctor." womzilla calls it "a field promotion," which makes sense. Anyway, over the weekend I gave my phone number to a student--standard for anyone I give my e-dress to, because protocol is to phone to tell me to...

[I just posted this on behalf of all three of us to the IAFA mailing list. Since the original announcement was made here on LJ, I thought the clarification should be, as well.] As some of you have probably already heard, the three of us -- Arthur Hlavaty, Bernadette Bosky, and Kevin Maroney -- are offering a scholarship to this year's ICFA for a person of color who would otherwise not be able to attend...

A quick signal boost for something awesome: Arthur Hlavaty (aka supergee ) is offering a scholarship for a person of color to attend the IAFA (International Association for the Fantastic in the Art) conference this year . The theme is Race and the Fantastic, with such luminaries as Nalo Hopkinson and Laurence Yep and Takayumi Tatsuki as the guests of honor. The qualifications for the scholarship...

On karnythia 's lj, Rosefox, nojojojo and others View With Alarm Supergee's scholarship to the ICFA because that noteworthy racist troublemaker Nellorat, depite trying to hide her involvement, is involved. Sigh. I'm sure this is why we've gotten so few e-mails so far for essentially a free ride to a conference (especially one in Florida in March). However, they're all wonderful, wonderful...