Over at Gangwon notes, there’s an interesting post about the economics of caring about cheating.. I should note that this is specific to cheating on tests. I gotta say, I kind of agree. Most cheaters: Are inept students to begin with, and are likely to hang themselves with any rope you actually give them. Are […]
Here’s the update: I’m now 100% definitely going to Seattle for the Clarion Workshop. I’ll fly out on the 17th, and I’m going to try to get a ticket that allows me to stop by my mother’s place on the way back to Korea, six weeks later. I’m now in the thick of marking. It’s […]
You Are 50% Evil You are evil, but you haven’t yet mastered the dark side. Fear not though – you are on your way to world domination. How Evil Are You? Okay, I’m only half-wicked. You Should Be a Science Fiction Writer Your ideas are very strange, and people often wonder what planet you’re from. […]
Salon Chain gang is a look at the disturbing lifestyle being led by some extreme fans of John Norman’s icky, weird, disturbing Gor books. Female slavery and such. It shocks me how such cruddy books could inspire such a weird movement. No, wait, it really doesn’t. I find it very amusing that the dimwits who […]
Dare Generation Diary reports a nutter pol in South Carolina who is apparently pushing to outsource imprisonment of sex-offenders and drug addicts. (Via BoingBoing)