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That's a heck of a SECRET ATTACK.
From a recent Comics Alliance Interview with Axe Cop's writer (Malachai Nicolle, age 6) and artist (Eisner-award nominated Ethan Nicolle, age 30) comes this awesome announcement:
CA: Have you found, since you've started "Axe Cop," that you've started reading more webcomics or gotten more involved in that community?
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State of the Shawn Update
So, after getting home in the late evening last Sunday from DexCon, I passed out and pretty much spent most of Monday in various states of sleep. Aside from a bit of a hiccup in the middle of this week, I think my sleep schedule is finally back to normal.
As far as my work for textbroker goes, I finally wrote enough this week to cover for missing ( Read more... ) -
Finland: Broadband is a legal right
BBC News - Finland makes broadband a ‘legal right’:
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Why I'm Not Going To See The Last Airbender
The Last Airbender officially hits theaters today. But I will not be going and seeing it.
I will not see this movie, even though the series it was based on, “Avatar: The Last Airbender” is one of my favorite television series ever and it is a series that I recommend wholeheartedly and unabashedly. One important reason why I will not see the movie is ( Read more... ) -
Guest Post: Thoughts On Visual Disability
Shawn's Note: This is my first ever guest post on my journal. It was written by my close friend Matthew Palumbo, a business analyst from Harrisburg, PA. Matthew has a visually impairment, and recently penned an essay on what it is liked for him as a person with a visual disability living in a visually oriented world.
AUTHOR'S NOTE:
The following is ( Read more... ) -
"Damn Y'all, White Wolf": Ableism in Exhalted.
Pretty interesting analysis of ableism in the Merits and Flaws of 2nd Ed. Exhalted. A Former White Wolf writer weighs in with a comment, too.
An excerpt:
Thing is: Because I’m making a new character I’m taking an enormous hit on experience and power - the character I’ve been playing has more than twice as many experience points as the GM is giving me ( Read more... ) -
New Icon To Celebrate Me Being Reasonably Productive
So I got my payout from Textbroker, got caught up the month of rent I was behind, paid for my "admission" to the neighborhood block party, went grocery shopping, finished up my 2nd monthly feature article for Associated Content, and in an hour, I'm about to clean the entire downstairs bathroom but good.
To celebrate a relatively-high-energy day and ( Read more... ) -
IGM Link Round Up
Recently, there has been a lot of discussion in regards to a study released via the The Journal of Urology: Nerve Sparing Ventral Clitoroplasty: Analysis of Clitoral Sensitivity and Viability which was a Cornell University study by Yang, Felsen, and Poppas.
There was an explosion of discussion that began at the Bioethics Forum in the post "Bad ( Read more... ) -
HOLY CRAP TOY STORY 3
Was such a fun, moving story.The last ten minutes made me cry buckets. I expected the mashup of everygood prison escape movie trope ever. I didn't expect so much tension. I could certainly identify with that longing, that want to be loved and accepted (or, played with).
I also want a Mr. Pricklepants stuffy.