Category Archives: Site and Admin Stuff

Marcella Returns To "Alas" For More Guest Blogging

Posted on November 21, 2006 by Ampersand

I’m happy to announce that Marcella, who blogs at the excellent Abyss2Hope, will be returning to “Alas” for guest-blogging from now through the end of the year. Yay!

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Comments are down again… (updated)

Posted on October 22, 2006 by Ampersand

Sorry, folks… I’m working on it. UPDATE: You can leave comments again; we think we may have licked this problem for good now. We’ll see. (The vacation is really nice, by the way. There was a party last night; we … Continue reading →

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Selling out

Posted on October 18, 2006 by Nick Kiddle

In the summer of 2005, my financial situation, which had been shaky for months, finally reached critical point. A letter came from my bank demanding immediate repayment of everything I’d borrowed on pain of court action, and I knew I … Continue reading →

Posted in Class, poverty, labor, & related issues, Sex work, porn, etc, Site and Admin Stuff | 13 Comments

Vacation Time For Amp

Posted on October 17, 2006 by Ampersand

I’m going to be on vacation for a bit over a week, seeing some old friends and some past housemates. I’m not sure how much internet access I’ll have while traveling, but I expect it’ll be limited. I’ve written a … Continue reading →

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Bought and Sold

Posted on October 13, 2006 by Maia

I was 21; I’d been politically active for a couple of years and made some decisions. One was that I wasn’t going to ‘hold paper clips for evil’ (that’s the exact phrase I used in my head). This had been … Continue reading →

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I sold Amptoons.com: Comments are now open.

Posted on October 11, 2006 by Ampersand

Regarding the sale of Amptoons.com (which I posted about last month), Hugo writes: Barry, you owe your readers a public forum where you can further explain your decision, and offer those who are stunned and hurt an opportunity to express … Continue reading →

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That's all folks!

Posted on September 30, 2006 by Kay Olson

My month of Alas blogging seems to have expired already. Many thanks to Amp for the invitation, and to everyone else for welcoming me and engaging in conversation with me. It wasn’t all pretty, but they were all discussions I … Continue reading →

Posted in Disabled Rights & Issues, Site and Admin Stuff | 5 Comments

Comments Are Working Again

Posted on September 28, 2006 by Ampersand

Comments are working again. It’s all a bit mysterious to me, since I don’t know what went wrong or what fixed it. I’ll update this post if I ever get a clue. But in the meanwhile, it’s good that comments … Continue reading →

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Comments aren't working again

Posted on September 26, 2006 by Ampersand

Sorry, folks – the “Alas” comments aren’t working, and I don’t know why. This appears to be a recurrence of the comments problems we were having at the end of August. I’ve emailed someone smart and asked him to take … Continue reading →

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Just Watched "Studio 60"

Posted on September 19, 2006 by Ampersand

By the way, new header. Hope y’all like it – I was tired of the old header and wanted a change-up. Anyhow, “Studio 60” …It was all right. Not as funny as “Sports Night” or the early “West Wing,” but … Continue reading →

Posted in Popular (and unpopular) culture, Site and Admin Stuff | 16 Comments