one year old today
This blog is exactly one year old today. Happy Birthday us! To celebrate, I think it’s time to start porting over some…
Read moreMonth: March 2009
stressing out? read a novel
An article in the Telegraph about how reading reduces stress–even six minutes can be enough to reduce the stress levels by more…
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After “44 years of meticulous study,” the Dictionary of American Regional English is nearly done. But Britain has a longer and more…
Read moreRihanna hires Aud!
From: Owen Okay, I’m probably not the only one to send you this, and it’s probably not unsual, etc. But I couldn’t…
Read moredoing it for pleasure
After a reader (thanks, Jennifer) reminded me, in a comment to “advice for girls,” that reading is pretty damn important I was…
Read moreblank by the water
The view from our window. I’ve just got back from time on the Olympic Peninsula with Kelley, my sister Anne and her…
Read moreI’m gone
I’ll be on the Olympic Peninsula–far from email–until late Wednesday. I might get around to writing a time-activated blog post or two…
Read moreadvice for girls
From: Dianne Cameron (atlbooks@bellsouth.net) I volunteer with Cool Girls, an afterschool program that targets girls in low-income areas. I work with 60…
Read moreMarvel wants you to blow Wolverine
In the Advocate: Christian conservatives are up in arms over a new inflatable toy by comic book and film giant Marvel. The…
Read moremoney in your face
According to the Economist, Jefferson Duarte of Rice University in Houston, Texas, thinks that a person’s creditworthiness can be seen in their…
Read morePublishing Triangle
Colleen reminds me that the Publishing Triangle also has shortlists and awards up. But they’ve never paid any attention to me, so…
Read morewashed clean
I’m entering a not-much-time for the internets phase, so blogging here will be erratic for ten days or so. But I will…
Read moreSyfy, anyone?
The Sci-Fi Channel will become Scyfy. (Via the Swivet. ) Apparently girls are afraid of ‘sci-fi’. Also, it’s easier to text ‘syfy’…
Read moreLammy finalists
Finalists for the 2009 Lambda Literary Awards have just been announced: BISEXUAL Open, Jenny Block, Seal Press Sexual Fluidity: Understanding Women’s Love…
Read morethis and that
After three days of brilliant sunshine I woke this morning to snow falling in huge puffy flakes–clumps of flakes really. They looked…
Read morewhat does a trillion dollars look like?
Want to know what a stimulus package-sized pile of money looks like? This blog will show you. It’s pretty eye-opening. The picture…
Read moretournament of books
Oh, this is massive fun! The Tournament of Books: Wobbling onto the court on thin, shaky legs, Steer Toward Rock feels the…
Read morefor your delectation and delight: Hild
I spent a chunk of the last couple of days putting together a grant application. I had to talk a lot about…
Read moreI want this knife
I really want this knife. LMF™ IISurvival Down behind enemy lines? Left to fend for yourself? These are the scenarios that inspired…
Read moreQueer Universes blog
Some of you may already have read the essay I wrote with Kelley, “War Machine, Time Machine,” which was first published in…
Read moreOn Joanna Russ
Now this looks like a book worth reading: “a collection of essays that manages to revel in everything ever done by the…
Read moreiwd and janes plane
Today is International Women’s Day. It is also the 27th anniversary of the very first gig of my long-ago band, Janes Plane….
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Terrorist violence returns to the North of Ireland. This is from The Observer: Two army personnel were shot dead during a drive-by…
Read moreabsurdity
According to the LA Times, the California Supreme Court “strongly indicated Thursday it would rule that Proposition 8 validly abolished the right…
Read moreammonite sweet 16ers
Okay all you Ammonite Sweet 16ers—shira, janine, rory, mihaela-marija, jessica m–please send your name and mailing address to me by tomorrow night:…
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