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Entries from October 2009

You’re Invited to 18-Hour Comic Day.

October 6th, 2009 · by John · 12 Comments

On Saturday, October 24th, Galen, CatGirl and I will attempt an 18-hr version of Scott McCloud’s 24-Hour Comic challenge. If you’re unfamiliar with the phenomenon, Wikipedia has a good summary of the rules. Past grads include luminaries like Kevin Eastman and Neil Gaiman. We’re looking for a few good humans to join us. And any [...]

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Tags: Comics · Creativity.

Music Monday: Her Morning Elegance by Oren Lavie.

October 5th, 2009 · by John · 8 Comments

This is one of those rare works that makes me want to create, create, create! (h/t to Sharine–thx!)

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Tags: Music Monday

A Thank You to Bored in Vernal and CrazyWomanCreek.

October 3rd, 2009 · by John · 7 Comments

I received this lovely, lovely gift from Bored in Vernal and CrazyWomanCreek. It’s too good not to share, and since they’re public figures in the ‘nacle, I wanted to thank them openly: If you want to read it, click through to the photo’s page on flickr, and choose “all sizes,” and go from there. BiV [...]

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Tags: Mormon · Personal

Spark: Sexual Assault Prevention Tips.

October 3rd, 2009 · by John · 2 Comments

Sexual Assault Prevention Tips Guaranteed to Work! Brilliant: 3. If you pull over to help someone with car problems, remember not to assault them! … 8. Always be honest with people! Don’t pretend to be a caring friend in order to gain the trust of someone you want to assault. Consider telling them you plan [...]

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Tags: Feminism

Can We Really Afford Universal Healthcare?

October 1st, 2009 · by John · 5 Comments

I’m generally supportive of President Obama, and I am definitely in favor of universal health coverage for Americans. But I’m not sure I agree with him when he says: Second, we’ve estimated that most of this plan can be paid for by finding savings within the existing health care system, a system that is currently [...]

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Tags: Healthcare · Politics