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First of all, my apologies for being late this morning. Life at Casa Verde is undergoing changes. Nothing major, just things that will require some changes to my normal schedule, at least in the short term. The good part of this is I had half an hour in the car already this morning, time to... Continue Reading →
This is a story about the nicest man in all of Fandom. I first came to LibertyCon because it was a family reunion for family I'd never met before. There were... two, maybe three people at that con I'd met in person, and I'm mildly agoraphobic. At the time, make that more than mild. So... Continue Reading →
While attending LTUE this week I had the pleasure of attending an academic presentation by Dave Doering, the founder of that excellent writing symposium. He described himself as a fan historian, and quipped that when he started LTUE at BYU, he felt like a “science fiction missionary.” As he prepared to deliver the presentation, I... Continue Reading →
(This is the second part of Jacob Lloyd's series on geeks and social justice warriors. You can find the first here. So ... social justice warriors. I’m not going to get into an argument about what a social justice warrior actually is, because the very concept is a slippery one - and, in any case,... Continue Reading →
(This is the first part of a two-part series by guest blogger Jacob Lloyd -- ASG) “Give them an inch and before you know it they've got a foot; much more than that and you don't have a leg to stand on.” -General Melchett, Blackadder Goes Forth I am a geek. My time at school... Continue Reading →
So I read Cedar Sanderson’s lovely piece entitled “To Thine Own Self Be True”, and I found that I agreed with much of what she had to say. I, too, have zero tolerance for those who would sexually abuse others, particularly children. Actions like that are intolerable, and have no place in society, any society.... Continue Reading →
In light of yesterday's post by Jason about the whole WorldCon thing, and conversations I've had with friends recently, in addition to learning more about the history of Fandom: Breendoggle, the rampant child molestation at cons, Kramer of DragonCon... I have not seen the seedy underbelly of the big, old cons myself. My con experiences... Continue Reading →
I had sworn I wasn't going to go off on a tirade this morning. I had sworn I was going to go at least one week without pointing out the depths of hypocrisy coming from those who attack the Sad Puppies because, gasp, those of us supporting it aren't supporting the "right" sort of books.... Continue Reading →
Earlier in the week, I noticed, in a sort of vague, "oh, that's what's going on?" kind of way that there's some truly epic foolishness being perpetrated. (I was a little bit distracted, as I assisted Mrs. Dave in bringing Working Title Pascoe into the world. Mommy and baby are doing fine, and everybody is... Continue Reading →
Apparently people don't like being told they're destructive assholes because Toni Weisskopf's wonderful post on the way SF fandom is tearing itself apart because the precious little darlings can't stand to have someone disagree with them has attracted some really special, special trolls. So since I wasn't going to give Mz Great Wall Of Text... Continue Reading →
Mad Genius Club 