SOMETHING DIFFERENT: The first scene of a short story I’m working on. Tentatively titled “Judicame Deus (Judge Me, O God).” Be forewarned: graphic language and situations. To read part one of the story, click here… Read more

It was then I knew that I’d rather be With a .22 caliber next to me Than the blogwatch… EDITED TO ADD: How could I forget Letter from Gotham’s wild post on Australian Jewish convict history? Hardcore, sharp comments from Lileks on Gene Robinson and marriage (scroll to the last item). Marriage Debate blog is debating civil unions and whatnot. Will see if I have anything useful to say (but not this minute; see below). Which movies do Presidents watch?... Read more

SHANKERY: I need a brief break from same-sex marriage stuff, so will not be posting on it again until tonight at the earliest or Saturday at the latest. I will reply to stuff people have said, though, and I will give you the promised “mechanism” post, again, by Saturday at the latest. For the moment, you can see responses to my posts at Amptoons (scroll around–and be sure to check out his post on Hiroshima while you’re there) and riting... Read more

IT’S NOT ONLINE, NOR WILL IT BE, but if you live in/around DC you should check out the current City Paper story about the attorney who prosecutes cops accused of unnecessary, demeaning, and/or physically damaging cavity searches. An important article. Read more

WHAT HANDGUN ARE YOU? I’m a S&W; .44 Magnum. Mmmm. “You are old school. Fat Sheriff Deputies fancy you. Reliable but not too practical.” Via Tepper. Read more

WHY HAVEN’T I LISTENED to my Marc Almond tape in ages??? Right now I’m blasting “Blond Boy” and basically feeling, as Emma Frost would say, angelic and violently insane. Life is good. Thank you, anonymous zine-girl who sent me this tape back in high school. I would link the lyrics but, uh, this is a family blog. Read more

POETRY WEDNESDAY: I got these first from Diana Wynne Jones’s Fire and Hemlock, which rings several changes on both “Thomas the Rhymer” and “Tam Lin”… but they’re much older than that! True Thomas lay on Huntlie bank; A ferlie he spied wi’ his ee; And there he saw a lady bright, Come riding down by the Eildon Tree. Her skirt was o the grass-green silk, Her mantle o the velvet fyne, At ilka tett of her horse’s mane Hang fifty... Read more

IN THE BAG II: I’m not going to do any more of these, but I thought it’d be neat to do “in the bag” two days in a row to illustrate how much my answers change from day to day. I’ve also changed the categories to better reflect what I actually know about (no ballet for me!) and have added “runners-up” even though I know that’s, technically, cheating. So, if the Desert Island Goon Squad were bashing in my door... Read more

ET IN ARCADIA…: Now that’s rather odd. Read more

The last blog I watched from Maudlin Street So he drove me home in the van Saying, “Women only like me for my mind”… AfricaPundit: Meet Liberia’s new boss, almost the same as the old boss? The Cranky Professor: Possible blockbuster scholarly study of the Koran. From the man who brought you 72 white raisins. Weird-osity. Disputations: Reeves and Booster return! (Starts here, but second installment funnier.) More ecclesiastical Wodehouse-pastiche… fun stuff. Also, help a young woman become a Nashville... Read more