December 2009
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Wonkette's 100 things
#82: Even though it’s probably Too Late, all kinds of Hippie-Earth-Lover stuff like solar and wind power, pesticide-free food and casual lesbianism became Mainstream.
http://wonkette.com/412956/top-100-things-of-this-rotten-decade
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If only this was about Family Guy:
“It was perpetrated entirely by idiots who mistake non-sequiturs for wit, and confuse wasting their fellow man’s time with comedy.”
From Cracked.com’s The Top 5 Everything of the Decade - Internet Clip of the Decade
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“Before I was born, I knew I was the shit
I used to kick so much, I was born...”
– African Way, by K’naan
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“So, you think your life sucks? Boo freaking hoo. Was your best friend murdered?...”
– From MI.net: Veronica Mars Episode 1
The Special Lady Friend and I watched the first two episodes again last night. I feel a marathon coming!
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Book review: The Mermaid's Madness by Jim C. Hines
The Mermaid’s Madness by Jim C. Hines My rating: 4 of 5 stars
If The Stepsister Scheme was great plotting and great action, but fell short on characterization— then the Mermaid’s Madness is a stroke of genius.
Snow, Thalia/Sleeping Beauty, and Danielle/Cinderella find themselves on the brink of war with the sea, after a mermaid princess attempts to murder Queen Beatrice. ...
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Book review: The Stepsister Scheme by Jim C. Hines
The Stepsister Scheme by Jim C. Hines My rating: 3 of 5 stars
Sometimes, picking a star rating for a book is the hardest task. I hover over the two, which Goodreads tells me means “it was ok”, and immediately think, “The Stepsister Scheme was more than ok!”. Its got to have more stars.
Then, I hover over three, “liked it” and agree— yes, I liked this...
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Book review: Ash by Melinda Lo
Ash by Malinda Lo My rating: 3 of 5 stars
I started this book in despair, then got into the story, only to find myself disappointed at the end. Most reviews describe Ash as lyrical and dark retelling of the Cinderella story, and there is nothing I love more than a dark fairytale. I picked up the novel with great anticipation and was almost immediately unhappy.
First, the plot: some of the...
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“But, hey! Wouldn’t it be funny if just one Christmas, one of these women...”
– Women Will Never Be Happy at Christmas, Daily Mail Reports - The Sexist - Washington City Paper
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Link: When Will White People Stop Making Movies... →
From io9.com:
This is a classic scenario you’ve seen in non-scifi epics from Dances With Wolves to The Last Samurai, where a white guy manages to get himself accepted into a closed society of people of color and eventually becomes its most awesome member.
These are movies about white guilt. Our main white characters realize that they are complicit in a system which is destroying aliens,...
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um, say what?
Also, The Hollywood Reporter says Emmy-winning actress Alfre Woodard has been tapped to guest star as the mother of Lafayette Reynolds (Nelsan Ellis), the cook at Merlotte’s who got busted for selling vampire blood and held captive and tortured by Eric (Alexander Skarsgard).
Alfre Woodard is joining True Blood? Who’s next? Kenneth Brannagh? Judy Mothafuckin’ Dench?
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blowhard
I would just like to point out that the following web search was legitimately related to my work as a librarian
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WatchPandsom!
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Oh crap, more to read
I should just stop using the Internet. It leads me to bad places. Places with books. As if there weren’t enough books in my house! As if I did not just give the library 11 damn dollars in overdue fines for the books I already haven’t been reading!
Here it effing is, goddamnit:
Love Curse of the Rumbaughs by Jack Gantos
From Booklist (via Amazon):
“I expect you might...
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To Read: Slights by Kaaren Warren
Its always a bad thing when I add to my TO READ pile. Because the pile? Its overwhelming. Its so overwhelming, I often ignore it and go to the library and get something totally new to read.
I saw a mention of this book online and it just grabbed me. Just look at that gorgeous cover. THAT is what a horror novel is supposed to look like.
To tell the truth, I’m down for any horror novel...
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Link: Swedes Rename The Hymen →
Apparently, the word “hymen” comes from the Greek word for membrane. In Swedish, the word of hymen was mödomshinna, which translates literally as “virginity membrane.” However, the book explains that the hymen is actually made up of folds of mucous membrane. They also describe the appearance of the hymen:
Every woman’s corona looks different - just like ear lobes,...
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making up is hard to do
I am also of the supremely pale variety and just recently purchased two new products which seems to be working pretty good:
Murad Oil-Free Sunblock Sheer Tint SPF 15: Good for everyday moisturizing and sun blockage. Squeezes out alarmingly dark but blends in fine. Seems to help with the blotchies. No breakouts.
I bought Bare Minerals and never really liked it. Then I heard about Everyday...
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Link: Pastor Rick Warren Refuses To Condemn... →
From Think Progress:
The Ugandan parliament is currently considering an “Anti-Homosexuality Bill,” under which any person “convicted of gay sex is liable to life imprisonment.” If that person is HIV positive or has sex with a minor or a person with a disability, he or she would be guilty of “aggravated homosexuality” and face the death penalty. The bill also proposes up to three years of...
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