I do believe in ending the drug war, on marijuana at least. However, drug abuse harms mainly the user themselves, and gun abuse harms mainly other people.
I have heard of such donation programs. I figured the value of the meat (whether eaten, sold or donated) was significant, but I wasn't sure whether one came out ahead compared to the cost of the equipment. I wondered if some people had delusions of grandeur about of their need to hunt. I'm not surprised that it's realistic in some cases. I have nothing against people who enjoy it whether or not they need to do it, but it's not a personal hobby of mine, and supporting my interests doesn't seem to have such a risk of collateral damage.
for the benefit of other readers: Poe's Law is an internet adage saying it's hard to distinguish parody of extremism from actual extremism.. You seem to be saying it's a parody. However, I have heard the AC's argument form serious pro-gun folks. (Is that a sign of how actually extreme the US gun lobby is?)
target shooting? hunting? both seem like amusements that maybe we could afford to lose in the name of safety. (How many people really need to hunt for their food in this day and age?) Also, they might not have to go - the restrictions could be on firearms ill-suited to those activities, not to mention forms of those activities without firearms.
If it's something else you'd miss, sorry, but those are my best guesses.
as much as I'd like to see stricter gun control, better mental health care would make it a bit of a moot point whether the nutcases have guns because then they wouldn't be nutcases.
Fox work goes into public domain, Dastar makes use of it, Fox tried to use trademark law to go after Dastar for that, Supreme Court says you can't do that.
unfortunate that SchutzStaffel and Social Security have the same abbreviation, but it's only two letters, so collisions are bound to happen. Nevertheless, that is part of my sense of humor - to hear a phrase used in one context, and reply as if it was used in another context.
Also, many pop songs benefit from acoustic and/or cover versions.
PS Some pop is much better than Britney. I listen to plenty of other stuff. I don't slam all of pop because some of it sucks. I know that's a bit of a tangent, but I wanted to make sure I said it.
Yes, I've had much less computer security trouble since I installed adblock plus and put some 127.0.0.1's in my hosts file. Some shady ads do cause trouble, and similar methods can be used to block some troublesome non-ads.
I am a native English speaker, and I often have trouble reading archaic English texts. Shakespeare (around 1600) and the King James Version of the Bible (1611) come to mind. I have seen current-English editions of Shakespeare (shown in parallel with the original text) and there are many other English Bible translations - is that the kind of thing you were thinking of? Micrographia is a few decades later at 1665. The Google Books scan has that long s, and the Project Gutenberg version has excessive italics. The original language otherwise seems quite readable. That's with printed text - old handwriting is a whole other issue.
I often talk to friends, family and other writers; simply observing also makes sense.
I have heard Joss Whedon has the right attitude and is particularly good at writing it.
"I can and should have good female characters without covering female-specific issues, but I want to try writing that too." (maybe I could phrase that better, though)
"make them well-written characters in general and not to overplay stereotypes" However, there's a good point there - don't overcompensate by completely ignoring stereotypical behavior. I've thought that but forgot to put it in my post.
There was at least one fantasy novel I read a long time ago that had actually completely reversed the roles of men and women: The women were the tough fighters and leaders and in charge of everything, the men were expected to sit around looking pretty until the women wanted to sleep with them.
This reminds me of White Man's Burden, a movie which reversed the situation of blacks and whites: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Man's_Burden_(film) Man bites dog, it's interesting because it's the opposite of what you'd expect. That kind of thing is a striking way to make a point about the problem, but it isn’t necessary to go that far. Perhaps some elements of a more-regular setting can be reversed.
Tolkien was actively imitating and drawing from older tales and epics, which regularly had very few important female characters. For instance, the only woman with any kind of significant role in Beowulf (a significant inspiration for Tolkein) is Grendel's mother, and she isn't even given a name.
Yes, respecting an inspiration (fictional or real world) can lead to carrying over some of its issues.
I'm reminded of this Jimi Hendrix quote: "I've been imitated so well I've heard people copy my mistakes."
I first thought bad female characterization was a problem with amateur writers such as myself, but even very good professional writers sometimes have issues with it. This can come up even if the writer is not bigoted, or trying not to be.
