You know why people don’t like liberals? Cause they lose. If liberals are so fucking smart how come they lose so God-Damned Always? – Will McAvoy, The Newsroom By now, anyone who is internet savvy enough to read this blog has already seen the opening scene of The Newsroom. You’ve watched with glee as Aaron…
Category: Our Story
The Pain of Reentry
I’m not going to do a con report for Miscon. Miscon was easily the greatest con experience Esther and I have had yet. This wasn’t because of the con staff (who were still great), or the hotel staff (who weren’t). Miscon is the con where, for lack of a better term, the fact of our…
Haters gonna hate
Rant time. Jesus fuck, people. Just relax for a second. We’re all going to be OK. It’s true. There are some haters out there who have gotten on the internet and said bad things about The Force Awakens. Since 99.9% of the world shares my opinion that this movie is (a) awesome, and (b) a…
A Muslim Refugee Might Kill Me, and That’s OK.
Let’s start with this: every religion has had followers who believe that God demands the murder of anyone who does not follow their particular overzealous brand of that religion. Christianity not only included, but especially. There’s a good millenium of history where the most murderous fanatics around were, in fact, Christian. Doesn’t mean all Christians are…
Why do I not have more diversity in my books?
Some background, first: Growing up, everyone around me was white like me. That statement is not literally true. The small, rural town of Colfax, Washington actually contained Asians, Hispanics, African-Americans, Native Americans, Indians, and Arabs. Not in large concentrations, but they were there. Hell, they were within one grade level of me at school. But…
On War
I hate doing things as a simple meme post. The world is so much more complicated than that. The attacks in Paris were a physical set of attacks made against a NATO country. We here in America have sworn mutual defense with France, and so these attacks may as well have been made against us…
On Finding Some Common Ground
Ladies and Gentlemen of America, I have a news flash for you. The Constitution Is. It exists, it is interpreted by the Supreme Court, and nothing short of a Constitutional Amendment is going to change that. Stop trying to make arguments that it isn’t. To the Left: like it or lump it, the Second Amendment…
The Law of Superefficient Reactions
“For every internet action, there is a greater and opposite reaction.” There. I’ve boiled it down for you. You want an explanation? OK, let’s get into the math of this thing. Let’s say Alex makes an argument on the internet, which we will take as A. Now, A could be basically any position at all, and…
On Collateral Damage
Let me talk to you for a moment about Jennifer Brozek. Now, I’ve been going to panels with Jennifer for a couple of years. She’s an amazing speaker, she’s a hell of a gamer, and she is amazing at what she does. She has nothing to do with the Sad Puppy or Rapid Puppy or any kind…
WorldCon Report, Day 1: The drumbeat begins
Alright, day one of Worldcon was a slow start. Jessica Rising was awesome enough to show Esther and I a sneaky way to get in the registration line before the doors to the convention center opened, thus insuring that we did not actually have to wait in said line for more than a couple of…