The most recent 20 comments posted to Making Light by Jason:

I'm with Adrian, up there. I don't see that a university should have to tell a student not to plagiarize. I figure that's something that you should learn by the time you're done with elementary school. High school at the latest. The way I see it, that's some pretty basic stuff.

I'm in the same boat as Larry. I had too much pre-existing knowledge not to get the broad strokes of the action. Which speaks well of my forthcoming graduate work in Japan Studies. I agree one hundred percent with the sentiment, though.

Oh, and David? That's a great game, but I suspect that the results would be skewed, somewhat, by the artistic skills of the people playing.

I believe because it is absurd. (to quote Tertullian)

I believe that organized religion is like a game of telephone and disorganized religion is like a shouting match, and the best sort of religion strikes a balance between the two.

I believe that faith must be independent of knowledge in order to remain faith and that so long as the mysteries of the world, the divine included, still have room to enthrall us and horrify us both then we're probably in a good state of mind.

I believe that many of the world's best social structures are, in fact, lousy religions and that many of the world's best religions are, in fact, lousy social structures. Or vice versa.

I believe that communication is what makes so much that we can accomplish possible and I believe that this blog is a wonderful source of great communication, so I'll add my thanks in, too.

Well, from my memory of my one art history class and the best I've been able to find online, the order in the Last Supper, from left to right, is Bartholomew, James, Andrew, Judas, Peter, John, Christ, Thomas, James, Philip, Matthew, Thaddeus and Simon.

This would put Speedy (possible the new Green arrow, now that I think about it) in the role of Simon, Batman in the role of Thomas (appropriate, to certain readings of Batman), Lightray in the role of John, Luthor in the role of Peter (very interesting) and Aquaman, oddly enough, in the role of Judas.

My guess, really, is that the artist just wanted to do the picture and put Superman in as Christ. The rest he probably just wanted to match poses with and didn't give a lot of thought to the iconography.

Well, back to listening to Jesus Christ Superstar for me...

Carlos - DC's Last Supper is genius, but I just can't figure this out: who are the characters standing in for John and Simon?

Urk. Feel better, Teresa. Soonish and all. Or later, if you're so inclined.

Ooh, too true! I spoketh too sooneth and wast not enough familiar with the Brothers Blue...

Ok, enough. I misinterpreted that one in my over excitement about the one that actually was about the Oregon Trail and because I haven't seen Blues Brothers in years. Apologies for the confusion.

Dammit. I'm getting forgetful here:

I said "those" because the one that reads "thine attempt to ford the river hath failed..." is also a reference to that game.

Spacewaitress - it's a refference to an old Apple video game called "Oregon Trail." It was the game to play in Primary School computer classes in the States in the mid-eighties. At least amongst people I've met...

And I was going to similarly comment that those were my favorites. But then I've got an emulator for that game on my computer...

Much sympathy, Teresa, but I'm sort of with Tina in the "well, now I'll be able to find a copy" happiness overwhelming my sense of agony-on-your-behalf.

I've wanted to get a copy of my own since you lent the thing to me in my interny days. And I still pull out my printed-off-your-site copy of "God and I" to chuckle at every few months.

Urk. That should read "strange books and strange links." Apologies.

Since we're talking about books and strange links, here's, one I came across this evening.

At this point, in light of recent conversation here, I have to wonder how long this thing sat on the slush pile... ;)

1) I am deeply, deeply pained that Jo Walton has four novels published. See, I only own three of them. Time to hit the bookstores...

2) My summer-long stint of interning at Tor was one of the smartest things I ever did in terms of understanding the process and sympathizing with/understanding editors. I agree with whoever said up-thread that more (or was it all?) authors should try it.

3) If I sent out manuscripts to make the rounds, I'd have to keep the rejection letters. They'd serve as a very deep and personal reminder of where I'd already sent a given manuscript, because I am certainly not capable of remembering these things on my own.

I would very, very much like to see these on tv. Particularly Child's Pay and Bring It On (speaking of: the military pay cut the speaker mentions in that ad; is that true? It'd be the first I heard of it.).

It's a bit up-thread by now, but: thanks Reimer. I'll give that a try when I get a free moment.

Not being savvy with this stuff, I have to ask: what about those of us who don't have MT Blacklist? Or don't blog with MT at all? Does anyone know a way that we (I use greymatter, for the record, but can't speak for anyone else) might be able to take advantage of the lists that Kip and Patrick and Teresa have generously provided with?

Many thanks, in advance.

Unfortunately, Kat, from the description posted it looks like the description/info has been changed since the fracas under discussion (which I'm having some trouble finding on the 'journal just now...).

That said, Poppy makes two comments that I can see as being a bit insulting. 1)"I can't help thinking you have a great deal to learn about normalcy." 2)"I don't care for communities where it is a requirement." I don't think either one was worth more than a shrug of the shoulders; banning Poppy is, in my opinion, an extreme and somewhat immature reaction. But then, this is the internet we're talking about.

Not to insult these scientists, Ayse, but hypothetically doesn't your own body do that anyway? I mean, isn't that what cravings represent, at least to some degree?

Maybe a Greenpeace story of my own can shed a little light on the situation, joanna.

I get harassed by Greenpeace endlessly every summer (my default summer "look" - long hair, 5 o'clock shadow, faded blue jeans and birkenstocks - may account for some of this) and the one time I stopped I asked the young woman if I could have a brochure or something, so that I could read more about their organization before deciding whether or not I wanted to donate. I wasn't being facetious - I knew little about Greenpeace at the time but had heard some good things about them - but the young lady told me that they found that people took brochures to keep the Greenpeace people from harassing them and then just threw them away when they got home (i.e. Creating more garbage) and could I please just give her a check right then and there.

Now, I don't know that "keep people from harassing them" is a good argument in a city where we learn to walk past people handing out leaflets almost as a matter of course and without even a first glance, much less a second, but the girl did have a point about the waste. I don't know how true it is, but Greenpeace is definitely the sort of organization that would be wary of that one.

"Respect and kindness for other species are good things, after all, and fur really isn't a nice practice"

There are places, Dan, and my often-cited Russia is among them, where wearing fur isn't a question of "nice" or "not nice." It's almost at the point of necessity.

But me, I'm certainly in favor of the theoretical PETA mission - the Ethical treatment of animals. Now, it so happens that my ethics dictate that it's perfectly alright for me to eat animals, provided that the animals were ethically treated prior to their demise. I'll have to remember, at some point, to go eat a roast beef sandwhich, purchased from my local kosher butcher, out front of a PETA office. Or not.

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