As a male, I worry about my ability to write female characters. I want to try, but I don’t want to screw up by doing it badly. I don’t want to make well-meaning mistakes. I want to include it without forcing it in. I can and should have good female characters without covering female-specific issues, but I want to try writing that too. I’m not actively trying to fail Bechdel, but I’m not actively trying to pass it either.
Perhaps understanding the group better helps write about them well, whichever comes first.
One woman advised me to make them well-written characters in general and not to overplay stereotypes.
Other differences (sexual orientation, race/ethnicity, social class, et cetera) present similar challenges. Although it’s not as much of a social issue, writers from a nondominant group might have trouble writing characters from the dominant group.
This could be a subset of “write what you know”. Also, people are often inspired by works similar to them.
I read Ender's Game a few years ago and loved it. (Also, Ender's Shadow did very well portraying the same story from the POV of a different character; I haven't read other Ender's books) I'll see if it holds up for me now. I might be curious about the movie anyway unless the reviews suck.
I'm not much of a movie guy in general, so I'm not looking at the other 9.
They exclude sequels and remakes, fair enough, but I'll also see a few sequels/remakes for things I liked the first time.
I generally just keep the helmet on during stops. I obviously don't need it while off the bike, but the best way to 'store' it is to keep it on. I had to take it off at the barber shop of course, but that's about it.
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I do believe in ending the drug war, on marijuana at least. However, drug abuse harms mainly the user themselves, and gun abuse harms mainly other people.
I have heard of such donation programs. I figured the value of the meat (whether eaten, sold or donated) was significant, but I wasn't sure whether one came out ahead compared to the cost of the equipment.
I wondered if some people had delusions of grandeur about of their need to hunt. I'm not surprised that it's realistic in some cases.
I have nothing against people who enjoy it whether or not they need to do it, but it's not a personal hobby of mine, and supporting my interests doesn't seem to have such a risk of collateral damage.
for the benefit of other readers: Poe's Law is an internet adage saying it's hard to distinguish parody of extremism from actual extremism..
You seem to be saying it's a parody. However, I have heard the AC's argument form serious pro-gun folks. (Is that a sign of how actually extreme the US gun lobby is?)
target shooting? hunting? both seem like amusements that maybe we could afford to lose in the name of safety. (How many people really need to hunt for their food in this day and age?) Also, they might not have to go - the restrictions could be on firearms ill-suited to those activities, not to mention forms of those activities without firearms.
If it's something else you'd miss, sorry, but those are my best guesses.
as much as I'd like to see stricter gun control, better mental health care would make it a bit of a moot point whether the nutcases have guns because then they wouldn't be nutcases.
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3303573&cid=42229893
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dastar_Corp._v._Twentieth_Century_Fox_Film_Corp.
Fox work goes into public domain, Dastar makes use of it, Fox tried to use trademark law to go after Dastar for that, Supreme Court says you can't do that.
I recall news from when Cook became CEO that his focus was Apple's supply chain.
unfortunate that SchutzStaffel and Social Security have the same abbreviation, but it's only two letters, so collisions are bound to happen. Nevertheless, that is part of my sense of humor - to hear a phrase used in one context, and reply as if it was used in another context.
I can't stand her either, been calling her Shitney since 1999. .MP3's)
However:
There's a Youtube user named Bliix who makes very good rock/metal remixes of pop songs. Here are his Britney Spears remixes:
http://www.youtube.com/user/bliix/videos?query=britney+spears (the videos on his channel)
http://www.mediafire.com/?awwphlehwm7phq3 (.ZIP of the
Also, many pop songs benefit from acoustic and/or cover versions.
PS
Some pop is much better than Britney. I listen to plenty of other stuff. I don't slam all of pop because some of it sucks. I know that's a bit of a tangent, but I wanted to make sure I said it.
yeah, if they don't care about being legal when making money, they might not care about being legal when spending it either.
I thought Finland allied with Nazi Germany because of the Winter War (USSR invasion of Finland in 1939) making the USSR a common enemy.
