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Book Peeve

I have an aversion to books that are part of a trilogy or other mult-ology. I’m better with series books, like the Discworld novels or the Old Man’s War novels, where each book is complete by itself,...

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It would be irony if it weren’t so full of fail

So in the wake of RaceFail 2009, John Scalzi rethinks his reflexive “no way am I putting my hand in THAT blender” position, and invites Mary Anne Mohanraj to write a guest blog post. Which she does in...

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Don’t Trust Anyone Over 50

Samwise is kind of avoiding me today because I am stalking around muttering under my breath about how the fucking Baby Boomer generation needs to grow the fuck up, after reading an article that...

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The work surpassing the creator

Ursula LeGuin has a funny essay cautioning against actually meeting the writer behind the breathtaking works of genuis that you love to read, because you might find out that the creative genius is kind...

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So it’s like this

I’m really too tired to go around punching people in the mouth today. So: if you find yourself tempted to post one of the following things to the Internet, or God forbid saying one of them sincerely in...

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About time

If I never see 2009 again, it’ll be too soon.

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“Poor people aren’t supposed to want nice things”

Problem Chylde explains the proper etiquette of poverty.  Something to consider if you’re tempted to go on about how poor people in America aren’t “really” poor because they have color television. (h/t...

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Take the credit

The real puzzler isn’t why Jared Loughner shot Congresswoman Giffords and a bunch of innocent bystanders. It’s why the politicians and demagogues who have encouraged violence are backing away from him....

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Labor Day

Growing up, half the people I knew swore that a great-uncle or cousin or grandpa was on the bridge that day: Battle of the Overpass And while I also like the Great Big Sea version this is hard to beat:

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In their nature

Occasionally, in the course of my work, I find that a defense attorney has been lying or fighting tooth and nail to withhold information that actually would help their client. When I finally pry it out...

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