I've put a new masthead photo image on http://mcgees.org. If you were holding your breath for one, exhale. # Powered by Twitter Tools. Read more »
Under A Windowsill?
I don’t smoke a tobacco pipe any longer (someone said “or shorter?”) But somewhere around or under my pathologically cluttered and messy desk I’ve had a bag of Cavendish break open and it smells so great I haven’t gone looking for it to clean it up. In my backpack you’d find tons of questionably-druggy-looking items [...] Read more »
We Are Miners. Hardcore Miners.
I just slogged through about half an hour’s worth of text on Wikipedia to try to find a reference I swear I remember reading about on IMDB in its earliest days (1997?) Both discussed the MPAA ratings system, but the IMDB feature/article — crucially — discussed the MPAA’s own wording that NC-17 rating: can be [...] Read more »
My recycled Tweets for 2009-08-22
♫"You don't understand who they thought I was supposed to be. Look at me now, a man who won't let himself be."♫ # Bored 12-year-old (?) spammed my site for 20 min, saying he hacked it. To be targeted jabs, he READ it. One line in .htaccess to stop. WTF? # To be fair though, [...] Read more »
“Tall, Dark, and Fair-Haired”
Why does historical fiction — or mock-historical fiction — consider “fair” to be an attribute of feminine beauty and “dark” to contribute to male beauty? Have we inherited multiple cultures’ standards? But note that Gaelic folklore, in customs such as First-footing, maintains the disparity (at least insofar as hair color) in one society’s traditions. Read more »
My recycled Tweets for 2009-08-21
Sheesh — where's my air conditioning remote control?! # Hey, you're hot! You should get on our cruiser and hold our assault rifle! http://bit.ly/RpPzA # Powered by Twitter Tools. Read more »
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