Yes, I've had much less computer security trouble since I installed adblock plus and put some 127.0.0.1's in my hosts file. Some shady ads do cause trouble, and similar methods can be used to block some troublesome non-ads.
Apparently, 'ahimsa' refers to nonviolence in Indian-subcontinent religious philosophy.
Yes, Hicks suggested that marketers kill themselves
Marketing is a big demand for psychologists, sadly.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge's_law_of_headlines
this seems to be what you're saying
That sounds like it might be homeowner's association rules or other petty bullshit, rather than postal regulations.
that's what I was thinking as soon as I saw the title.
I am a native English speaker, and I often have trouble reading archaic English texts.
Shakespeare (around 1600) and the King James Version of the Bible (1611) come to mind. I have seen current-English editions of Shakespeare (shown in parallel with the original text) and there are many other English Bible translations - is that the kind of thing you were thinking of?
Micrographia is a few decades later at 1665. The Google Books scan has that long s, and the Project Gutenberg version has excessive italics. The original language otherwise seems quite readable.
That's with printed text - old handwriting is a whole other issue.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphemism_treadmill#Euphemism_treadmill
That's exactly what the euphemism treadmill is.
I often talk to friends, family and other writers; simply observing also makes sense.
I have heard Joss Whedon has the right attitude and is particularly good at writing it.
"I can and should have good female characters without covering female-specific issues, but I want to try writing that too." (maybe I could phrase that better, though)
"make them well-written characters in general and not to overplay stereotypes"
However, there's a good point there - don't overcompensate by completely ignoring stereotypical behavior. I've thought that but forgot to put it in my post.
There was at least one fantasy novel I read a long time ago that had actually completely reversed the roles of men and women: The women were the tough fighters and leaders and in charge of everything, the men were expected to sit around looking pretty until the women wanted to sleep with them.
This reminds me of White Man's Burden, a movie which reversed the situation of blacks and whites: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Man's_Burden_(film)
Man bites dog, it's interesting because it's the opposite of what you'd expect. That kind of thing is a striking way to make a point about the problem, but it isn’t necessary to go that far. Perhaps some elements of a more-regular setting can be reversed.
Tolkien was actively imitating and drawing from older tales and epics, which regularly had very few important female characters. For instance, the only woman with any kind of significant role in Beowulf (a significant inspiration for Tolkein) is Grendel's mother, and she isn't even given a name.
Yes, respecting an inspiration (fictional or real world) can lead to carrying over some of its issues.
I'm reminded of this Jimi Hendrix quote: "I've been imitated so well I've heard people copy my mistakes."
I first thought bad female characterization was a problem with amateur writers such as myself, but even very good professional writers sometimes have issues with it. This can come up even if the writer is not bigoted, or trying not to be.
As a male, I worry about my ability to write female characters. I want to try, but I don’t want to screw up by doing it badly. I don’t want to make well-meaning mistakes. I want to include it without forcing it in. I can and should have good female characters without covering female-specific issues, but I want to try writing that too. I’m not actively trying to fail Bechdel, but I’m not actively trying to pass it either.
Perhaps understanding the group better helps write about them well, whichever comes first.
One woman advised me to make them well-written characters in general and not to overplay stereotypes.
Other differences (sexual orientation, race/ethnicity, social class, et cetera) present similar challenges. Although it’s not as much of a social issue, writers from a nondominant group might have trouble writing characters from the dominant group.
This could be a subset of “write what you know”. Also, people are often inspired by works similar to them.
I read Ender's Game a few years ago and loved it. (Also, Ender's Shadow did very well portraying the same story from the POV of a different character; I haven't read other Ender's books) I'll see if it holds up for me now. I might be curious about the movie anyway unless the reviews suck.
I'm not much of a movie guy in general, so I'm not looking at the other 9.
They exclude sequels and remakes, fair enough, but I'll also see a few sequels/remakes for things I liked the first time.
I generally just keep the helmet on during stops. I obviously don't need it while off the bike, but the best way to 'store' it is to keep it on. I had to take it off at the barber shop of course, but that's about it.