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  • Protected: My Power

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  • Late night reading

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    From matociquala, Peter Watts is giving away electronic copies of STARFISH, one of my absolute favourite books. Over on his backlist page. From bestweekever, Johnny Depp haiku. Sample: Gilbert Grape The real answer to “What’s eating Gilbert Grape?” is: “His giant mother” From sdn, crochetmycrotch.com. Yes. That’s right. The web is a funny place.

  • The little reader who could, GODDAMMITT

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    “Beneath the woman’s veil, nothing could be seen. Above it, a half-mask covered the upper part of her face with cast-metal compassion.” — Janet Morris, Cruiser Dreams, Book Two in the Three Part Saga of the Kerrion Empire ( Berkley Science Fiction, Fourth Printing, September 1984, pp. 105) By god, I WILL finish CRUISER DREAMS.…

  • Well, yes & no

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    Further to my recent musing on the topic of ‘Yes’, by Sally Potter, here is a review that’s been doing the email rounds. The real author is kindly invited to step forward & take credit … The latest Sally Potter film, called “Yes,” Describes a love affair. I must confess Her other work—“Orlando,” starring Tilda…

  • Crossroads

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    I haven’t seen him for quite some time, & by ‘him’ I mean, of course, the spideylovingBUMwholivesinfrontofthechurchacrosstheroad. Today there was an extensive collection of blankets & sports bags there, fashioned almost to look like two people sleeping under covers. But no, when I ambled a little closer I realised it was just bags. Under blankets.…

  • So much love to give

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    Check out bestweekever‘s Wednesday Morning Quick Hits over here. Nudity and hot sauce. Two things that should never be combined. I am tired. It took me forever to write ‘Wednesday’ just then & I’m still not sure I got it right. (Also, it is now officially Thursday, & for reasons I find marginally obscure I…

  • Protected: Hee!

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  • And then

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    Continuum 3. Hilarity ensued. Neil Gaiman said he’d been lucky to have worked in comics, because ‘people mistook a form for a genre’, and so — in comics — he could get away with doing anything he wanted & nobody noticed (& Jack Dann threw in, ‘yeah, nobody noticed, and then you revolutionised how it…

  • But first, wow

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    http://www.livejournal.com/users/zarq/308963.html “There’s a powerful video out from Sarah McLachlan for her song “World on Fire”. (Quicktime Embedded Video) Videos normally cost approximately $150,000 to make, excluding special effects wizardry. This one cost $15. “The money that would have been spent on her hair, makeup, production studio, etc., was instead donated to 11 charities, for a…

  • I can’t take your call right now, but if you leave a message, I’ll get back to you

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    :) –> http://continuum.org.au/