tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3539658044464777052024-03-07T20:15:25.296-08:00Impeccable TastePope Lizbethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00506541826234667585noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-353965804446477705.post-14721368483723166492012-12-24T12:00:00.000-08:002008-01-24T18:02:44.217-08:00Updated 1.24.2008<span style="font-size:130%;">The List, The List, The List Has New Stuff...<br /><br /><a href="http://popelizbet.blogspot.com/2008/01/truth.html">Truth</a><a href="http://popelizbet.blogspot.com/2008/01/truth.html"> </a> 1.24.08)<br /><a href="http://popelizbet.blogspot.com/2007/12/art.html">Art</a> </span><span style="font-size:130%;">(new 1.24.08)</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://popelizbet.blogspot.com/2007/12/blogthings.html">Blogthings</a> </span><span style="font-size:130%;">(new 1.24.08)</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://popelizbet.blogspot.com/2007/12/books-are-life.html">Books</a><a href="http://popelizbet.blogspot.com/2007/12/comics-words-pictures-fun-yay.html"><br />Comics</a><br /><a href="http://popelizbet.blogspot.com/2007/12/do-gooding.html">Do-Gooding</a> (new 1.24.08)<br /><a href="http://popelizbet.blogspot.com/2007/12/music-musicians.html">Music & Musicians</a><br /><a href="http://popelizbet.blogspot.com/2007/12/random-goodness-requiring-bit-of.html">Random Goodness With Explanation</a> (new 1.24.08)<br /><a href="http://popelizbet.blogspot.com/2007/12/random-goodness-defying-explanation.html">Random Goodness Without Explanation</a><br /><a href="http://popelizbet.blogspot.com/2007/12/retail-your-dollar-is-your-vote.html">Retail</a><br /><a href="http://popelizbet.blogspot.com/2007/12/services-stuff-to-play-with.html">Services & Stuff To Play With</a> </span><span style="font-size:130%;">(new 12.24.08)<br /><a href="http://popelizbet.blogspot.com/2008/01/videos.html">Video </a></span><span style="font-size:130%;">(All New Section 1.24.08)</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://popelizbet.blogspot.com/2007/12/writings-4-non-blogs-counting.html">Writings</a><br /><br />Have fun! The pages themselves will "move up" under this post when they're updated (sometimes), and my <a href="http://popelizbet.livejournal.com/">Livejournal</a> will continue to clue you in when IT updates.</span>Pope Lizbethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00506541826234667585noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-353965804446477705.post-22107613672144950962008-04-22T10:00:00.000-07:002008-04-22T10:02:28.050-07:00India<ul><li><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080408/ap_on_he_me/india_two_faced_baby">Lali, the two-faced incarnation of Durga</a></li><li><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/04/13/wvirgin113.xml">13 Year Old Virgins For Sale</a></li><li>Scott Lefton's <a href="http://www.scottlefton.com/kali-fs.htm">Kali</a></li></ul>Pope Lizbethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00506541826234667585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-353965804446477705.post-71114032716781966682008-02-14T07:40:00.000-08:002008-02-14T08:29:56.687-08:00Bloggin' MemoriesSometimes I want to save things that aren't really random for future perusal, or to point other people to in the context of discussions, or just to ponder them more before developing an opinion on something.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">WOMEN & SCI-FI<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span>"<a href="http://aaru-tuesday.blogspot.com/2007/10/1958.html">1958</a>" (Aaru Tuesday)<br />"<a href="http://aaru-tuesday.blogspot.com/2007/12/from-whoreses-mouth.html">From the Whoreses Mouth</a>" (Aaru Tuesday)<br />"<a href="http://aaru-tuesday.blogspot.com/2007/07/ill-be-in-my-bunk.html">I'll Be In My Bunk</a>" (Aaru Tuesday)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">RAPE<br /></span>"<a href="http://capitalismbad.blogspot.com/2006/04/constructing-rape.html">Constructing Rape</a>" (Capitalism Bad, Trees Pretty)<br />"<a href="http://abyss2hope.blogspot.com/2006/04/how-to-detect-subtle-differences.html">How to detect subtle differences between yes & no before you're accused of rape</a>" (Abyss2Hope)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">DISABLISM & BEING DISABLED</span><br />"<a href="http://labracknell.blogspot.com/2006/04/one-in-seven.html">One In Seven</a>" (The Perorations of Lady Blackwell)Pope Lizbethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00506541826234667585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-353965804446477705.post-37476324615480665202008-01-24T17:59:00.001-08:002008-04-22T09:59:09.086-07:00TruthI have so many good links related to Truth that I decided it needed its own section. Some will migrate here from other sections. In the meantime...<br /><br /><a href="http://kateharding.net/2008/01/23/we-take-it-back-dieting-totally-works-to-make-you-fat/#comment-40444">Dieting Makes You Fat</a><br />...which is why <a href="http://capitalismbad.blogspot.com/2006/05/no-diet-day.html">No Diet Day does more harm than good</a>.<br /><a href="http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2006/04/03/the-case-against-weight-loss-dieting/">Weight Loss Diets Are Useless &/or Harmful</a><br /><a href="http://yanyb.wordpress.com/2008/01/23/round-one/">You Are Not Your Body</a><br /><h3 style="font-weight: normal;" class="entry-header"><a href="http://www.onthewhole.info/2006/05/a_modest_conver.html"><span style="font-size:100%;">A Modest Conversation: In Which A Psychologist Proposes a Swift Solution to Reports of Death and Disease Due to Weight</span></a></h3><br /><br /><a href="http://www.theonion.com/content/node/48199">This is what they want for us, ladies</a>.<br /><br />If you are gay, the right wing hates you. <a href="http://online.logcabin.org/talking_points/talking_points_radical_right_quotes.html">Want proof</a>?<br /><a href="http://eye-of-a-cat.livejournal.com/146072.html#cutid1">Peyton Place in the Pleistocene</a><br /><br /><a href="http://arionhunter.insanejournal.com/6918.html">Cisprivilege Bingo</a>!<br /><a href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/168/458582249_edbf713fd0.jpg?v=0">Feminist Bingo</a>!