Perhaps some of you have heard of Asperger Syndrome. It's a condition which causes the victim to be unable to pick up on normal emotional and social cues (among other things), which makes interacting with people and society very difficult. I came across this site Coping: A Survival Guide for People with Asperger Syndrome which is written by a ( Read more... )

MMORPG Players, Meet Your Brethren From Around the World

While poking around looking for a book, I came across a bunch of sites hosting tons of free ebooks. I know ebooks can be a pain to read, but you can find some great stuff. The list is SF-heavy (since that was what I was looking for) but I also found some great general sites.

The Ultimate Guide to Free Books

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Infinity Plus (SF, Horror ( Read more... )

Happy birthday, Paul. May many manatees violate you today.

If you haven't heard of LibraryThing, it's like a flickr for books. It's a neat site that lets you create a library-quality catalog of your books, and also helps connect people based on the books they share. You can search tags, get recommendations (or unrecommend books) etc.

Anyway, I made a group on it for anyone who wants to join: Where the ( Read more... )

This video is amazing. It's this incredibly bizarre Atlanta public access TV show called Penis Power...part of a series of this middle-aged black woman rambling on with her mother...It's like a pornographic Waiting for Godot, but it's great...

I don't know why the American newspapers/networks aren't reporting this yet, but from the BBC:
Police have named a student who shot dead at least 30 people at a US university as Cho Seung-hui, a 23-year-old from South Korea.

Story Creator 2 - Create your own myths and legends. It's a ton of fun.

A post on a site I frequent led to me to these scans from a 1951 book called On Becoming A Woman by Dr. Harold Shryock. This book describes everything a young woman needs to know about growing up to be a faithful wife and mother, which, as he notes, is the fulfillment of all women's deepest desires. It's chock full of useful advice for dealing ( Read more... )

Thank God I Was Raped