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Space Viking
Let me admit, first off, that I very much enjoy H. Beam Piper's Fuzzy series. They're somewhat outdated, but they're light and fun, and I like them enough that I was horrified when Scalzi "rebooted" the first book. (Seriously, who does that?)
So, since I enjoy Piper's style, I thought I'd try another of his books.
Space Viking...doesn't work ( Read more... ) -
Points to Wattpad...
...or the plagiarist, if they grew a conscience. The copied story is gone. *whew*
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Here we go again
An alert, and very kind, reader has tipped me to the complete plagiarism of my Iron Man fic Mnemosyne's Lock, reposted entire on Wattpad under the atrociously spelled title of I Dont Remeber. (Wow, that hurt to type.) I have reported the repost to Wattpad, and hope that they will respond swiftly.
Please check out the "author" and see if they have ( Read more... ) -
At last
If anyone had asked me during my adult life if I had a quest, my answer would most likely have been "To find the soundtrack album for Highlander." I saw the movie early in my college career (not when it was released; in the school's theater on movie night) and it, along with Ladyhawke, became iconic for me in so many ways. And while I don't care ( Read more... ) -
Thoughts on seeing The Winter Soldier
1. Not anywhere near enough Falcon. He's barely there half the time! Needs more Falcon!
2. I want his wings. Moreover, I want him to teach me to use them.
3. Rogers. Neighbor. XD
4. That can't possibly have been DC that Fury was driving through. There wasn't anywhere near enough traffic.
(4a. BWI, IAD, and Reagan? What on earth are ( Read more... ) -
I have committed filk again
Okay. I am not going to explain why I occasionally listen to David Ball's "Riding With Private Malone"; suffice it to say that country is not usually my thing. But this last time the muse woke with a start and fastened on the "she" part of the song, and wondered what the car thought of the whole thing.
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An open letter to CBS
Dear CBS (and all attendant companies and producers ( Read more... ) -
Memories I don't have
I recently spent quite some time watching music videos from the '80s and early '90s. It's an interesting pastime if for no other reason than it's the adolescence I didn't have. At that time I was listening to Cleo Laine and George Winston and Michael Franks, and (to my later embarrassment) Barbra Streisand ( Read more... ) -
Hmm.
I’ve been dreaming of pet stores lately. This is not surprising, as I used to work in one long and long ago, but it is notable to be presented with the idea of keeping a betta, which is not a fish I have ever cared about (and it’s been even longer since I kept a fish at all ( Read more... )