One of those is mine.

Not just one of them -- aren't you the one who coined the phrase "Ghost Butt in the Sky"?

Oh, I think several people arrived at that one independently. I was one of the ones who nominated it, though.

I liked the alternate title for "The Pirate's Jewel" myself.

Anyway, I have just embarrassed myself, as I am here after work reading the Worst Cover comments, and I am laughing like crazy. I mean out loud, tears streaming down my face, almost sobbing, and a student just walked in! She must think I'm nuts!

Oh, the happy. "On Becoming A Woman", scanned for your enjoyment.

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Curiosity, when under control, is an asset. When not properly controlled it can lead to unwholesome experimentation and inquiry.

Betsy, the part I like is right off the bat:

In your twenties and thirties you will experience the realities of becoming bride, housewife, and mother. Each of these experiences will carry its full quota of satisfaction and enjoyment. But the routine duties that accompany homemaking will fill your time so that you will hardly have the opportunity to realize that your cherished day-dreams have come true.

I gotta say, The Bell Jar makes even more sense now.

Also, a girl thinks feminine thoughts, is domestic in her inclinations, and is fundamentally gentle in her relation to others.

I'm guessing a fondness for Mulder/Krycek curtain fic doesn't really fulfill these criteria.

a girl thinks feminine thoughts, is domestic in her inclinations, and is fundamentally gentle in her relation to others.

"Can't you make the camo in a nice floral pattern?"

"I'd rather worry about domestic enemies than foreign enemies at the moment, actually."

"Oh, you big baby, that didn't even hurt, get up."

Ha. I should cover Practical Homicide Investigation in flowery paper.

There's an excellent dissection of the ethics of Ender's Game here: [link]

As with Ender’s goodness, this is a case of the author insisting on a quality in the character that need not be demonstrated by action to be held as true. Goodness is not a matter of acts, but of intentions, an inherent quality independent of what one does. “I don’t really think it’s true that ‘the road to hell is paved with good intentions.” Card stated in a 2002 interview.9 “Good people trying to do good usually find a way to muddle through. What worries me is when you have bad people trying to do good. They’re not good at it, they don’t have any instinct for it, and they’re willing to do a lot of damage along the way.” The import of this statement is that there are some people who are good before they act, and some others who are bad before they act, and that goodness or badness is exhibited in their actions. These "bad" people can’t do good, and “good” people can’t do bad.