February 2012
4 posts
Hanging out on Google+ tonight! →
I’m not sure when I first met Efehan. It was Felicia Day’s fault, I do know that. We met on The Flog and early Guild forums, which spilled over to Twitter and everywhere else. Efehan is an amazing artist/animator/musician/creator and when I first saw his animation ‘So Then, Don’t Wait‘ I was transported. His recent work includes the cerebral webseries ‘Family Contact‘ and this video for Jed...
Penalizing the poor via food →
faboomama:
I don’t understand why people feel so smug in penalizing poor for being poor. When it comes to food stamps, it’s hateful. So many say, “They’re abusing MY tax dollars!” Are they?
“Like the welfare drug testing law, there seems to be little evidence suggesting a need for the food stamps bill. Ebony Yarbrough, a food and nutrition programs coordinator with the Florida Partnership to...
January 2012
11 posts
“An old Cherokee told his grandson, “My Son, there is a battle between two wolves...”
– (via gypsyriver)
Excalibur actor Nicol Williamson dies at 75
dataangel:
Scottish actor Nicol Williamson, best known for his role as the wizard Merlin in the 1981 film Excalibur, has died aged 75, his family has announced. The actor passed away of oesophageal cancer shortly before Christmas in Amsterdam, where he lived.
He was Sherlock Holmes and Merlin.
“As a female legislator, I often speak to groups of women — from Girl Scouts and...”
– Michigan State Senator Gretchen Whitmer says sexism is rampant at the State Capitol | Michigan Radio (via mimitakestheleftturn)
“I’m not so much an angry black woman as a livid one. I live in a state of...”
– Hannah Pool in Calling us angry? Michelle Obama and the ‘angry black woman’ label | The Guardian (via skeskali2)
“I grew up hard and am still hard and I don’t care. I did not choose this face or...”
– Being Mad on Twitter « Margaret Cho (via skeskali2)
Mohandas Gandhi: Dear Customer who stuck up for... →
sweetupndown:
you thought I didn’t really notice. But I did. I wanted to high-five you.
Yesterday I had a pair of brothers in my store. One was maybe between 15-17. He was a wrestler at the local high school. Kind of tall, stocky and handsome. He had a younger brother, who was maybe about…
“Consider the dystopia: a world where polite society has vanished, where you have...”
– The spectacular Patrick Ness reviewing Ship Breaker for The Guardian.
Agree? Disagree? Let me know.
(via hermionejg)
December 2011
6 posts
Mind My Brains, Darling! Holiday Special on... →
Bon Appetit!
To celebrate this festive season we have re-released our Holiday Special, and it’s now live on the HigletFilms YouTube channel. Join the Worthingtons as they gather for…
Congratulations to the Inaugural IAWTV Award... →
Yesterday the nominees for the first IAWTV Awards were announced live on What’s Trending. After a few technical hiccups the show powered through the nominees and withinin 15 minutes Shira…
Strong Opinions @marksbirch: Stop Telling Cats to... →
marksbirch:
Editor’s note: Penelocat Trunk, writer and founder of Brazen Cattist, wrote a post yesterday that was published with a number of obvious errors. We regret the errors and have posted the following version with corrections.
We need to get more dogs who are running tech startups instead decide to…
IAWTV Award Nominations Announced LIVE tomorrow!... →
Tomorrow, live on What’s Trending, the Nominations for the Inaugural IAWTV Awards will be announced. The show will be hosted by Shira Lazar and Ethan Newberry and we will finally find…
New trailer, new book for Joss Whedon's 'The Cabin... →
(image from http://discoverthecabininthewoods.com/) Something to blog about! It’s been a while since I posted but I couldn’t not talk about the new trailer from ‘The Cabin In The Woods’. Actually,…
November 2011
15 posts
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“You should date an illiterate girl.
Date a girl who doesn’t read. Find her in...”
– Charles Warnke (via currentlyunsupervised)
Cyber Monday? Apparently it’s not the Robot... →
Seems like everyone is starting get into gift-buying mode so this is a great time to mention some items that might well tickle your fancy. First up is “Songs The Brothers Warner Taught…
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It's So Not Sexy: The Voodoo That's Doo-doo →
itssonotsexy:
You name it, I’ve done it. I’m that kind of woman. I’m not afraid to experiment. I’m game for anything even if it seems too crazy. And if I’m not satisfied, I move on to the next “big thing”.
Meditation, hypnosis, emotional freedom technique, shamanic healing, pranic healing, qigong healing,…
“Big-time athletic programs are not entirely unlike nation-states. Everyone wears...”
– Outside the Arena: College sports bubble can warp values | Philadelphia Inquirer | 11/10/2011
Kate Fagan, who wrote this essay, was a basketball player at the University of Colorado while the university’s football program was under investigation.
I think the dynamic she experienced there is true...
“These things should be simple: 1. When, as an adult, you come come across...”
– John Scalzi (via lucy-vanpelt)
Common fucking sense
(via crissle)
This never should have had to be written.
(via basseyworld)
IAWTV Awards: For Your Consideration – “Mind My... →
Mind My Brains, Darling! (poster by Jeremy Hodges)
Voting on the IAWTV Awards is open!
All IAWTV members in good standing now face a daunting yet enjoyable task ahead – voting on…
Last chance to submit to IAWTV Awards: our Mind My... →
Last week we posted about our decision to submit ‘Mind My Brains, Darling!’ to the IAWTV Awards. That post generated a lot of discussion both on this blog and way beyond. After…
October 2011
9 posts
“Kim Kardashian earned $17,900,000 from her wedding and divorced 72 days later...”
– Tyler Oakley (via kateoplis)
Why we are submitting ‘Mind My Brains, Darling!’... →
I’ve been writing about webseries for over three years. Our first webseries aired in August 2008. We’ve been around.
When the IAWTV first launched I was excited about the prospect, not…
Time flies →
A web, taken on my iPhone last week. It’s all connected. It used to be just you and me… …hanging out over here, me writing something terribly earnest about Joss, or The Guild, or Firefly, or…
Ackernon and VCON and Geek Girl Con – oh my! Part... →
Josephine Hoy and Angela Aro relax after a hectic day at VCON 36
It’s been a whirlwind here for the two weeks as we prepped for Paul Best and Angela Aro from ‘Border Guardians…
Geek Girl Con: ‘Women in Webseries’ →
As the screening started at the ‘Women in Webseries’ panel. Photo by Em Higgins.
Yesterday in Seattle, the inaugural Geek Girl Con opened for business under the watchful eye of the Space…
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September 2011
9 posts
Season Finale. Ep6: When The Wind Blows →
The new vaccine: as effective as Wonderflonium?
Dr Feyrer has developed an improved vaccine which could revolutionise treatment of The Affected. The Worthingtons are happy to be…
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“I hear all this, you know, “Well, this is class warfare, this is whatever.”—No!...”
– Eschaton: What She Said
Massachusetts Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren on class warfare.
(via agreatnation)
Episode 5: An English Country Garden →
Private Peabody tries her level best to trick Inspector Koenig, but the tables are turned when Jeremy pulls a fast one during his Office Skills Training.
Meanwhile, Petunia and…
