Daily Archives: July 27, 2011
Dear People Who Bought a Worldcon Membership
Posted on July 27, 2011 29 Comments
A poll especially for you! Remember, you can vote until 11:59pm (Pacific Time) this Sunday, July 31. And you can do it online, even! SO GO DO IT. Now. Don’t make me come over there.
Done Deal
Posted on July 27, 2011 62 Comments
“Bush, Obama pollsters see ‘dramatic’ shift toward same-sex marriage”: In a new polling memo intended to shape politicians’ decisions on the question of same-sex marriage, the top pollsters for Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama jointly argue that support for same-sex marriage is increasingly safe political ground and will in future years begin to […]
Panels: They Are Not About You
Posted on July 27, 2011 56 Comments
Author and all-around decent person Michelle Sagara has a long post about how not to be a jerk on a science fiction convention panel (particularly if one is a new and/or self-published author), which I suggest you read if you a) ever desire to be on a science fiction convention panel and b) not be […]
Being Boehner
Posted on July 27, 2011 242 Comments
Pretty much every day is a day I wake up glad not to be John Boehner, but today is one of those days I am especially so. The man has to attempt to reason with the ignorant nihilists that comprise his Tea Party wing, go up against the President of the United States in terms […]
Comic Con Thoughts
Posted on July 27, 2011
For this week’s FilmCritic.com, I look at some of the movies that were touted at this year’s San Diego Comic Con and let you know whether I felt they were awesome or… well, not awesome. How awesome is that? Pretty damn awesome. And now I’ve used my quota of the word “awesome” for the day. […]
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