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Dresden Dolls
I know I haven't really been posting here lately, but I wanted to announce that the Dresden Dolls are fucking amazing live. If you have a chance to see them on this tour, DO IT ( Read more... ) -
Skye O'Malley
Bertrice Small's Skye O'Malley is really several books in one. This could easily have been a whole series of novels about Skye O’Malley-and it may have benefited from such a treatment. In light of the book’s multiplicity, then, my review will also be several reviews in one.
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Announcement + Video
Josh Ritter is amazing. I just got home from seeing him play at the Granada and . . . wow. If you have a chance to see him, I strongly recommend going.
In the meantime, have a video:
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Women SF/Fantasy Writers
Taken from miladygrey, a list of women sf/fantasy writers. There were quite a few I hadn't heard of, which was kind of surprising. Maybe they write fantasy? I read much more science fiction than fantasy. Also, I added a few writers to the end of the list (I was horrified that Joan Slonczewski wasn't already represented).
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Fired High School Teacher
[This is an excerpt from Dan Savage's Savage Love column of June 2, 2010. I'm sharing it because it's pretty horrifying to think that a teacher could be fired for being involved in a consensual sexual relationship with another adult human being and for no other reason ( Read more... ) -
Weekend Reading
Over Memorial Day weekend, while Cory went to visit friends and play games in Austin, I stayed home by myself and pretty much just read the whole time. It was great.
Here's what I read:
Stieg Larsson, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest -- This is the third and final book in Larsson's series about Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomkvist and it ( Read more... ) -
Sophie's gone.
The vet said six months ago that she probably wouldn't last much longer. During those six months, Sophie was skinny and weak but still cuddly and playful and interested in things. Last night she was more wobbly than usual and this morning I found her lying awkwardly by the window breathing hard and drooling a lot. She was clearly in pain, so I ( Read more... ) -
Rough draft haircut
I have been feeling extremely bored with my hair lately and I'm also trying to grow out the black dye in my hair and see how I feel about going back to my natural haircolor (or something closer to it). I do not like going to have my hair done and I hate paying to have my hair done, so I figured the best way to take care of both of these problems ( Read more... ) -
Photography for sale
I have set up an account at Red Bubble, which is a site that is, in their words, "an open and inclusive website where you can share your art, photography and design with the world." It is also a site where you can attempt to sell your art, photography, and design to the world ( Read more... )
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