Archive for November, 2009

GOP on the Carpet

3rd November 2009 by RPorter No Comments

Image by Heliotrop3, used under CC license
Something I’ve noticed about the hard-right contingent: they really hate being ignored. They’re fine with being called crazy, fanatical, even fascist. But call them irrelevant or, even worse, fail to mention them at all, and they go apeshit.
For example, I always felt Ann Coulter’s increasingly bizarre pronouncements last year [...]

NaBloPoWriMo

2nd November 2009 by RPorter No Comments

Look, let’s be honest here: there’s no way in hell I’m writing a novel this month. Work and other things will be driving me to distraction as usual in November. It’s my busiest time of year and the busiest year I’ve seen since I started my current job. When I’m not working, I’ll probably be [...]