- “He who goes fathering / Gives frightful hostages to hazardry.” — Thomas Hardy #
- http://www.pen.org/page.php/prmID/1523 i admire these writers for caring enough about their people to go into the cold fighting. via @scalzi #
- it’s banned book week. go out and read a banned book. carefully consider what the writer says, and why your society hates that message. #
- @ryanquattlebaum the ala’s site: http://is.gd/3kOe summarizes the problem well; of course, wikipedia has a long list also: http://is.gd/3dIJ #
- fun fact: the Arabian Nights was banned initially for obscenity. #
- @smoonen haven’t chosen one yet, but when i do i’m sure i’ll regale you all with updates. i’ll probably choose based on literary impact #
- zombie make your own adventure movie via boingboing: http://www.survivetheoutbreak.com/ #
- listening to the new decemberists ep “always the bridesmaid” #
- have destroyed my knee. no idea what’s wrong, some of the connecting bits have gone horribly wrong. #
- @ryanquattlebaum meh, i’m limping around, it just hurts. i’ll ice it & it’ll probably be fine… thanks for asking, though. #
- @rsdevin the tain is much better, imo. this is just singles. still, it’s still pretty good. i liked “record year” the best of the new songs. #
- dreamhost flopped me over onto another ftp server without telling me. thanks guys. #
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