Late Easter Egg Hunting

[erastes]

Ok – well, back to normal – almost. I’m going to keep an eye on Amazon UK because a lot of rankings are still missing there including mine, but I believe that most of them have been restored to the USA site. The issue appears in the New York Times magazine today, the same article that’s online. Sadly I missed appearing in the article by 3 hours as I took a PC break and missed the interviewer’s email. Never mind! :D  It’s sad that they say that the petition was to boycott Amazon, because it really wasn’t. I’m in touch with an Amazon UK rep and she’s supposed to be getting in touch with me by Thursday. The list of Media Links is ENORMOUS

I’m easter eggless this year, so I’m heading for Tescos later in the hopes that they have reduced stock – two garages I went into on Sunday were empty of eggs so I’m miffed. I need chocolate.

I was hit by a massive and (strangely for me) COMPLETE novella/novel bunny while driving home from Dad’s on Sunday – set in the Franco-Prussian war because (drooling)… Horses!  And uniform porn!!

I have the entire thing mapped out in my head which is unsettling, normally I just make it up as I write. But is crushed by the idea of the research – it’ll be like Transgressions – I know NOTHING of the era so why my subconscious ambushed me like this, I’ll never know. *kicks it *

Alex Beecroft has a wonderful interview over at The Sweet Flag and she says some really inspiring stuff.

And talking of Inspiring. via Ellen Kushner but found on Facebook and is by Matt Boyd

Ten Reasons why Gay Marriage is WRONG.

1) Being gay is not natural. Real Americans always reject unnatural things like eyeglasses, polyester, and air conditioning.

2) Gay marriage will encourage people to be gay, in the same way that hanging around tall people will make you tall.

3) Legalizing gay marriage will open the door to all kinds of crazy behavior. People may even wish to marry their pets because a dog has legal standing and can sign a marriage contract.

4) Straight marriage has been around a long time and hasn't changed at all; women are still property, blacks still can't marry whites, and divorce is still illegal.

5) Straight marriage will be less meaningful if gay marriage were allowed; the sanctity of Brittany Spears' 55-hour just-for-fun marriage would be destroyed.

6) Straight marriages are valid because they produce children. Gay couples, infertile couples, and old people shouldn't be allowed to marry because our orphanages aren't full yet, and the world needs more children.

7) Obviously gay parents will raise gay children, since straight parents only raise straight children.

8) Gay marriage is not supported by religion. In a theocracy like ours, the values of one religion are imposed on the entire country. That's why we have only one religion in America.

9) Children can never succeed without a male and a female role model at home. That's why we as a society expressly forbid single parents to raise children.

10) Gay marriage will change the foundation of society; we could never adapt to new social norms. Just like we haven't adapted to cars, the service-sector economy, or longer life spans

Comments

[annebrooke.livejournal.com]

Fabulous - love it. Still laughing (though with a sadly hollow sound)... And I'm keeping an eye on the Amazon UK situation also - we hope they get it sorted soon.

Ooh and I bought your & Alex's book as a couple (ah how sweet!) yesterday - from (gulp) Amazon UK! - but see they're not admitting a publication date till May, sigh ... So I suppose I'll have to wait.

!!!

Axxx

[souliesoul.livejournal.com]

Heh - good luck with the Easter egg hunt! We went to try to get an egg on Friday from Sainsbury's only to be told they had sold out. The guy in store said it was because Woolies sold something stupid like 10 million eggs last year and none of the stores (well, Sainsbury's anyway) didn't take that into account when deciding on how many to stock this year!

[erastes.livejournal.com]

Argh! Woolies! Yes, I didn't take that into consideration. Oh dear. Oh well, I'll have to console myself with other chocolate.

[erastes.livejournal.com]

I hope you like them, hun - FC is fabulous imho.

[sleveen.livejournal.com]

Straight marriages are valid because they produce children. Gay couples, infertile couples, and old people shouldn't be allowed to marry because our orphanages aren't full yet, and the world needs more children.

Mmmmyep. Heading towards a projected 9 billion souls by 2040, which is way more than the planet can sustain, but hey... ^__^

Love this. ♥

[essayel.livejournal.com]

Oh the power of the internet!! I wonder how many emails like the one quoted on Megan Hart's blog admitting to being 'hamfisted' Amazon has had to send out?

I sympathise over the Franco-Prussian thing but there are some wonderful incidents in it. [Like Cora-Pearl's opening of her brothel as a convalescent home for wounded soldiers or the, possibly aprocryphal, banquet that made the best possible use of the zoo animals that Paris could no longer feed.] I'll look forward to watching you angst over it. Unkind I know, but seeing someone else's creative process in train makes me feel better about my own.

[mongrelheart.livejournal.com]

Heehee! Those 10 reasons are awesome. And that list of #amazonfail media links... wow. It's truly amazing what the internet can do, and how fast news can move.

[lexin.livejournal.com]

hanging around tall people will make you tall

I so wish that was true. I've been claiming that I'm not overweight I'm undertall for years. And they don't believe me.

[ariadneelda.livejournal.com]

That's a great ten reasons. *g*

And I'm glad the rankings are being restored at Amazon. That was a disgusting, ridiculous thing.

[lee-rowan.livejournal.com]

I think the 'gay gene' is something that kicks in when the habitat is overpopulated. Happens in many other mammals, why not us? (The other two things that happen are cannibalism and infanticide; I think same-sex love is a whole lot healthier.)

[erastes.livejournal.com]

Love children. And I could eat a whole one.

[sleveen.livejournal.com]

I think same-sex love is a whole lot healthier

Lord, yes! But try telling that to the xtian right... o_O

[lee-rowan.livejournal.com]

They probably already know - why do you think they keep getting caught at it?

[sleveen.livejournal.com]

BWAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHH!!!
An excellent point, my dear. :)

[lee-rowan.livejournal.com]

I just posted a wonderful "gotcha" about a Virginia GOPolitician... it's f/f this time, which I guess is a lot less startling than the usual..

[sleveen.livejournal.com]

BWAHAHHAAHAH!
I can't resist politislash myself...I have a weird hankering to slash Obama with Stephen Harper... :)

[lee-rowan.livejournal.com]

Oh, don't do that to our Prez! He's the first one since Jimmy Carter who seems to really have something good going with his -- gasp! -- very own wife

If you must slash Harper, give him Dubya. They're mutual fanboyz anyway.

[sleveen.livejournal.com]

HAHAHAHAHAHAH Dubya. Poor Harper. I dunno if even HE deserves that. :D

[lee-rowan.livejournal.com]

He's taking funding from CBC and giving cash to private TV stations... I think he deserves it.

Besides, Bush has that call-boy Jeff Gannon (he was given press credentials to act as a shill in press conferences, while simultaneously running a dom-for-hire business. It's on record that Gannon (real name Guckert, so you can hardly blame him for the alias) stayed overnight at the White House when Bush was in residence, and also when Rove was there. I'm sure Mr Harper would have a very interesting time.

[sleveen.livejournal.com]

He's taking funding from CBC and giving cash to private TV stations... I think he deserves it.

Yes, the bastard...of course he couldn't care less about arts and culture in this country. I really, honestly believe he's constructed entirely out of plastic pellets. :)

[lee-rowan.livejournal.com]

I thought it was compacted manure, like Dick Cheney - Canada must be more high-tech.

[lilian-cho.livejournal.com]

COMPLETE novella/novel bunny while driving home from Dad’s on Sunday – set in the Franco-Prussian war because (drooling)… Horses! And uniform porn!!

YES OH YES please!