February 2011
57 posts
“Microsoft gets a lot of stick for producing clunky software. But even during the...”
– I don’t hate Macs, but they do give me a syncing feeling | Charlie Brooker | Comment is free | The Guardian
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“An open letter to Nathan Fillion
Mr. Fillion,
First, I have to say that I...”
– http://blog.patrickrothfuss.com/2011/02/an-open-letter-to-nathan-fillion/
“Fans need to stop bullying other fans on- and off-line. It’s vile and disgusting...”
– stop bullying people for caring about stories just as much as you do « Letters from Titan
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-2-20) →
Adele (12)
Lisa Gerrard (10)
Ramona Falls (10)
Lisa Hannigan (10)
Ben Christophers (8)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
WatchBill OReilly | Explains Tides | How Moon Got There | Mediaite
omg!
ZOMG ZUFALL! #59 →
Please note I do not endorse piracy at all at all!
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“girls were wanted because of the emotional connection they would provide. Only a...”
– Delusions of gender by Cordelia Fine
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“what you believe about intellectual ability - whether you think it’s a...”
– Delusions of gender by Cordela Fine
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“Neurosexism promotes damaging, limiting, potentially self-fulfilling...”
– Delusions of gender by Cordelia Fine
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“the activation of gender stereotypes, even by means as subtle as our suspicion...”
– Delusions of gender by Cordela Fine
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“The medal for the most outrageous claim must surely go to an American...”
– Delusions of gender by Cordela Fine
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“Allen & Unwin wrote to me today to let me know that my two YA novels from...”
– Among Amid While: POD editions of my gritty-realist YA
*LOVED* Touching earth Lightly, its also available on on eBook through amazon. You should go pick it up now
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-2-13) →
Dr. Dre (3)
Christy Moore (2)
Hans Zimmer (2)
Destiny’s Child (2)
Nina Simone (2)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
“Some observers have wondered why Ireland’s dramatic economic crash has not...”
– Slow-burning anger in Irish politics — Crooked Timber
The Last Ringbearer | MetaFilter →
history is written by the winners. That’s the philosophy behind “The Last Ringbearer,” a novel set during and after the end of the War of the Ring… and told from the point of view of the losers. … In Yeskov’s retelling, the wizard Gandalf is a war-monger intent on crushing the scientific and technological initiative of Mordor and its southern allies because...
I'm walkin' here | MetaFilter →
“What’s the point of punishment, he wonders, if revenge proves inadequate...”
– SPIEGEL ONLINE - Druckversion - Hardened Criminals Held in Freedom: Doing Time on Norway’s Island Prison - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International
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“But a knife ain’t just a thing, is it? It’s a choice, it’s something you do. A...”
– The Knife of Never Letting Go
Have I mentioned just how much I love these books. Because OMG I do. I love them.
(via capriciousreader)
“My parents raised me never to ask people about their reproductive plans. “You...”
– “How do you juggle it all?” | MetaFilter
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“Behind every great academic man there is a woman, but behind every great...”
– Delusions of gender by Cordelia Fine
“Be Kind; Everyone You Meet is Fighting a Hard Battle”
– Be Kind; Everyone You Meet is Fighting a Hard Battle « Quote Investigator
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“Them as can do, has to do for them as can’t. And someone has to speak up for...”
– The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett
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“That’s the trouble with a brain: it thinks more than you sometimes want it to.”
– The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett
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“Nothing’s louder than the end of a song that’s always been there.”
– The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett
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“We are as gods to the beasts o’ the field, my jiggit. We order the time o’ their...”
– The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett
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“And all the stories had, somewhere, the witch. The wicked old witch. And Tiffany...”
– The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett
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“And that was the trouble. If you didn’t find some way of stopping it, people...”
– The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett
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“They were also expected to be able to read and write, those being considered...”
– The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett
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“She must spend her life feeling damned because she was a woman, knowing she was...”
– The stainless steel rat by Harry Harrison
YouTube - PhantomHD - Kitten in Slow Motion.mp4 →
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“There was an error printed in a story titled “Pigs float down the...”
– Language Log » Correction of the Year?
ymarkov: The Last Ring-bearer →
Oooh, could be interesting
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“What the dog clearly knows is to anticipate punishment when the owner appears...”
– Inside of a dog by Alexandra Horowitz
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“By standard intelligence tests, the dogs have failed at the puzzle. I believe,...”
– Inside of a dog by Alexandra Horowitz
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“Dogs are anthropologists because they study and learn about us”
– Inside of a dog by Alexandra Horowitz
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“Dog training books often insist that “a dog is an animal”: this is true but is...”
– Inside of a dog by Alexandra Horowitz 