Category Archives: Whatever

Perceiving Shades of Grey in Activist Movements

I feel like liberals are always trying to make conservatives understand that the world and the actions in it are not black and white. If one has done something racist, that doesn’t make them a bad person, it makes them … Continue reading

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Amanda Marcotte and Seal Press Both Issue Public Apologies for Racist Images in Marcotte's book, It's a Jungle Out There

On Pandagon, Amanda writes: I’m sorry. Plain and simple. I didn’t pick the offensive imagery in my book, but I should have caught it sooner than now. I didn’t and there’s no excuse. It was my first book, I was … Continue reading

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Check out Disability Blog Carnival #36

The latest Disability Blog Carnival is now up at Abnormal Diversity where the theme is Abuse. I submitted a post on something that happened to me about two years ago, and there’s much more to read on the topic. Check … Continue reading

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Another positive review of "Hereville," On "Broken Frontier"

Note: There’s a slight spoiler in the review, and in the thread here on “Alas.” So if you’re allergic to spoiliers, don’t click through to the review, and don’t read the thread here! This review came out the same day … Continue reading

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Open Thread: Old Commercials Trapped In An Elevator With British Pigeons

I know it’s almost a half-century old, and the woman is fictional, but still I find myself begging this woman to GET A FUCKING DIVORCE!!!! Also, check out this article from a British paper: Marksman called in to kill Kingston’s … Continue reading

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I'm coming back…I promise

I’m going to get back to regular posting soon. I’ve been really tired and busy over the past couple weeks, so I’ve neglected posting. Between nesting, midterm grading, sleeping, and trying to catch my breath, I’ve been a little preoccupied. … Continue reading

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Sketchblogging: Sad Faced Man and Spatula

The Sad-Faced Man is a character who has shown up in a lot of my doodles over the years, and appeared a few times in Pre-Structuralist Funnies. I’ve also frequently doodled anthropomorphic spatulas and coffee cups. Don’t know why.

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Open thread

This is an open thread; use it to discuss whatever you’d like, or to post interesting links. Self-linking is encouraged. Someone at the AP (or perhaps the Washington Post) is a brilliant geeky headline writer. Skywalkers in Korea Cross Han … Continue reading

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Former "Alas" Poster Bean Is Selling Handmade Jewelry On Etsy

Check it out.

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How It Works

Thank you, XKCD, for being so very, very right. This is exactly how ‘it’ works.

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