Category Archives: Link farms

Open Thread and Link Farm: 21 Days Until Deadline Edition

Above: Animation of San Francisco’s Market Street by Kevin Parry. (You have to click on the photo to see the animation.) Click here to see more of his animations. No, Really, What About The Menz: The Book: chapter one. With … Continue reading

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Open Thread: They have bodies! I never knew they had bodies! Edition

Post what you want, when you want, with whom you want, want not what you want, want post want want post post post want. Self-promotion is cool. Easter island heads have bodies!?? | Thinkbox Argentina Passes Gender Rights Law Don’t … Continue reading

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What I’ve Been Reading

I haven’t been posting as much I would like–something that is, I hope, starting to change–but I have been reading, and so I thought I’d put up a list of the pieces that have interested me for one reason or … Continue reading

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Open Thread and Link Farm, VD Is For Everybody Edition

This is an open thread. Post what you want, when you want it, in the language you want, from the belltower you want, while sitting on the pile of gruesomely murdered corpses you want, holding off the cops with whatever … Continue reading

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Open Thread And Link Farm, I’ll Dig Out Your Eye Edition

I think “edit comments” should now be fixed for most of y’all. (It’s never worked for everyone.) This is an open thread. Post about what you want, when you want, how you want. Self-promote. Be free. Flock like birds, love … Continue reading

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Link farm and open thread: Noseface edition

Above: A drawing from my sketchbook. Click to see it bigger. I highly recommend this long article on corruption in US politics by Ezra Klein, reviewing a book by Larry Lessig and talking about the problem with money, lobbyists and … Continue reading

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An Increasingly Rare Open Thread

Sorry I’ve been so inactive on “Alas” lately. It’s a pretty simple math: 10-12 hours a day spent working on Hereville means less time (and, probably more importantly, fewer spoons) for blogging. My deadline for this books is August 6th, … Continue reading

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Open Thead And Link Farm: And That’s How You Make Iced Tea Edition

This is the generic text that goes at the top of all the link farm posts, encouraging you to post about whatever, including self-linking. It is a lonely bit of text that, despite appearing in every single link farm post, … Continue reading

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Open Thread: Jim Henson’s Into The Woods

I’ve been reading Sondheim’s second collection of his lyrics, Look I Made A Hat, which was a Hanukkah gift from my wonderful mother. Here’s a bit of trivia I didn’t know: in 1995, Jim Henson was making a movie of … Continue reading

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Open Thread and Link Farm: Photographic Proof That Yertle the Turtle is Real Edition

This is an open thread — post what you like. Don’t post what you don’t like. Wiggle your bare toes in the pond. And feel free to self-link. Prison Rape in Popular Media « Law Journal for Social Justice A … Continue reading

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