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Catching up
Apologies for the blog silence. Once we left Middlesborough, the England trip went rather south: an uncomfortable night in York in a too-small room, hotel-hopping in London thanks to messed-up reservations, and an unexpected overnight in Harlaam, the Netherlands, thanks to an airline scheduling error put a sour note on the end of an otherwise ( Read more... ) -
Book piracy: two perspectives
The Millions interviews a book pirate:
Perhaps if readers were more confident that the majority of the money went to the author, people would feel more guilty about depriving the author of payment. I think most of the filesharing community feels that the record industry is a vestigal organ that will slowly fall off and die I dont know to what ( Read more... ) -
Fashion fatigue
It's rather ironic that, shortly after starting a fashion category on my blog, I find myself mired in a dragged-out phase of fashion fatigue. This happens to me once in a while - work or life circumstances take over every available neuron, or I just find myself bored by the very thought of dressing up - and it generally does pass, eventually ( Read more... ) -
On masculinity
Since Loftwyr thinks I should write more*, and since gender issues are on my mind (as usual), I thought I’d throw out a question that has been rattling around in my brain all morning, sparked by a Facebook discussion with Josh ( Read more... ) -
Shallow Sewing Post
While preparing for Dances of Vice, I came to the appalling realization of just how completely out of control my sewing stash has become. It's seriously frightening. I should not be able to just pull everything I need for a silk Robe de Polanaise out of the closet, people - especially not when you can't even tell I've removed any fabric once I'm ( Read more... ) -
Back from New York
(apologies for the cross-posting, and for those who've seen the news elsewhere already!)
( LJ cut because I'm posting to both my journals ) -
R.A. Salvatore signing in Toronto, Oct 21
Reposted from girlwithtea in case any of my Salvatore-loving friends aren't following her ( Read more... ) -
TIFF Tickets
So here's the deal: I have more tickets than I can really use for TIFF this year, because I have work & writing that needs to get done as well. I have the following tickets available for FREE if anyone is interested ( Read more... ) -
TIFF ticket offer
Anyone want to see this Sunday's Midnight Madness film, THE LOVED ONES? I can get 4 tickets (to share with friends!), but I need to know by tomorrow morning so I can hit the box office ( Read more... )
