Sharp-eyed dwarf, on the hunt for Rakshasa.
This one’s for madmuppet2k, whoever you are.
By Anna Christenson (thanks un-pas-de-cote)
To anyone who thinks Dwarves can’t be sexy, your argument is invalid. ‘nuff said.
1So I co-edit this awesome little online journal called Devilfish Review. We’re working on our second issue right now, but it’s missing something. A few things. We want more stories to read! (What can I say? We’re greedy that way.) Do you have a short story kicking around? Ever thought that you’d…
This is my lovely wife and her friend trying like hell to make it work. Give em something good =)
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Great picture, but I’m pretty sure that Igorinas don’t look like that. Look at Monstrous Regiment for details.
(via fuckyeahdiscworld)
Working for the Guthrie this summer! The offer was made and too good to pass up. I apologize to the Tri Arts playhouse, but I can’t pass on a LORT theatre that’s only 80 miles from home.
Just got the confirmation today after a fantastic interview. I will be working for the Tri Arts Sharon Playhouse in Sharon, CT this summer from May 14th through August 28th. I miss a couple days of class at the beginning of the school year, but I don’t have to get my internship in after my 3rd year. WHOO!
So, the Guthrie called me… They want to interview as well. No pay, but it’s local and I can set my own duration so I don’t have to be there on the 14th (I get more than a week with my family this summer). I’m suddenly torn. I don’t want to burn bridges, but…it’s the Guthrie.
I’m all for compelling female leads, but when you go for the cheap tropes, it undermines that. If you’re pitching sometging as origial and fresh, you have to follow through on all fronts, even the little details like this.No really, the film looks beautiful, but come on now, Pixar! That dead horse was good and beaten by the time Titanic came out, no need to dredge up anachronistic narrative tropes.
For my lovely wife, who looks damn good in a corset.
Remember when most of us thought that congress would try to slip another SOPA type bill through congress after the internet was done patting itself on the back for blocking SOPA/PIPA and not paying attention? Well we didn’t even have to wait that long! *facepalm* CISPA is SOPA, and possibly even worse given the ability to get private information without a warrant. What’s the easiest way to get a bill passed when the protecting American jobs bs failed with SOPA, and the won’t somebody please think of the children line failed with the child porn equal of SOPA. Easy, bring out the trump card, the terrorism card.
While most folks are looking elsewhere, it appears that Congress is trying to see if it can sneak an absolutely awful “cybersecurity” bill through Congress. We’ve discussed how there’s been some fighting on the Senate side concerning which cybersecurity bill to support, but there’s a similar battle going on in the House, and it appears that the Rogers-Ruppersberger bill, known as CISPA (for Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act) or HR 3523 is winning out, with a planned attempt to move it through Congress later this month. The bill is awful — and yet has somehow already gained over 100 sponsors. In an attempt to pretend that this isn’t a “SOPA-like” problem, the supporters of this bill are highlighting the fact that Facebook, Microsoft and TechAmerica are supporting this bill.
However, this is a terrible bill for a variety of reasons. Even if we accept the mantra that new cybersecurity laws are needed (despite a near total lack of evidence to support this — and, no, fearmongering about planes falling from the sky doesn’t count), this bill has serious problems. As CDT warned when this bill first came out, it’s way too broad and overreaching:However, the bill goes much further, permitting ISPs to funnel private communications and related information back to the government without adequate privacy protections and controls. The bill does not specify which agencies ISPs could disclose customer data to, but the structure and incentives in the bill raise a very real possibility that the National Security Agency or the DOD’s Cybercommand would be the primary recipient.If it’s confusing to keep track of these different cybersecurity bills, the ACLU has put together a handy dandy (scary) chart (pdf) comparing them all. And what comes through loud and clear is that the Rogers-Ruppersberger CISPA bill will allow for much greater information sharing of companies sending private communication data to the government — including the NSA, who has been trying very, very hard to get this data, not for cybersecurity reasons, but to spy on people. CISPA has broad definitions, very few limits on who can get the data, almost no limitations on how the government can use the data (i.e. they can use it to monitor, not just for cybersecurity reasons) and (of course) no real oversight at all for how the data is (ab)used.
CDT has put together a reasonable list of 8 things that should be done if politicians don’t want to turn cybersecurity into a new SOPA, but so far, Congress is ignoring nearly all of them. Similarly, EFF is asking people to speak out against CISPA, noting that it basically creates a cybersecurity exemption to all existing laws. If the government wants your data, it just needs to claim that it got it for “cybersecurity purposes” and then it can do pretty much whatever it wants.
This is a really bad bill and it looks like it’s going to pass unless people speak up. Reblog now, reblog forever until everyone knows about this because it’s going to pass almost the same way SOPA did, in the fact few people know about it.
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This badger is pretty sure that a crowbar and a prybar are the same thing. Though the thought might be a crowbar is always cylindrical or hexagonal in cross section while a prybar is smaller and flat in cross section.
Got a phone interview with the Adirondack Theatre Festival tomorrow. I’m really excited for this opportunity to practice my craft with a professional company. It’s unpaid (kinda) but they do provide housing and a $200 stipend for 8 weeks of work. I have yet to hear from my other applications, so I might be in Glens Falls, New York from June 4th to July 31st.
Edit: Interview went well. I might be moving up to Master Carpenter Intern, which would extend my work period by a week or so and pay me.
