Oh, pretty pictures. Thanks for posting.
Well, then, this is a day I'll feel good to be me.
Mal ,'Trash'
The Minearverse 3: The Network Is a Harsh Mistress
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls and The Inside), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
JenP - May 09, 2005 4:02:10 am PDT #6452 of 10001
Allyson - May 09, 2005 5:52:07 am PDT #6453 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
I told Tim they should let me write the show descriptions for the site. If I can get Nilly past the ripping off of faces, I can sell this show.
Nilly - May 09, 2005 7:14:31 am PDT #6454 of 10001
Swouncing
they should let me write the show descriptions for the site
Totally.
past the ripping off of faces
Somebody just e-mailed me this NYTimes article (it's around 3 weeks old, so it might have been posted here already, I wouldn't know - I've been skipping so much). For the sake of a good story and good characters and interesting interactions and things in all these that actually reflect my life, I'm willing to watch from behind my raised hands (and peek through the cracks of my fingers, because after all I wouldn't really want to miss a second), no matter that I'm so vanilla that the other ice-creams are being calibrated by me.
Jon B. - May 09, 2005 7:25:19 am PDT #6455 of 10001
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
There's been quite a bit of criticism of Steven Johnson's "sleeper curve" thesis. Sone good discussion starts here: [link] and also appears in later posts on the same blog.
Nilly - May 09, 2005 7:30:41 am PDT #6456 of 10001
Swouncing
Thanks, Jon (also, good to "see" you!).
I just started reading that article, so it's interesting to know I already have some criticism over it at hand.
Jessica - May 09, 2005 7:36:39 am PDT #6457 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
The funniest response to that article I saw was a letter to the editor which was a fairly sound rebuttal, except for the part which called television "a solitary, passive activity." 'Cause, solitary? Let me introduce you to this newfangled 'internet' thing here...
Allyson - May 09, 2005 7:37:57 am PDT #6458 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Perhaps we should introduce the writer to Watch n' Post.
Or send pics of a PBP.
Nilly - May 09, 2005 7:41:22 am PDT #6459 of 10001
Swouncing
'Cause, solitary?
So I became friends with lots of people all the way across (at least one) ocean through a solitary passive activity?
Allyson - May 09, 2005 7:44:21 am PDT #6460 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
I'll send him my book.
If it ever gets published.
Which is prolly nuts.
§ ita § - May 09, 2005 7:45:41 am PDT #6461 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Christ, the passive part is belied by the shrieking that can go on. "Giles!" "God, Tim, why are you doing this?" "EWWWWWW!!!!" "Awwwwww."