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Almost Diamonds: Carnival of the Elitist Bastards--Here Be Monsters
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December 06, 2009. Carnival of the Elitist Bastards- Here Be Monsters. The ship had been sitting in dock for far too long. It had needed repairs, but shouldn't the repairs be done by now? The admiral sent word, but the replies that came back were vague, with little information available. Finally, the admiral decided to see the state of things for herself. She shook her head, not wanting to interrupt their little carnival. Then he nodded. "A truly strange hybrid it was. It's lower body was that of...He ca...
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Coming out. Why bother? Because it matters! | In It For The Love
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In It For The Love. Thoughts and experiences with polyamory. Laquo; Thirty and Thinking. A few random thoughts and emails. Coming out. Why bother? June 13, 2010 by mrsskwirl42. I trust will illustrate my point well. Still today, the LGBT community fight for their right to marry, have children and form family units that fit their life and loves. As polyamorous people, we might soon find ourselves publicly fighting the exact same issues. On June 13, 2010 at 8:27 pm. In short, I agree with you. It can be as...
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tall penguin: 7 and Counting!
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Notes from the examined life. Buy Me A Cupcake. Wednesday, June 20, 2012. Well, it's been a while. I haven't posted here since my last birthday a year ago. I hope that today's entry will be my return to blogging. I have much to tell you. As you know, I have counted my birthdays according to when I left the JW's, so I am 7 this year. Let's see how I measure up against the developmental stages for a 7 year old. My comments are in red. Can execute simple gymnastic movements, such as somersaults. Can tell ti...
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Almost Diamonds: Embracing the Euphemism
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August 16, 2011. I've long had a complicated relationship with euphemisms. On their own, I don't like them much. I'm annoyed by people's inability to talk about the things they clearly want or need to talk about. Many of them reflect the negative attitudes that keep us from speaking plainly in the first place. And some of them are just gallingly twee. A sex education site aimed at teenagers. I don't need to tell you this isn't work-safe, do I? Then there's this classic song about penis euphemisms. I also...
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Almost Diamonds: The Love of Problematic Literature
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August 30, 2011. The Love of Problematic Literature. Periodically, someone pops up to tell us we shouldn't like literature in which Bad Things happen. The most recent iteration of this is a critique of the sexism and misogyny of the world and characters in George R.R. Martin's Song of Fire and Ice. Alyssa Rosenberg has that kind of complicated relationship with the Song of Fire and Ice. And she explains it, and what it means to read fantasy, beautifully:. I recommend reading the whole thing. Was on NPR s...
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Almost Diamonds: Mock the Movie: Atom Age Vampire
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August 15, 2011. Mock the Movie: Atom Age Vampire. Things are a bit quiet around the blog at the moment. Somehow, running myself into exhaustion every other day working on the house (updating a 70s-era bathroom with some water damage takes a bit of work) doesn't leave me a lot of energy left for writing anything insightful, much less entertaining. The instructions are simple:. Start watching Atom Age Vampire. This Thursday, August 18th, at 9PM EST. You can find it on Hulu. Directing our tweets to @MockTM.
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Almost Diamonds: Saturday Storytime: The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers beneath the Queen’s Window
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August 20, 2011. Saturday Storytime: The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers beneath the Queen’s Window. I was thinking to myself that I needed to post a story about changes today, since there are (good) changes in the works for this blog and for me. Then I got distracted by a story by Rachel Swirsky. Linked by The Future Fire. Discussion on Twitter. You'll never guess what it happened to be about. All stories, of course, are about change somehow, but this one more than most. The formality of that voice! They w...
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Almost Diamonds: Saturday Storytime: The Shadow and the Flash
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August 27, 2011. Saturday Storytime: The Shadow and the Flash. There was a time when people who wrote simply wrote science fiction and fantasy along with everything else they made up. Whether that stopped due to our changing relationship with science and rationalism or due to the codification of genres, I think we're the poorer for its lack. Recently, Dr. SkySkull traced how early writers of invisibility stories were likely inspired by the work of Isaac Newton. You forget, my dear Lloyd," he said. I saw ...
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Almost Diamonds: Be the Village
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August 21, 2011. I miss DuWayne. He used to have more time to come play online, even after he started school. It was limited time, of course, because he missed his kids and had to travel several states away to spend time with them. But with parents, you always settle for the time you can get. I am spending the vast majority of my time on the verge of a complete breakdown. It takes a great deal of effort not to just let go and flip out. But I can’t do that. I can’t afford it and mo...DuWayne could use som...
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