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Jul. 14th, 2009
The problem with posts
Jul. 14th, 2009 02:27 pmLike this one is that although their efforts are charming in their way, Americans simply are not well equipped to engage in nationalist pissing matches like this one. Patriotic ones, sure, but for broad, sweeping triumphant claims about the primacy of one's nation in a particular field, you really need to go to a Canadian.
The problem with posts
Jul. 14th, 2009 02:27 pmLike this one is that although their efforts are charming in their way, Americans simply are not well equipped to engage in nationalist pissing matches like this one. Patriotic ones, sure, but for broad, sweeping triumphant claims about the primacy of one's nation in a particular field, you really need to go to a Canadian.
The problem with posts
Jul. 14th, 2009 02:27 pmLike this one is that although their efforts are charming in their way, Americans simply are not well equipped to engage in nationalist pissing matches like this one. Patriotic ones, sure, but for broad, sweeping triumphant claims about the primacy of one's nation in a particular field, you really need to go to a Canadian.
Politicians finding themselves embroiled in (sometimes hilarious) sex scandals. It's not so much that the US is good at this (although I think they've really delivered in recent years) but that Canadian politicians for some reason show very little aptitude for that sort of thing.
The CBC listed just eight sex scandals that occurred over about seven decades and one of them, the Margaret Trudeau one, is pretty weak tea, more of a reflection of the sexism of the time (See "Maureen McTeer, press reaction to her keeping her surname when she married Joe Clark").
Speaking of McTeer, I had no idea she was so young when Clark became PM. She was just 27. He was unspeakable ancient [1] and I guess I assumed she was about the same age.
1: He was one day short of 40 when he was elected in 1979, you say, or eight years younger than I am now? Shutupshutupshutupshutup.
The CBC listed just eight sex scandals that occurred over about seven decades and one of them, the Margaret Trudeau one, is pretty weak tea, more of a reflection of the sexism of the time (See "Maureen McTeer, press reaction to her keeping her surname when she married Joe Clark").
Speaking of McTeer, I had no idea she was so young when Clark became PM. She was just 27. He was unspeakable ancient [1] and I guess I assumed she was about the same age.
1: He was one day short of 40 when he was elected in 1979, you say, or eight years younger than I am now? Shutupshutupshutupshutup.
Politicians finding themselves embroiled in (sometimes hilarious) sex scandals. It's not so much that the US is good at this (although I think they've really delivered in recent years) but that Canadian politicians for some reason show very little aptitude for that sort of thing.
The CBC listed just eight sex scandals that occurred over about seven decades and one of them, the Margaret Trudeau one, is pretty weak tea, more of a reflection of the sexism of the time (See "Maureen McTeer, press reaction to her keeping her surname when she married Joe Clark").
Speaking of McTeer, I had no idea she was so young when Clark became PM. She was just 27. He was unspeakable ancient [1] and I guess I assumed she was about the same age.
1: He was one day short of 40 when he was elected in 1979, you say, or eight years younger than I am now? Shutupshutupshutupshutup.
The CBC listed just eight sex scandals that occurred over about seven decades and one of them, the Margaret Trudeau one, is pretty weak tea, more of a reflection of the sexism of the time (See "Maureen McTeer, press reaction to her keeping her surname when she married Joe Clark").
Speaking of McTeer, I had no idea she was so young when Clark became PM. She was just 27. He was unspeakable ancient [1] and I guess I assumed she was about the same age.
1: He was one day short of 40 when he was elected in 1979, you say, or eight years younger than I am now? Shutupshutupshutupshutup.
Politicians finding themselves embroiled in (sometimes hilarious) sex scandals. It's not so much that the US is good at this (although I think they've really delivered in recent years) but that Canadian politicians for some reason show very little aptitude for that sort of thing.
The CBC listed just eight sex scandals that occurred over about seven decades and one of them, the Margaret Trudeau one, is pretty weak tea, more of a reflection of the sexism of the time (See "Maureen McTeer, press reaction to her keeping her surname when she married Joe Clark").
Speaking of McTeer, I had no idea she was so young when Clark became PM. She was just 27. He was unspeakable ancient [1] and I guess I assumed she was about the same age.
