Salon's piece on the epic fail of the publishing industry just scared the bejeesus out of me.
I'm spending my xmas vacation time rewriting. Why? It's weighing heavy on my pipe-dream of becoming a best-selling author before I die.
I'm so sorry, but if it makes you feel any better, my fun-time-Buffy party night involved watching a robot throw Spike through a window, so if you want to trade... no wait, I wouldn't give up that memory for anything.
Buffy ,'Get It Done'
Natter 62: The 62nd Natter
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.
Allyson - Dec 23, 2008 10:40:39 am PST #7683 of 10002
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
Barb - Dec 23, 2008 10:53:39 am PST #7684 of 10002
“Not dead yet!”
Salon's piece on the epic fail of the publishing industry just scared the bejeesus out of me.
Eh, it was okay. Had some interesting points, but there's a lot of utter bullshit in there, like this:
"A lot of good writers will be losing their editors, and loyalty is very important in this field."
Loyalty means dick in this field. The minute a writer becomes extraneous or doesn't fit the model the imprint wishes to follow, they're shown the door. The same holds true for editors and publishers. Everyone is expendable.
tommyrot - Dec 23, 2008 11:34:16 am PST #7685 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I forget - does Hello Kitty go here, or in Bitches?
Hello Kitty Robot ( Pre Order)
Hello Kitty had release this fabulous Hello Kitty Robo. This robot can communicate with your using the Hello Kitty's voice. It can chat with you in 3 different situations: 1 As a close friend; 2 With the family; 3 Guessing game. This is a perfect robot for whoever does not have a lot time to stay with child. Hello Kitty Robo can help you to stay with your child to keep them from being lonely.
Emphasis mine.
sumi - Dec 23, 2008 12:01:47 pm PST #7686 of 10002
Art Crawl!!!
What does Hello Kitty's voice sound like?
I didn't know that Hello Kitty had a voice.
amych - Dec 23, 2008 12:03:29 pm PST #7687 of 10002
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Heck, I didn't know she had a mouth.
Connie Neil - Dec 23, 2008 12:06:39 pm PST #7688 of 10002
brillig
What else doesn't she have? Who is she working for??!!
Sorry, I'll never get over my Hello Kitty dread.
billytea - Dec 23, 2008 1:13:49 pm PST #7689 of 10002
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
I've only ever known it as cilantro. And actually didn't know it existed as a dried ingredient until I went to college.
It's an American thing. In Australia, for instance, there's fresh coriander, dried coriander, chopped coriander, ground coriander, coriander seeds, but it's all coriander.
FTR, it's just the leaves I can't stand. No problem with the seeds.
SailAweigh - Dec 23, 2008 1:21:00 pm PST #7690 of 10002
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
My brother's the same way, bt. He can deal with coriander, but after a bad experience with too much cilantro in a soup that made him ill, he won't touch the leaf anymore.
Kathy A - Dec 23, 2008 1:31:53 pm PST #7691 of 10002
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I just took that 2008 news quiz--got 80%, and would have done a bit better if my coin flips had gone the other way on six questions. Still, not too bad!
Sophia Brooks - Dec 23, 2008 1:45:35 pm PST #7692 of 10002
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
You know, I think they need a Hello Kitty Roomba! That might make my year!