Some good news, sign o' the times, etc:
ANTI-GAY GROUP ABANDONS FAILED BOYCOTT OF JCPENNEY AND ELLEN DEGENERES
One Million Moms was outraged that JCPenney would affiliate itself with a “high-profile homosexual entertainer” like Ellen DeGeneres, but its attempt to boycott the store has fizzled. Director Monica Cooley believes “only time will tell,” because the group is now moving on to other issues that require its attention. The group’s boycott of Toys ‘R’ Us has also failed miserably — the Archie Comics issue they objected to because of its same-sex wedding sold out.
Ha-ha! </Nelson>
I'm kind of fascinated with how the left is winning the culture wars but the right is winning the small government ones.
The franchise I'm salivating over these days is Assassin's Creed, though.
You are as one with Emmett in this regard. (I got Emmett hooked because Sean talked about it when he made his trip to Venice and kept saying things like, "You could totally jump from the roof of the Duomo to the next building!")
Though Emmett also really really really loved Arkham City.
Man busted at grocery for "criminal mischief with the cheese"
This gentleman, Blake Oren Robinson, was arrested at a grocery store for "committing criminal mischief with the cheese," according to an Iowa City police criminal complaint. Robinson was apparently caught on video stealing beer, chips, and a jar of Tostitos Salsa Con Queso Medium Cheese. He reportedly went into the restroom to enjoy his snack and then smeared the cheese all over the floor and walls. Police say that Robinson was… (drumroll)… intoxicated.
It's that music kids listen to these days. Probably was inspired by the Beck lyric, "Get crazy with the Cheese-Whiz."
You are as one with Emmett in this regard. (I got Emmett hooked because Sean talked about it when he made his trip to Venice and kept saying things like, "You could totally jump from the roof of the Duomo to the next building!")
Yep, both times I went to Europe, I basically related everything I saw to
Assassin's Creed.
There is also the added bonus of Kristen Bell!
Though Emmett also really really really loved Arkham City.
Which I still haven't played!
Arkham Asylum
was so great.
I found red lipstick (one that I had forgotten how much I liked until I put it on) while I was looking for a lint roller, so I am doing that Internat'l Women's Day thing, now with added Fuck Slut Shaming undertones. And I am leaving the house! Probably no one at the grocery store will care, but I know I"m making a statement...
This is my last day at my desk so I am furiously cleaning. After this I am officially virtual. It's a work from home free-for-all! For me anyway.
In practice, I'll still probably be in at least two and often three days a week. But it's all up to me me me!
Though it does mean I have to find a home for the two file cabinets full of shoes I keep at the office. So I guess everything has a downside.
Sometimes I forget that not all corners of the internet are connected through fandom, and that there are vast numbers of people online who never went through RaceFail or any of the subsequent discussions about diversity in genre media.
Which is a very long-winded way of saying, I just had to point out to someone on Goodreads that "shemale" is a derogatory term. Oy.
Hivemind - my landlady travels for work, and will be gone for several months. She will not have a local branch of her bank near her, nor a credit union service center. What options are there for me to pay me that don't involve a paper check? Paypal involves fees after a certain level of payments, yes?
Thanks!
I am wearing a red t-shirt and bandanna in my hair, coincidentally.
