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Jan. 20th, 2009 at 11:12 PM

Please read this linked post before proceeding. This post has been closed to new comments.

Five things make a post:

1) Yes, it's ancient internet history, but it's new to me. This is brilliant. Single-sentence synopses of popular comics.

2) xkcd broke my heart this morning:

Whoa. beautiful.

3) Vancouver with her glad rags on. Whoa. Also beautiful. Somewhere in there, I guess there must be an ocean, but who could tell?

4) Sales of Blood and Iron are up like whoa, the last few days. I guess what they say about publicity is true. And I welcome all the new readers whom the brouhaha appears to have brought to my blog.

5) Speaking of which, this is my absolute last word on the goddamned circular firing squad of a cultural appropriation argument that has been monopolizing far too much of my life for the past ten days:

http://matociquala.livejournal.com/1549883.html?thread=31143995#t31143995

I was raised in New England. I grew up in a house with a sadistic borderline personality. My chosen literary genre is the comedy of ethics. Do not confuse my politeness, my willingness to listen to criticism, or my acceptance of the need to sometimes take one for the team with moral cowardice, a susceptibility to bullying, or any plans to throw any of my friends under the bus whether I disagree with them or not.

Yes, I pretty much expect to see my name blackened all over the internet for saying so. I don't care, and you could do me a favor and not care either. And if you have to care, do it someplace other than my journal, kthanx.

The dogs bark. The caravan moves on.

On this last point, I will not be taking questions. And I ~~might just start~~ will continue banning people ~~any minute now~~ as need arises. Seriously, folks. This is a zero-tolerance policy currently.

Go. Go elsewhere. It's a big Internet. Go excoriate me there.

Mood: so fucking done
Music:Oysterband - The Road To Santiago / Ane Brun - Lullaby For Grown-Ups

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youraugustine wrote:

Jan. 21st, 2009 04:19 am (UTC)

Oh wow that picture of Vancouver is beautiful and really makes me want to move across the water to the mainland.

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matociquala wrote:

Jan. 21st, 2009 04:26 am (UTC)

Apparently it's from up the mountain? I've never been, but that photo makes me want to go.

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And so to bed -

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rikibeth wrote:

Jan. 21st, 2009 04:23 am (UTC)

er, did you need that Bushmill's?

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matociquala wrote:

Jan. 21st, 2009 04:25 am (UTC)

Hee. No, I'm great, actually.

You know me. Say anything you want, but try to dictate my behavior, and I'm done.

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bunny_m wrote:

Jan. 21st, 2009 04:35 am (UTC)

Cool, I hadn't heard about the one-line-synopsis thing. Thanks for the link! *snrks*

Re: Vancouver: "We are ~~hedge~~cloudbank, move along". Also, that's mighty purdy.

Yay for improved sales. I still haven't had the chance to read any of the Promethean Age books. *mopes* They are definitely on my To Be Bought When I see Them list, however.

As for the goddamned circular firing squad it's almost a shame that the internet version isn't as effective as the RL version at upping the average IQ. Beyond that, haven't been keeping up with it, and don't feel the need to waste precious seconds trying. Yay you, Bear, for putting up iwth all these DramaLlamas as long as you have. *applauds*

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matociquala wrote:

Jan. 21st, 2009 04:43 am (UTC)

*g* Given the current state of the publishing industry, you may want to order them if you want to be sure of getting copies....

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dichroic wrote:

Jan. 21st, 2009 04:44 am (UTC)

One good thing about the debate is that I ended up friending a bunch of peope who had interesting and thoughtful things to say. Some of them were things I disagreed with, but I'm well aware that I'm wrong on lots of things. Some of them were things I agreed and and hadn't seen in a particular light.

(I also ended up making mental notes *not* to ever get into any sort of conversations with a few people, but you get that anywhere on the Internets.)

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joycemocha wrote:

Jan. 21st, 2009 04:59 am (UTC)

Me too! The up side of these debates is that you find new and interesting people to read.

The down side...sigh. I'm not sure what is worse, reading through some links, or reading the ignorant idiots writing thinly-veiled (in some cases not-so-thinly-veiled) racist letters to the editor.

