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I knew there had to be a catch! [MATH]
Multidimensional Gaussian functions and sums thereof: extraordinarily convenient for differentiation, integration, Fourier transforms, etc ( Read more... ) -
Garme Jurnalizm
So apparently in the last week Jim of Jimquisition...
"was called 'faggot, queer, gay, who wants a cock up his ass'...on Twitter just a few days ago, um, for standing up for some, um, trans people, and...the fact that it was true kindof undermined the insult: if I had my way I'd be sat on a cock right now, but...it was still an insult and it was ( Read more... ) -
I could crush a man!
OK, so I took a few minutes to make the calculation and look up the numbers for comparison, but the result is definite:
I can produce more torque than my car's engine does. With my thighs.To be fair, I drive a Mazda 2 (/Demio), but my thigh-torque is out of subcompact-car range entirely and respectable among basic compact cars ( Read more... ) -
Slash Thought of the Day:
Hypothesis:
Holmes/Watson, therefore Data/La Forge.
Discuss. (And/or tawk amongst y'selves.) -
Yet more eternal-student stuff...
So it seems that the American Board of Radiology may not require that medical-physics residency applicants have a B.S. in physics specifically, but they have decided to require a B.S. of some sort. Which means that my B.A. in comparative literature won't cut it no matter how many physics classes I pile on top of it ( Read more... ) -
I guess that's how it goes when most of the cast appears as themselves for an episode...
Misha Collins: most entertaining actor in Supernatural, sure -- and the most entertaining character in the same series. Go figure.
(Yes, I'm still catching up. Yes, I still have very mixed feelings about the series. Less so about Misha Collins, especially since I've been following his exploits on fandom_wank.) -
Slash goggles: Supernatural edition
It seems that my slash goggles are, as should be expected, of an idiosyncratic-by-fandom-standards state of tune. In terms of Supernatural, which I'm only now catching up on, they seem to be barely functional at all ( Read more... ) -
Ah, slashy buddy comedy...
Note to the writers (and main characters) of "Common Law": "smooth jazz" is not jazz.
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Privilege &c.
"Being a feminist is much more central to my identity than being a man."
It's still true (of course!) -- but it's also an expression of male privilege. The "man vs. feminist" dynamic just doesn't have anything like the moral convolutions of "woman vs. feminist" -- in no small part because "man" is a position of privilege in a whole range of ( Read more... ) -
Less than a week until Ascendio!
I'll be presenting my regularly-scheduled every-three-years Harry Potter fandom-related paper, "There's No Such Thing as Canon," at Ascendio 2012 next Saturday from 11:00am-12:00pm. Scheduling this time around isn't quite as depressing as it was at Azkatraz 2009 (where I was scheduled at the same time as the other heavily slash-related ( Read more... )