Tag: race
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A Weekend’s Worth of Amusement (Offset by Some Real World News)
It’s been a little trying here in the real world. Lots of not-so-great things going on if you pay attention to the news. More not-so-great things going on for some people I give a damn about. ANd my own feelings of utter stagnation really aren’t helping any. So… To The Internet! There’s no shortage of…
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Bees, Furguson, Fictional Horrors, and Needed Distractions
I spent more time than I probably should have discussing the goings on in Furguson, MO, today. Can’t say that before yesterday I’d really ever heard of that St. Louis suburb before, but after today it’s going to be hard to forge. You see, there’s some massive police action going on there. That’s in reaction…
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Heroes (in real life and otherwise), A Bad Way to Kill a Spider, Questionable Editorial Decisions, and Just Plain Bad News
The week continues to be… odd. The rapid oscillation between lull and panic at the day job just kind of left my head spinning. I’d been hoping to make a bit of progress on some other projects, but one just refused to die quietly. I’m sure it will resurface again soon enough… likely right when…
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Authenticity, Spooked, For the Love of Villains, Poor Decisions Make the News, and Taking Risks
One of the articles today talks about how keeping our kids super safe may actually be doing them more harm than good. It raised the question in the comment thread of just how much has the world changed since I was a kid? On a macro level, sure, lots of changes–we’ve got no more Soviet Union…