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zennish wrote:

Jan. 21st, 2009 04:45 am (UTC)

Love my city, even when it's covered in fog which makes out bad drivers even worse, hello, it's called not zooming through back alleys at 60k/h because then bad things involving blood and bone and metal will happen, and er.

I mean. Love this city. <3

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matociquala wrote:

Jan. 21st, 2009 04:53 am (UTC)

I know just what you mean.

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sandykidd wrote:

Jan. 21st, 2009 04:48 am (UTC)

There is too much in this post for me to love. Please go back and replace something good with something terrible, just to please me. Thank you kindly.

I'm kidding, of course.

But seriously? I only know you through your LJ. I admit that I have never read any of your books. But I will now.

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matociquala wrote:

Jan. 21st, 2009 04:52 am (UTC)

Thank you.

Apparently, there's a run on the faerie story....

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cjtremlett wrote:

Jan. 21st, 2009 04:54 am (UTC)

That pic of Vancouver is stunning.

Oh, please, gods of the academic universe, let there be a job for me in Vancouver when I get my degree! Not just because of that pic, of course. I've heard so many wonderful things about Vancouver.

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zanzjan wrote:

Jan. 21st, 2009 04:54 am (UTC)

Sales of Blood and Iron are up like whoa, the last few days. I guess what they say about publicity is true. And I welcome all the new readers that the brouhaha appears to have brought to my blog.

Brouhaha or no, it's a damned good book and they won't regret it, regardless of how they came to find it and/or your blog.

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bunny_m wrote:

Jan. 21st, 2009 05:00 am (UTC)

[threadjack]

*dies of Teh ky00t in your icon*

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britmandelo wrote:

Jan. 21st, 2009 04:56 am (UTC)

Extra books out there in the world are always good. I keep you stocked in my store, just so you know. *g*

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gailmom wrote:

Jan. 21st, 2009 04:58 am (UTC)

"Do not confuse my politeness, my willingness to listen to criticism, or my acceptance of the need to sometimes take one for the team with moral cowardice, a susceptibility to bullying, or any plans to throw any of my friends under the bus whether I disagree with them or not."

Nicely put. :)

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cija wrote:

Jan. 21st, 2009 05:03 am (UTC)

or any plans to throw any of my friends under the bus

I respect your refusal to take questions or get into the particulars, but I would note that those of us who don't know you well have no way of knowing or judging who among the hundreds of commenters you get is a particular friend of yours and who isn't.

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matociquala wrote:

Jan. 21st, 2009 05:09 am (UTC)

Obviously, no, you don't respect my position, or you would not be disguising questions as comments.

I'm sorry, but what part of "I'm not discussing this any more" did you fail to comprehend?

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bookish_girl_ wrote:

Jan. 21st, 2009 05:06 am (UTC)

Thank you for reminding me that it's possible to engage without being engulfed. It's amazingly helpful to see that modeled from time to time.

We aren't always shown what ripples we create in just being ourselves out in the world. Technically, I think yours was a splash, but your ripples get to go further that way. Right? Right.

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matociquala wrote:

Jan. 21st, 2009 05:11 am (UTC)

Actually, the entire imbroglio boils down to about twenty people, as near as I can figure, unless some of them are sock puppets.

So, no, not really that much of a splash, even.

But an *awful* lot of noise.

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gryphynshadow wrote:

Jan. 21st, 2009 05:06 am (UTC)

Y'know, I sure did learn an awful lot this past week and a bit. I'm damn sorry it had to be at the expense of so many hurt feelings, and that you got to host so much of my educational reading. Thank you for trying, for failing, for admitting the failure, and for trying to do better.

Actually, let me do that on a separate line: thank you for failing.

Because it means you tried. And that's damn valuable; the effort is of value; the fact that you tried warms me.

I've said it before, I'll say it again: you are one sexy lady, you have sexy thoughts, and I'm still just a little bit in awe of you.

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dharma_slut wrote:

Jan. 21st, 2009 05:08 am (UTC)

Actually, I was thinking you had displayed an enormous amount of moral courage. Role-model type intelligence, and empathy.