1: He was one day short of 40 when he was elected in 1979, you say, or eight years younger than I am now? Shutupshutupshutupshutup.
The CBC listed just eight sex scandals that occurred over about seven decades and one of them, the Margaret Trudeau one, is pretty weak tea, more of a reflection of the sexism of the time (See "Maureen McTeer, press reaction to her keeping her surname when she married Joe Clark").
Speaking of McTeer, I had no idea she was so young when Clark became PM. She was just 27. He was unspeakable ancient [1] and I guess I assumed she was about the same age.
1: He was one day short of 40 when he was elected in 1979, you say, or eight years younger than I am now? Shutupshutupshutupshutup.
The follow-up question
Jul. 14th, 2009 04:34 pmWhat is it with green-eyed Asian women in fantasy novels, anyway? Why green? It's not impossible (except under some sort of No True Scotsman rule) but green eyes appear to be very rare in Asian populations.
Not that they are exactly common in other populations (leaving aside the People Who Have Green Eyes group, which have a high percentage of members with green eyes).
[Added in a hurry]
That turns out to be something you shouldn't google for images of if you are at work.
Not that they are exactly common in other populations (leaving aside the People Who Have Green Eyes group, which have a high percentage of members with green eyes).
[Added in a hurry]
That turns out to be something you shouldn't google for images of if you are at work.
The follow-up question
Jul. 14th, 2009 04:34 pmWhat is it with green-eyed Asian women in fantasy novels, anyway? Why green? It's not impossible (except under some sort of No True Scotsman rule) but green eyes appear to be very rare in Asian populations.
Not that they are exactly common in other populations (leaving aside the People Who Have Green Eyes group, which have a high percentage of members with green eyes).
[Added in a hurry]
That turns out to be something you shouldn't google for images of if you are at work.
Not that they are exactly common in other populations (leaving aside the People Who Have Green Eyes group, which have a high percentage of members with green eyes).
[Added in a hurry]
That turns out to be something you shouldn't google for images of if you are at work.
The follow-up question
Jul. 14th, 2009 04:34 pmWhat is it with green-eyed Asian women in fantasy novels, anyway? Why green? It's not impossible (except under some sort of No True Scotsman rule) but green eyes appear to be very rare in Asian populations.
Not that they are exactly common in other populations (leaving aside the People Who Have Green Eyes group, which have a high percentage of members with green eyes).
[Added in a hurry]
That turns out to be something you shouldn't google for images of if you are at work.
Not that they are exactly common in other populations (leaving aside the People Who Have Green Eyes group, which have a high percentage of members with green eyes).
[Added in a hurry]
That turns out to be something you shouldn't google for images of if you are at work.
From an interview with Ginjer Buchanan:
Which subgenres do you see way too much of? Which subgenres do you not see enough of?
These days, we have a deluge of Urban Fantasy. As to what we don’t see enough of—I guess I’d say military sf. It works well for us in mass market.
Which subgenres do you see way too much of? Which subgenres do you not see enough of?
These days, we have a deluge of Urban Fantasy. As to what we don’t see enough of—I guess I’d say military sf. It works well for us in mass market.
From an interview with Ginjer Buchanan:
Which subgenres do you see way too much of? Which subgenres do you not see enough of?
These days, we have a deluge of Urban Fantasy. As to what we don’t see enough of—I guess I’d say military sf. It works well for us in mass market.
Which subgenres do you see way too much of? Which subgenres do you not see enough of?
These days, we have a deluge of Urban Fantasy. As to what we don’t see enough of—I guess I’d say military sf. It works well for us in mass market.
From an interview with Ginjer Buchanan:
Which subgenres do you see way too much of? Which subgenres do you not see enough of?
These days, we have a deluge of Urban Fantasy. As to what we don’t see enough of—I guess I’d say military sf. It works well for us in mass market.
Which subgenres do you see way too much of? Which subgenres do you not see enough of?
These days, we have a deluge of Urban Fantasy. As to what we don’t see enough of—I guess I’d say military sf. It works well for us in mass market.