Right. Crap. Christmas and/or other midwinter holiday requiring giftage. There’s very little time left to get that special someone a little something, isn’t there? Suppose I’d best boot the Dojo to another day and get on it, then. If, like me, you’re teh suck at this whole shopping thing, hopefully the links contained herein will …
Monthly Archive: December 2011
Dec 13 2011
Los Links 12/9
I promise you, Los Links will soon move back to Monday where it belongs. Time keeps getting away from me. Things happening, y’know. And then there’s the fact so many people are writing so much interesting stuff, and reading takes time, and argh. Lots and lots of links this week. Far more than it seemed …
Dec 12 2011
Seattle Area Readers: Clear Your Weekend Schedules
You’ve only got three opportunities left. Then Inspecting Carol will be gone forever, and you’ll have missed the chance to laugh your way to a hernia. So choose a showing: December 16 at 8:00 p.m. – Friday December 17 at 8:00 p.m. – Saturday December 18 at 2:00 p.m. – Sunday Buy your ticket. Go. …
Dec 11 2011
Sunday Song: Helena’s Theme
The Universe is conspiring against me. Three extra-long days at work ended tonight, and I said, “Huzzah! At last! I can get shit done. I just have to catch up on my Twitter stream.” Then a friend popped up needing some assistance, which was a lot of fun offering, and didn’t take long. Then there …
Dec 10 2011
Saturday Song: Escala
Once again, we have reached the point in the week where there’ll be no Los Links for you if Dana doesn’t get her reading done. So here’s a lovely video and a version of “Palladio” you may not have heard, even if you have heard “Palladio,” which you may not have done. And the album …
Dec 09 2011
Pitch 2.0: Naming Names
Veterans of the Nymwars will know why my ears pricked when a member of the audience asked the panelists at Pitch 2.o about pseudonyms. And they’ll know why I scowled a bit when the first response was along the lines of “Why would you?” They came out pretty anti-nym, but for a good reason: identity. …
Dec 08 2011
CreateSpace and Amazon’s Pitch 2.0: Completely Worth It
So, last night, I attended a free event put on by CreateSpace and Amazon called Pitch 2.0. It very nearly didn’t happen, and I’ll be paying dearly for it for the next three days, but it was totally worth it. It was even worth the rush hour traffic on the 520 bridge, which locals know …
Dec 08 2011
Warning: Fencesitters and Bystanders May Be Affected
At the risk of inviting a miasma of socks, I am going to talk about Womanspace once again. It’s important, and I’ve got a point to make. There are a couple of open letters that are worth reading. Dr. O’s An open letter to Dr. Rybicki makes a very important point: Maybe your short story isn’t …
Dec 07 2011
Okay, So This Is Only the Greatest Plate Tectonics Song Ever
I didn’t know this song existed 5 minutes ago. Then I pulled up YouTube, saw it in the “recommended,” and decided what the hell. Now it’s one of my favorite geology songs of all times. Watch the video. Just don’t do so in a place where peals of laughter are frowned upon, i.e. at funerals, …
Dec 07 2011
Dana’s Dojo: “It’s This Big and It’s Blue”
Today in the Dojo: Getting a handle on stories that don’t quite know what they are. There was this cliché at the bookstore chain I worked for, eons ago when things like chain bookstores in malls still existed. Customers would come in all the time, collar one of the booksellers, and burble, “I need …
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