Daily Archives: March 9, 2009
Rest in Peace, Tiffany Moyer
Posted on March 9, 2009 76 Comments
A classmate of Athena’s, Tiffany Moyer, passed away over the weekend. The kids in her class found out about it today. It was a rough day here. If you could find a little time to wish peace to this little girl and her family, I would appreciate it.
The Funniest Watchmen-Related Photo of the Day (SPOILERS)
Posted on March 9, 2009 35 Comments
Via the ever-awesome Doselle Young and his iPhone. Due to the photo’s spoilerrific qualities, it’s behind the cut. If you’re reading this via RSS feed and haven’t seen Watchmen yet, well, I guess you should avert your eyes right about now.
Today’s Simple Answer to An Incredibly Complex Question
Posted on March 9, 2009 71 Comments
Yeah, I’m going to go with “really, NO” on this one. If you want to try to convince me otherwise, be my guest. (Context: The CNN story the above headline is clipped from)
I Had Nothing to Do With It, I Swear
Posted on March 9, 2009 32 Comments
LiveJournal seems to be down at the moment. I found out about it, naturally enough, by people on Twitter accusing me of killing it with my rage. Which, while amusing, vastly overstates my influence and/or telekinetic powers. Sorry. No, wait. Actually, it’s true. So don’t piss me off. Yes, that’s it. Update, 7:40pm: See? Back […]
Open Window Weather
Posted on March 9, 2009 20 Comments
Zeus the cat is passionately interested in what the birds have to say to him through the open window, and would like to subscribe to their newsletter. Or eat them. Either way. He’s not picky. In other news, as the title suggests, we have open window weather. Today, at least. Tomorrow, we have thunderstorms on […]
BigIdeaAuthors.com Icons and Diversity Statement
Posted on March 9, 2009 76 Comments
You might recall that when we announced BigIdeaAuthors.com we used the above illustration of an author as our icon. What you don’t know is that we have some other icons as well, designed to reflect the fact that anyone can be an author, and every author has a big idea. To see the rest of […]
For Authors: Blurb Solicitation Reminders
Posted on March 9, 2009 5 Comments
Since it’s happened a few times in the last week, a plea to authors wanting to ask me about blurbing your work: DON’T. Instead, please please please read my blurbing solicitation policy here (scroll down), for the correct way to get your editor or publisher to solicit a blurb. Yes, I realize it’s jumping through […]
Quick Watchmen Review
Posted on March 9, 2009 95 Comments
It was fine. It would have been even better, and possibly excellent, if someone had lopped 20 minutes from it. It wouldn’t have been difficult, since Zack Snyder let quite a few scenes drag a beat (or two, or four) longer than they needed to, possibly from a misplaced sense of textual obligation. Zack, dude, […]
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