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  • Lounge, The Re: Fantasy E-zine Writing Contest!

    Moved to the Lounge. Also, is there a website for the e-zine? And will the winners be paid?

    Oct 31, 2010
  • Lounge, The Re: Two Weeks with the Kindle

    Torrents are peer-to-peer file shares that are most commonly used to distribute illegal copies of things, especially music, ebooks, TV shows, and movies. Not all torrents are illegal, however, and ...

    Oct 31, 2010
  • Lounge, The Re: Review Day October 2010 Check-In

    I was aiming for twenty, but meds kicked in and knocked me out after doing two. @_@ Oh well. 13 is a respectable showing.

    Oct 31, 2010
  • Lounge, The Re: Review Day October 2010 Check-In

    Six down. Planning four more tonight. May do more. Depends on how late Skype chatting keeps me up. As for tomorrow, we shall see.

    Oct 30, 2010
  • Lounge, The Re: Time Traveler or Hearing Aid?

    Maybe it is the Doctor himself! He must have become a woman! :shock: Not for the first time, iirc.

    Oct 29, 2010
  • Lounge, The Re: Nationality Headcount at YWS

    Loving the alphabetization, Jagg. :P American: 9 Asian: 1 Canadian: 1 English: 3 Filipino: 1 Finnish: 1 French: 1 Indian: 1 Irish: 1 Puerto Rican: 1 Scottish: 1 South African: ...

    Oct 29, 2010
  • Lounge, The Re: Two Weeks with the Kindle

    On the one hand, convenience. On the other hand, I like actually owning what I paid for. And so I remain in the camp of physical-book-lovers. Besides which, a book's ...

    Oct 26, 2010
  • Lounge, The Re: You know you're studying when...

    You start dreaming about math problems, leading you to the brilliant idea of doing your homework in your sleep. And it works.

    Oct 21, 2010
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: The Venus Project: What are you thoughts?

    In no particular order: They make a lot of claims on that site. They sound great and all, but so did Marxism when it was first proposed. Basically, it sounds ...

    Oct 20, 2010
  • Lounge, The Re: Reviews: How long do you spend?

    Varies. A lot. I once spent more than an hour reviewing a haiku (yeah...), but I can manage to read a piece and write a review that maxes out the ...

    Oct 19, 2010
  • Lounge, The Re: Geek Moments

    I said Khet. Ask me. I dare you. I. Love. That. Game. (I remember when it was still called Deflexion. New name = so much more awesome.)

    Oct 19, 2010
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Humanities Departments getting nixed; cause for alarm?

    Economics/business degrees in particular need languages to be the most versatile (granted, not all tycoons have multiple languages, but if you want an edge then languages are often the key). ...

    Oct 19, 2010
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Humanities Departments getting nixed; cause for alarm?

    Ethnocentrism was the exact word I was looking for but which my poor brain, as overflowing as it is with the details of viral replication and cellular mechanisms and such, ...

    Oct 18, 2010
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Humanities Departments getting nixed; cause for alarm?

    I, being a science major, used to hate being required to take Arts and Humanities classes not because I disliked the material, but because they were unrelated requirements for my ...

    Oct 18, 2010
  • Lounge, The Re: Dear YWS, from The Written Chef

    Though gay characters in fantasy aren't uncommon, I avoid stories that advertise their characters based on sexual orientation. More often than not, they have a message to ram down the ...

    Oct 17, 2010


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— Jack Hanna