The following is perhaps the most callous thing I'll say for a long time, but:

Dear Kate and Gerry,
    Get. The fuck. Over it.
         love, IB

I'm extra unsympathetic to them today because they've decided to cash in on the Fritzl case my wrangling themselves column inches just to say Maddie might be in a dungeon like Elisabeth. And it makes me ( Read more... )

I mean, why can't all decent men and women
Call themselves feminists?
Out of respect
For those who fought for this
- Ani Difranco, Grand Canyon

Me and words, we have a relationship. You only have to expect that, given how much time we spend in each others company. I use words a lot in my day to day life, and I strive to be mindful of the implications ( Read more... )

Charles Dunstone earned a lot of respect from me this morning. Not for any putative ethical issue behind his refusal to police music sharing among the users of his TalkTalk broadband service - but for the shrewd business sense in knowing his customers - a knowledge base shockingly missing these days ( Read more... )

Yes, I am still going with the blog challenge meme. And yes, I am still willing to take requests. wanderlustlover asked:What are you views on the loss/gain of changing medias? Ex. Book to play, play to movie, musicals on cd vs. musicals on stage, etcetera.
( I came up with a rule once )

Of course agonistes had to ask:...what are your thoughts on yaoi?
When answering the question "what are [my] thoughts on yaoi?", there are various things that need to be defined. What is Yaoi; what are thoughts on it; what are my thoughts, and why are they so frequently linked with Quasars?

( What is yaoi? )

And back, to the Blogging on Demand meme, which is proving remarkably fun for me. matgb wants to know:Given your strong views, why you're not more involved politically, either parties or issue groups.
The short answer is: I have no time. The self-deprecating but somewhat honest answer is that it's easier for me to be strident and opinionated in words at ( Read more... )

"All [his] actions were selfishly motivated.Everything he did, he did out of a love for a woman who could never love him back. Plus, you can tell it's not going to have a happy ending when the main guy's all bumpy."
- Tara, Buffy the Vampire Slayer 5.14 Crush
I'm re-watching Buffy and Angel at a slow-but-sureish rate, and this quote suddenly jumped ( Read more... )

Don't make my job any easier | MitchBenn.com:Maybe soon we will be able to do our own Daily Show, if this is the sort of journalism we're starting to embrace on British TV news. But that won't be any sort of compensation.
The Yorksher Gob - So This is Why I Don't Watch Sky News...: by Jennie Rigg
I've lost count of the times I have objected to this ( Read more... )

I almost wish I had something interesting and meaty to say about Italian choice laws - fill in the background, give a commentary of the state of politics, maybe even have an opinion.

But honestly, the only thing that I can come out of this morning's news is this:

Turco has denounced an incident earlier in the week when police rushed into a Naples ( Read more... )

Another one of those subjects about which I am simply astonished there's any debate at all, is organ donation.

According to the BBC, Gordon Brown has spoken out recently that Britain should adopt an opt-out organ donation policy, instead of the current opt-in. Under the current system, donating your organs after death is an active decision - you ( Read more... )