Happy Samhain ‘09!

Bit of a rushed colouring job, I left it for too long! I might fix it up later, though.

There’s a larger version here.

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Happy Halloween – 2nd Halloween Card of 2009

There’s a slightly larger version up here.
I tried to work in a ghost, I really did. Maybe next year!
Have a good Halloween Eve, whether you celebrate it or not!

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Bitchery: Phone Customer Service FAQ #1

Q: Why did the customer service agent hang up on me?
A: Did you swear at her? Did you actually fail to ask her something related to the job she was there to perform, even after fifteen minutes on the phone? Had she already given her answer? Had she given it several times already? Did you [...]

Thursday Links

Section: Fiction Writing Tools
National Novel Writing Month is almost upon us. In honour of that, have some writing links.
yWriter
Open source text editor specifically intended for writing novels.  You have a chapter breakdown on the left, goal/mood/etc markers for each chapter window, sections for character biographies, etc wow zomg. I haven’t tested it extensively yet, but [...]

Book Review: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

Note: I promise I will also post 2-4 star reviews; it’s not all total suck or total win. This is just what I happened to have next in line.
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Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell
Susanna Clarke
http://www.jonathanstrange.com

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It’s long. The plot is convoluted, the characters numerous, and the footnotes copious. It’s archaic; “show” is  spelled as “shew”. It made [...]

Comic 003: The Soundtrack of My Life: Nerdcore

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Thursday Links

I realize I haven’t been posting a lot of geeky links or… posts for a blog that claims to be predominantly geeky! I have no explanation. This is pretty much all just what I happen to have found interesting this week.
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Section: LGBTQI Interest
Trans Virgin Marys and other such heresies
A short but interesting article on [...]

Book Review: The Castle of the Wolf

The Castle of the Wolf
Sandra Schwab
http://www.sandraschwab.com

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Warning: This review contains profanity.
Marketed as a gothic fairytale and authored by a German English literature professor, I felt this novel, despite the tacky cover and the cheesy setting, had the potential to surprise and entertain. I was wrong. The only surprise is how truly dreadful it was.

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Comic 002: On Our Household

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Drive-By Linkage: Judge says “Yeah? Prove it!” on gay marriage harming traditional marriage

Click here for the MSNBC article.
A federal judge challenged the backers of California’s voter-enacted ban on same-sex marriage Wednesday to explain how allowing gay couples to wed threatens conventional unions, a demand that prompted their lawyer to acknowledge he did not know.
SCORE. Let’s see how that unfolds.
Link via #JesIdres.

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