Voting Results

Part One - Do you want a non-fiction thread, which would encompass the same shows as the Experimental Non-fiction thread, namely reality television (The Amazing Race, Survivor, Top Chef), documentaries (The History Channel, The Discovery Channel), and sundry (Mythbustes, Ghost Hunters)? Please choose one:

52 YES
7 NO
10 NO PREFERENCE

Part Two - Do you want this thread to have whitefonted discussion? Please choose one:

10 YES (with clear labels as to show being discussed, but no future spoilers)
35 NO (no future spoilers, no white font, i.e. NAFDA)
24 NO PREFERENCE

Part Three - How long should whitefont be if there is whitefont? Please choose one:

33 24 HOURS
3 72 HOURS
33 NO PREFERENCE

A total of 69 votes were cast

Lightbulbs is open for discussion of the non-premium cable threadspace.

DXMachina "Voting Discussion: We're Screwing In Light Bulbs AIFG!" Jun 17, 2007 10:45:59 am PDT

Y'all may have already seen this, but given the number or parents here I thought I should alert everyone to the fact that there was a recall on several Thomas toys because of lead paint. Details are here.

It's only a recall on a limited number of toys right now, and only on ones created between 2005 and 2007, but STILL. LEAD PAINT.

Yes, I've managed two, two posts to GCS in one month!

Of Cross-Generational Concert Etiquette; or Kids Today and Their Loud Music

Hear Ye Hear Ye

Voting is now open for the following proposal:

Should we have dedicated threadspace for (non-premium) original cable drama?

There are also questions to be voted on regarding the whitefont policy in this proposed thread and whether we want this to be a separate thread or a combined thread with the current Premium Cable. The discussion for this proposal starts here.

Voting closes Sunday, June 24, at 11AM (PST).

VOTE NOW

(questions should be posted in Bureaucracy)

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My first column on the new website is up.

10 by 10: Ten Lessons Learned in Ten Years of Teaching--Part 1

Please to link from other sites, email lists etc.? Thanks for your support!

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Ok...I warned you.

The quilt that my mother and I made for Quilt Pink! just went for sale on ebay: Snowmen for Mabel.

This was a Very Buffista Project (TM). msbelle donated the whimsical and very fun pink (what other color would we expect?) snowman fabric and Deena wrote the wonderful fairy tale that goes with the quilt, which you can see here.

This quilt is in memory of my grandmother, Mabel C. Hunt, and all proceeds go to Susan G. Komen for the Cure.

Please, go check it out, and if you have the money, make a bid. I would love to see this quilt go to someone I know. And since it is a Very Buffista Project, I had to tell you all about it. At least check it out, though. There are more pictures towards the middle of the page. It really turned out quite lovely. I'm very proud of the project.

I know severak people linked to and/or read Joss Whedon's reaction to the recent taped "honor killing" of 17-year old Dua Khalil Aswad in Iraq.

FYI, here is some info on people responding to it:

On April 7th of this year, seventeen-year-old Dua Khalil Aswad, of Northern Iraq, was pulled into a group of men–some of them family members–who tore off her clothes, then beat and stoned her to death. The ordeal took about thirty minutes, and though the police witnessed the event, they didn’t intervene. All this was recorded on camera phones by several members of the “audience” and if you’re really curious, you can find the video on both CNN’s website and YouTube. Her crime? Dua Khalil was of the Yazidi faith, and she was seen in the company of a Muslim man that her family believed she intended to marry. She was brutally murdered to preserve the “honour” of her family.

One month later, popular filmmaker Joss Whedon posted his utter outrage at Dua Khalil’s death–as well as the larger issue of violence against women in general–on a fan-run news blog, Whedonesque. You can find the post in it’s entirety here, but to quote the bit that inspired the title of our project:

Because it’s no longer enough to be a decent person. It’s no longer enough to shake our heads and make concerned grimaces at the news. True enlightened activism is the only thing that can save humanity from itself. I’ve always had a bent towards apocalyptic fiction, and I’m beginning to understand why. I look and I see the earth in flames. Her face was nothing but red.

As you see, among his words was a call to action. I was inspired to organize a response from some of us.

What We’re Doing – We’re putting together an anthology of short stories, essays, poems, and art work, called “Nothing But Red.” The book will be produced as both a trade paperback and an eBook through Lulu.com with the proceeds going to Equality Now. The book will be released on April 7, 2008 (the one-year anniversary of Dua Khalil’s death). We are pleased to announce, officially, that the first essay in the book will be Joss Whedon’s original post, “Let’s Watch a Girl Get Beat to Death.” Our website is currently located at nothingbutred.wordpress.com.

BTW, the "I" in there is NOT me. I would be proud for it to be, but it's not. I am thinking of submitting something, or volunteering as a copy editor/proofreader, but I thought some 'Ffistas would be interested.

That is all.

Voting Results

Question One - Should we have dedicated threadspace for (non-premium) original cable drama? (Note: this would not affect programs currently housed in Boxed Set.) Please choose one:

32 YES
11 NO
6 NO PREFERENCE

Question Two - If the ayes have it on the previous question (regardless of your individual vote) do you want this to be a separate thread or a combined thread with the current Premium Cable? Please choose one:

27 SEPARATE THREAD
12 COMBINED WITH PREMIUM
10 NO PREFERENCE

Question Three - If a separate thread wins, do you want this thread to have whitefonted discussion? Please choose one:

16 YES (with clear labels as to show being discussed, but no future spoilers)
22 NO (no future spoilers, no white font, i.e. NAFDA)
11 NO PREFERENCE

Question Four - How long should whitefont be if there is whitefont? Please choose one:

23 Whitefont until 24 HOURS after East Coast broadcast begins
9 Whitefont until 72 HOURS after East Coast broadcast begins
17 NO PREFERENCE

A total of 49 votes were cast.

Harry Potter fans living in selected cities could see the new movie this Thursday if they're willing to have a MySpace.