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So the end of the year is coming up and I haven’t written anything here in ages. A couple people I know have been asking for lists of good short fiction from podcasts, so here’s the stuff I’ve listened to in the past year and thought was good enough to pass along. It’s all genre fiction- science fiction and ( Read more... )

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I made a necklace for The Boy and was helping him put it on while we were standing by the Redondo Loop and someone yelled “SOMEBODY’S GONNA GET SOME” out the window of their car.

Needless to say, this was hilarious.

Originally posted at nora at inkstain.
I’ve just spent a few days on the East Coast, and damn am I tired.

I was told by a Connecticut resident that I have the sort of slow, mellow voice of a native New Mexican, and I guess I do. I realize it’s partially the voice that does it- out here, everyone talks like they have to be somewhere. It gets tiring, ( Read more... )

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I’m disenchanted.

I know, I know. He’s a politician, right? They never keep campaign promises.

But all of you know how this process goes. I saw Napolean Dynamite months after it had been out of theaters, after it became a cult phenomenon, knowing that it wouldn’t be as good as everyone said it would be. But I ( Read more... )

Originally posted at nora at inkstain.
Joey Comeau usually does get it right.

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Happy Birthday, Griswold v. Conneticut.

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Miss me? Go read some stuff. It will dull the ache a bit.

Ferrett: Lessons From Mr. Serena:

They started bringing toys - stink bombs they threw at me, snapped underneath my nose and forced me to smell. Twisted bits of black iron they called “scorpions” that sprang shut when they mashed it against my flesh. ( Read more... )

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Some of you may remember when I began annoying the Mayor on Facebook.

Well, after posting one too many sarcastic remarks on his status updates, it seems he has defriended me. He also defriended my friend Devin, who suggested something that has since been deleted about how he can’t make the economic stimulus ( Read more... )

Originally posted at nora at inkstain.
Alright, so in most books that have sex scenes (I’m not talking about erotica or NC-17 fanfic or whatever, I’m talking about general books that feature sex), all the characters have really, really good sex. Every time. Even the first time. Including if both parties involved are virgins.

This is something that ( Read more... )