I tried to read that story, but it was three pages of "Writing is HARD" and "People are MEAN" and tl;dr.
Mal: Then I call it a win. What's the problem? Inara: Should I start with the part where you're stranded in the middle of nowhere, or the part where you have no clothes?
'Trash'
The Crying of Natter 49
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Dana - Jan 30, 2007 10:37:34 am PST #6937 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Allyson - Jan 30, 2007 10:39:02 am PST #6938 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
TOTALLY, Dana.
I hate that "writing is hard" horseshit.
Daisy Jane - Jan 30, 2007 10:39:17 am PST #6939 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
umm, perhaps you do not want to be rugby queen. Around here, they put you on their shoulders and sing rude songs at you until you pour beer on them. Or maybe you'd like that.
It's like that at these games with the added bonus of the dirty, sweaty men having to do everything you say, as long as you don't make them leave the beer.
juliana - Jan 30, 2007 10:41:01 am PST #6940 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
umm, perhaps you do not want to be rugby queen. Around here, they put you on their shoulders and sing rude songs at you until you pour beer on them. Or maybe you'd like that.
I fail to see the problem with that scenario.
Tom Scola - Jan 30, 2007 10:43:30 am PST #6941 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
See? Trouble.
flea - Jan 30, 2007 10:44:57 am PST #6942 of 10001
information libertarian
I have a real problem with articles that set up a dichotomy between "writers" and "bloggers." I mean, bloggers write, and many writers blog. It's like they think there are some wild gang of space-alien bloggers out there. I'm kind of surprised that Salon went there - hello, you are an ONLINE magazine.
tommyrot - Jan 30, 2007 10:49:40 am PST #6943 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
This is, um... a terrible Bridal meltdown after her haircut (YouTube video) [link]
It's... um... very sad. There's screaming and lots of crying and some swearing and the bride eventually cuts her own hair and then melts down some more....
The bride enters at 1:41 into it, so you can skip to that if you want.
edit: There's debate as to whether it's real or fake....
Hayden - Jan 30, 2007 10:51:24 am PST #6944 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Austin is full of "KEEP AUSTIN WEIRD" bumper stickers, which seems like the sort of thing that would self-negate after it reaches critical mass, but there you go. One of my neighbors teaches college in Round Rock, a suburb of Austin (and where Dell is located, incidentally), and she sports a "Keep Round Rock Mildly Interesting" sticker.
My car has no bumper stickers on it, as I am officially neutral, being a legislative employee. My wife's car has a "I Don't Have To Like Bush To Love My Country" sticker on it, and it didn't occur to her for a long time (years, actually) that if you take it at a bit more than face value, it says, "I am a gay liberal man."
Connie Neil - Jan 30, 2007 10:51:53 am PST #6945 of 10001
brillig
If self-righteous in-your face vegans tasted as good as sirloin, I'd be willing to remove the half notch.
Vegans in garlic, mmmm.
I once had a discussion with a vegan who said there was no reason for any human to eat meat. I asked him what the Inuit were going to live on. He said I was mean.
Allyson - Jan 30, 2007 10:52:53 am PST #6946 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 have a real problem with articles that set up a dichotomy between "writers" and "bloggers."
And without any sense of irony. You're writing an essay for an online magazine. You're blogging. Dude. Head outta ass.