Most of my stuff has been at ComicMix lately (and we were just named SciFi.com’s site of the week to boot) but there’s some things that don’t quite fit over there, so I’m just going to hammer through them, Avedon Carol style:
Card sharks set bait to hire rats: All about some rigged gambling going on, in the $15-$20-million range.
Why, according to Seventeen, you should date a blogger:
The Blogger:
You don’t agree with all his posts, but they make you think about new issues — and whether he’s as cute as his pics!
Find him at: A friend of a friend’s Top 8 Your first move: Bloggers love having an audience almost as much as they like a battle of wits, so stir up some controversy by telling him when you disagree with a post.
Hidden payoff: An outspoken guy can stir up passions you never knew what you had — and help you figure out what you really stand for.
12 things I’ve learned since being diagnosed with bipolar.
Nothing like being accused of plagarism to make it tough for you to come up with ideas for your next novel… unless, of course, you didn’t think of ideas for your novel the first time around.
Lessons the Internet Has Taught Me :
Everyone else gets all the fun trolls.
My side of the internet is the cool side. We’re also sexier and dress better.
Using your blog to grind personal axes gets really old really fast.
Marvel has been corrupted by the homosexuals. Or the Arabs. Or possibly the gay Arabs.
YouTube makes up for not having anything to say today quite nicely.
I’m far too polite. The fact that I haven’t responded to anyone’s post on any blog or message board with the phrase “you’re fucking retarded, aren’t you” is proof of that.
We have the comics industry we deserve.
If comic fans go for more than forty-eight hours without complaining about something online, they’ll have an aneurysm.
Watching people miss the point leads to wonderful, unintended comedy. Than great sadness. Then comedy again.
Why yes, I do think less of you if MySpace is your blogging platform of choice.
Concern trolling, when applied to comics, is just sort of tragic.
Guys, she’s not going to sleep with you, and yes, your intentions are just that transparent.
The existence of the internet is justified by pictures of cats and other animals with funny captions.
More stuff as I get back up to speed.