What sort of stupid, Jessica
ALL sorts. But mainly "extended breastfeeding is child abuse and promoting breastfeeding is antifeminist anyway because it reduces women to animals / food sources."
Man, just ascend already.
Willow ,'Chosen'
Natter 69: Practically names itself.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jessica - Nov 30, 2011 9:25:44 am PST #9270 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Allyson - Nov 30, 2011 9:33:41 am PST #9271 of 30001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Thanks for all of that. I can't shake the beating-myself-up. I know that's what it is, but I can't run away from my own fists, I think. I have several onerous tasks to complete to take my mind off of it.
I keep yelling back at the smug little voice that keeps whispering that it's a stupid book, a stupid idea, and that I'm a low-rent Sarah Vowell wannabe with neither the talent nor the drive to do much more than flounder. So there's that.
Cass - Nov 30, 2011 9:34:10 am PST #9272 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
the closest I come to sous vide is making chopped liver in a crockpot.
How? Mmmmm.
§ ita § - Nov 30, 2011 9:42:35 am PST #9273 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
This is a horrible word. There shouldn't be a word for that. It just endorses it.
Allyson - Nov 30, 2011 9:44:50 am PST #9274 of 30001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Allyson, whatever happens with that deadline, you are a writer, and a damn good one!
Sometimes I want to send you an essay just so you can grade me with an A and I can feel like a good student.
P.M. Marc - Nov 30, 2011 9:45:49 am PST #9275 of 30001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
ALL sorts. But mainly "extended breastfeeding is child abuse and promoting breastfeeding is antifeminist anyway because it reduces women to animals / food sources."
o.0 BURNS BURNS BURNS.
I mean, the correct answer is "is awesome if you can do it and want to, and if you can't or don't, don't beat yourself up, because the real antifeminist thing here is being a smug jerkhead about a woman's feeding choices, unless those choices are feeding the kid whiskey and pork rinds, in which case, have fun."
But, you know. That's just me.
tommyrot - Nov 30, 2011 9:52:40 am PST #9276 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Makes women feminine and free. Also, it doesn't matter if you get married or not.
A very strange commercial.
eta: Ooh, it has a cool history!
This sacrelicious 1960 German TV ad for "Afri-Cola" was the subject of much controversy for its depictions of stoned nuns tripping on sugarwater.
Following its TV broadcast, this commercial was the subject of great discussion: nuns lounge around in an afri-cola rush. It led to a boycott of the Bayerisch Rundfunk, and in a letter, Cardinal Frings mentions afri-cola in connection with the "denigration of the church".
beth b - Nov 30, 2011 9:56:52 am PST #9277 of 30001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
I had to run an errand before coffee this morning -- so to amuse myself I had dancing llamas with the drama part on the accent beats.
I thought it was funny.
and I know you can't stop beating on yourself, but many, may famous,good authors missed deadlines. Creativity does not always work on a schedule - so just keep moving forward.
Zenkitty - Nov 30, 2011 9:58:21 am PST #9278 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
"sacrelicious"?
Sacrilegious + delicious!
tommyrot - Nov 30, 2011 9:58:55 am PST #9279 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
many, may famous,good authors missed deadlines.
Yeah, it was Douglas Adams who said, “I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.”