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Posted on entry Unclueful Rogue promo ::: November 21, 2009, 03:44 PM:
Today on Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me! they asked the panelists what Palin's next book would be called.

One, subtitled A Favor for the American People, was titled Going Away.
Posted on entry Open thread 132 ::: November 20, 2009, 08:14 PM:
Earl, AFAIK the Quakers don't actually throw people out. And I believe some Quakers did make some kind of statement saying that he certainly wasn't behaving as most members of the Society of Friends prefer to, or something else very SOF like that.
Posted on entry Open thread 132 ::: November 20, 2009, 06:41 PM:
Seems to me that Ozark, Arkansas needs to be added to the list of Detestable Towns that already contains Gretna, Louisiana and Georgetown, Deleware.
Posted on entry Unclueful Rogue promo ::: November 20, 2009, 02:20 PM:
-dsr-, read the thread, don't just search for the phrase. Misspellings'll getcha ev'ry time.
Posted on entry Unclueful Rogue promo ::: November 20, 2009, 12:47 PM:
I think Tilting at Rogue Windmills sounds like a great title for a memoir or a progressive-rock album.
Posted on entry Open thread 132 ::: November 20, 2009, 12:27 PM:
Judi Dench is a Quaker? That's wonderful! Yet another reason to like her.
Posted on entry RWA Walks the Walk ::: November 20, 2009, 12:20 PM:
Wyman, it was never going to be on the imprint. Now it's not going to be on the bait lure promotional materials for the vanity press.
Posted on entry Unclueful Rogue promo ::: November 20, 2009, 12:18 PM:
Downfall
Ruthless People
Liar, Liar
Posted on entry Scraps. Bad. [Update: Doing better. See below.] ::: November 19, 2009, 06:00 PM:
Velma, that sounds like a pretty good foundation to me. And I've been on Lexapro for years, and my bad days are still bad, but nowhere near what they were without it. I've been accused of being CHEERFUL sometimes. It's a good drug.
Posted on entry RWA Walks the Walk ::: November 18, 2009, 07:10 PM:
Yeah, whoa, that's truly impressive. My jaw, it droppeth.

If I ever decide to write romances (under an assumed name, I promise you), I will have no hesitation in joining RWA.
Posted on entry Scraps. Bad. [Update: Doing better. See below.] ::: November 18, 2009, 11:02 AM:
Velma, I wish you the happiest birthday possible under the circumstances.

And I don't know Scraps as well as you do, but I agree with Paul. I'm sending good energy your way.
Posted on entry Open thread 132 ::: November 17, 2009, 06:36 PM:
Linkmeister, how about "AllWorkAndNoPlayMakesJackADullBoy, AllWorkAndNoPlayMakesJackADullBoy, AllWorkAndNoPlayMakesJackADullBoy, AllWorkAndNoPlayMakesJackADullBoy, AllWorkAndNoPlayMakesJackADullBoy..."?
Posted on entry Open thread 132 ::: November 17, 2009, 06:30 PM:
Mary Aileen, knowing someone personally (mod the web, you know what I mean) who would have died had the new protocol been in place at the time is powerful. It's not data, exactly, but it's deeply evocative of the downside of their new "greatest good" calculation. I for one appreciate your bringing it up.
Posted on entry Rouge Queen ::: November 17, 2009, 03:22 PM:
The most famous fannish example of a typo preserved was of course Lee Hoffman's Quandry.
Posted on entry Technically American ::: November 16, 2009, 08:37 PM:
Smallville DOES NOT COUNT. Honestly. Kid doesn't even FLY. Doesn't where the butt-hugging red-and-blues either! Come ON. Hell with frakking Smallville!

More seriously, a different borough of New York City doesn't make ANY sense. There's a city center in both. They each have a mayor! They each have a chief of police. They are both major cities. It's not like Metropolis could be Manhattan and Gotham could be Brooklyn. Not possible.
Posted on entry Technically American ::: November 16, 2009, 02:14 PM:
Gotham is indeed another name for New York. But later on they gave Gotham City a strong feel of Philadelphia.
Posted on entry Technically American ::: November 16, 2009, 01:43 PM:
No, TexAnne, the Daily Planet is the Daily News, which has the planet out front. Also in early issues of Superman they actually called it New York.
Posted on entry Open thread 132 ::: November 16, 2009, 01:38 PM:
SylvieG: I'm very sorry for your loss.
Posted on entry Technically American ::: November 16, 2009, 01:35 PM:
I'm pretty sure Gotham City was supposed to be Philadelphia. I remember Batman driving to Metropolis in a comic book and it didn't take that long. Also they had an iconic historical figure called "Father Knickerbocker" who looked exactly like Ben Franklin.
Posted on entry Open thread 131 ::: November 15, 2009, 06:31 PM:
As to the RCC in DC: I say "Fuck 'em."

I could elaborate, but that's basically what my thoughts boil down to.

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