April 2013
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A beginner’s guide to the music of The Cure |... →
I have nothing to say except… yay!
Apr 18th
How Are You I'm Fine Thanks: reimagination said:... →
gingerhaze: reimagination said: from my pov, it’s a lose lose situation. If the women’s cup is smaller, it’s not fair because they aren’t equal. If the women’s cup is bigger, it’s not nice because I’m saying women need more coffee. Of course, they could have used a S shape. I’m laughing really… Allow me to be the first. I am a woman. I need more coffee. Thank you.
Apr 15th
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Apr 2nd
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March 2013
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Waking up naked in ever-stranger places →
Mar 29th
In Brief: Washington State Parks face a grim... →
npi: Our state parks are falling apart because we’re not investing in them, Lynda Mapes of the Seattle Times is reporting in a piece that will run in tomorrow’s newspaper. Like many of our other public services, our parks are imperiled because anti-community, anti-prosperity libertarians like…
Mar 25th
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Mar 5th
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Mar 1st
February 2013
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Feb 28th
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Feb 26th
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Feb 25th
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Feb 24th
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Feb 23rd
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Feb 21st
Tabula Rasa: BTVS poll →
After a long hiatus, the return of the Season 6 Buffy polls.
Feb 20th
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Feb 19th
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Feb 19th
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Feb 9th
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January 2013
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Lighting food on fire
It might seem weird that my favorite BBQ place is Memphis Blues in Vancouver, BC, but  remember — I live in Seattle. It is literally the best BBQ I can get without hopping on a plane. A couple of years ago I bought their cookbook. During the summer we lived mostly apart, Paul had been getting into grilling and I thought maybe getting him into the Manly Art of Lighting Food on Fire would help...
Jan 13th
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“She has her caucus more in lockstep with the White House than Boehner does with...”
– Republican strateguist Ford O’Connell, acknowledging that Nancy Pelosi appears to wield more power at present than John Boehner, the least-liked congressional leader according to numerous polls. (via npi)
Jan 1st
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December 2012
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Dec 28th
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Dec 9th
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Dec 8th
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Dec 6th
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There's money in making stupid people mad →
Dec 6th
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BTVS Episode Poll: 6.06 All the Way  →
Dec 1st
November 2012
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“This was the drumbeat of the Obama campaign. To women they said: Republicans are...”
– In which I complete an election post-mortem from professional Republican William J. Bennett not quite the way he did.
Nov 20th
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“The ironic part is that these folks are the ones who are screaming the loudest...”
– Jim Wright
Nov 19th
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Nov 12th
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Nov 11th
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“The Republicans are sitting in the back seat of the car, terrified, as TeaDaddy...”
– Balloon Juice Commenter The Moar You Know
Nov 11th
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For the Gothic Heroine: Is there a Dracula fandom? →
gothiccharmschool: tobiornottobithatisthequestion: I mean the original story by Bram Stoker. Because it’s Bram Stoker’s birthday today and it reminded me of all my feels for this book. Because like, Poor Johnathan and Mina is a boss and Helsing is Dr. Boss and Quincey Morris is such a badass etc., etc. YES, THERE NEEDS TO BE A DRACULA FANDOM. </allcaps of fannish glee> I will...
Nov 11th
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Washington Post writer E.J. Dionne Jr accurately... →
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Nov 5th
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Nov 4th
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Washington State voters: please approve Referendum... →
Nov 3rd
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BTVS Episode Poll: 6.04 Flooded →
Thematically appropriate for any of you on the east coast — the BTVS episode is Flooded. Hope you are surviving your real life flooding okay!
Nov 3rd
October 2012
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Rosemary’s Baby  →
In the afterword to the 2003 edition of Ira Levin’s novel Rosemary’s Baby (reprinted in the booklet included with The Criterion Collection’s new Rosemary’s Baby Blu-ray edition), Levin writes about how the success of the movie touched off a wave of occult horror movies in the ’70s, and adds, “Here’s what I worry about now: If I hadn’t pursued an idea for a suspense novel almost 40 years...
Oct 31st
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Oct 23rd
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Squashed: On Voting for Obama →
squashed: …But I can’t help feeling that refusing to vote because you can’t find an ideologically perfect candidate is a bit like refusing to perform first aid because you’re worried you’ll get your hands dirty… This. A lot.
Oct 22nd
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BTVS Episode Poll: 6.03 After Life →
Oct 21st
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“the true Romney plan is to create an economic boom through the sheer power of...”
– Paul Krugman
Oct 20th
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If you sponsored me in the Clarion West Write-a-thon, you should have gotten email about your thank-you. Let me know if you didn’t.
Oct 15th