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dharma_slut wrote:

Jan. 21st, 2009 05:37 am (UTC)

until now...

Now I'm thinking that I didn't emphasise the past tense strongly enough in the post above.

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risshun wrote:

Jan. 21st, 2009 05:08 am (UTC)

Graciously and honestly handled. You have my respect.

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marydell wrote:

Jan. 21st, 2009 05:10 am (UTC)

I followed the link in #5 and saw that the comment before your reply refers to a deleted journal, "coffeem," which gave me a heart attack until I realized that the poster meant "coffeeem," and that Emma Bull's journal is alive and well. I'm mentioning it in case other people also have a heart attack seeing a line through what looks like her username.

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voidmonster wrote:

Jan. 21st, 2009 05:17 am (UTC)

I'm not precisely a new reader, and I may already have a copy, but I did just buy Blood and Iron yesterday.

Would you be willing/able to send me a digital copy of it? I've been having a lousy time finishing dead tree books lately and I'd like to try reading one on the computer and see if that helps.

(This question brought to you by my realizing of the last 4 books I've read, the two that I read fast were on the computer -- I am loving Sarah Canary, but it's taking me forever to read because computers have parasitized all my free time).

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matociquala wrote:

Jan. 21st, 2009 05:23 am (UTC)

Email me.

It wouldn't be a final version, if I can. But I've managed efiles for visually impaired readers.

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goshawk wrote:

Jan. 21st, 2009 05:20 am (UTC)

Oooh! Vancouver! =P It does that for about a week once a year - I think it's an inversion. I grew up on Bowen Island, and so had to ferry and bus over to West Van for high school every day. The schoolbus took the Upper Levels highway, which meant that for one week every year, I got to look out at Vancouver peeking out of the fog at dawn.

...I seem to recall those weeks being the only time I wasn't a Horrible Grumpmonster for my first class. XD

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commodorified wrote:

Jan. 21st, 2009 05:35 am (UTC)

When I lived in Coquitlam our house was right at the inversion line. I could walk out of the house in fog so thick you actually, genuinely couldn't see your own shoes clearly, make it to the foot of the driveway, turn left, walk ten metres up the hill, and be in bright, hot sun.

I was late for school a few times, just from looking.

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rattyfleef wrote:

Jan. 21st, 2009 05:25 am (UTC)

♥.

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maevele wrote:

Jan. 21st, 2009 05:44 am (UTC)

okay, I'll risk it. Is it really throwing anyone under the bus to say you admit to disagreeing with them in particular rather than making it all diplomatic and acting like both "sides" are equally right/wrong?

and, bullying?

I accept that I'll sadly be banned, but I am sincere in my need to ask this.

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daniidebrabant wrote:

Jan. 21st, 2009 06:12 am (UTC)

Been here for a while, even if I'm a bit of a lurker.

And there's no point in all the craziness when my belief in your awesomeness flagged.

The picture is absolutely gorgeous.

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xanath wrote:

Jan. 21st, 2009 06:20 am (UTC)

Just wanted to say that I'd have joined in the discussion going on this weekend, but I've been devouring A Companion To Wolves ~~for every bit of information on how to plot, describe, and foreshadow~~ ever since Friday. Blood and Iron will be next.

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midnightsjane wrote:

Jan. 21st, 2009 06:22 am (UTC)

That's an amazing picture of Vancouver. So that's what it looks like from way up there! I was down in the foggy part, no mountains to be seen anywhere. I love this city, even it's fogged in.
It might be taken from Grouse Mountain, I think.

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stwish wrote:

Jan. 21st, 2009 06:26 am (UTC)

I still have no real idea, of what you speak, and don't care. Of course you are right. Just ask your dad. He will stick up for you, even if he lacks comprehension. Being old and all, you know.

And the sales are up?...hehehehehehehehehehehe

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adoka wrote:

Jan. 21st, 2009 06:38 am (UTC)

As for me, I like enjoy your books. Think that your being from New England is groovy, being a Nutmegger, boy I hate that word lol, a Connnectican? myself.

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