<br /><br /><a href="http://lettersfromgehenna.blogspot.com/2007/04/on-not-being-disease.html">On Not Being a Disease</a><br /><br /><a href="http://happyfeminist.typepad.com/happyfeminist/2006/06/hugo_has_writte.html">I'm an OKOP, You're an OKOP</a>Pope Lizbethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00506541826234667585noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-353965804446477705.post-66714259108219182332008-01-24T15:33:00.000-08:002008-01-24T14:07:18.829-08:00ArtI realized there was enough visual art floating around the various categories to probably warrant its own post. (Have no fear, webcomics are still art.)<br /><br /><ul><li><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.abc.net.au/arts/visual/stories/venice/hh_01.htm">Hey, Hetero!</a> (photo installation)</span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.khm.at/system2E.html?/staticE/page249.html">Jupiter & Io</a> (dead white guy: oil on canvas)</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://thewhalehunt.org/">The Whale Hunt</a> (photo essay)</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://flickr.com/photos/77367764@N00/sets/72157602199008819/">Body Mass Index is a LIE</a>. (photo series)<br /></span></span></li></ul><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span>Pope Lizbethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00506541826234667585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-353965804446477705.post-68407996188389499392008-01-24T12:38:00.000-08:002008-04-22T09:58:19.621-07:00Random Goodness (Requiring A Bit of Explanation)<span style="font-size:130%;">I never promised you a *lot*of explanation...<br /></span><ul><li><span style="font-size:130%;">Not only is it Pratchett-inspired, it <a href="http://community.livejournal.com/metaquotes/6373730.html#cutid1">sounds an awful lot like my toolbox</a>.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.nearingzero.net/nz392.html">Radioactive Isopopes</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://fourfour.typepad.com/fourfour/2008/04/the-anti-juno.html#more">The Wisdom of Angela Chase</a><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;">Kittens ought to be outlawed for various reasons. <a href="http://mfrost.typepad.com/cute_overload/kittens/index.html">Here are a few</a>.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://mzmadmike.livejournal.com/51364.html">Supersadomasochistonecrobestiality</a>!</span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.taunton.com/threads/pages/t00002.asp">Duct tape mannequin</a>.<br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.birdcheck.co.uk/whackthepenguin.htm">Whack the Penguin</a> &</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://omgdomainname.ytmnd.com/"> I [heart] clubbin' baby seals!!!</a> Follow the links before you decide I'm horrible, kthx.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;">We're <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NnlM-WRIcI">all the same...</a><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;">Nerds <a href="http://oddee.com/item_90683.aspx">have all the fun.</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;">Fandom <a href="http://popfantastic.livejournal.com/717854.html">can be dumb</a>.<br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;">Businessmen are serious. Movie producers are serious. <a href="http://allsortssrsbzns.livejournal.com/">Allsorts are serious business.</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;">The way <a href="http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/%7Emyl/languagelog/">this</a> makes your brain hurt tells you you're getting smarter.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;">I will know that I am truly loved the day someone makes me <a href="http://www.blackwidowbakery.com/demo/meatcake/">one of these</a>.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;">This is <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2005/04/08/DDG27BCFLG1.DTL">my kind of revolution</a>.<br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;">The world has moved on some in the past few decades: see <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kokogiak/sets/1425737/">an interesting example.</a><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;">I have no idea how I feel about <a href="http://www.godstilllovesus.org/">this</a>. You?</span></li></ul><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span>Pope Lizbethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00506541826234667585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-353965804446477705.post-33734129035497726352008-01-24T12:32:00.000-08:002008-01-24T14:08:09.955-08:00Do-Gooding<span style="font-size:130%;">Do-gooding is fun; here are some ways to do good and/or good things being done.<br /></span><ul><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.kiva.org">Kiva.org</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://votefortrees.com/">Vote For Trees</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.donorschoose.org/homepage/main.html">Donors Choose</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.changingthepresent.org/">Changing the Present</a> lets you donate money to do anything from help orphaned chimps to publish articles on HIV/AIDS. Check it out.<br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;">Hey, Word Nerds! Go play a vocab game & <a href="http://www.freerice.com/index.php">donate rice to the hungry</a>.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;">While you're at it, take a look at <a href="http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1626519,00.html">What the World Eats</a>.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;">This appears elsewhere, but <a href="http://kateharding.net/bmi-illustrated/">The BMI Project</a> has all my respect.<br /></span></li></ul><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span>Pope Lizbethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00506541826234667585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-353965804446477705.post-2439456953110333862008-01-24T12:29:00.000-08:002008-03-23T19:59:02.296-07:00Blogthings<span style="font-size:130%;">The only Internet content I love more than <a href="http://www.talesofmu.com/">Tales of MU</a> and <a href="http://popelizbet.blogspot.com/2007/12/comics-words-pictures-fun-yay.html">webcomics </a>is blogs. I am nosy by nature and inquisitive about life experiences that differ from mine, and, much like the webcomic list, the content and ideas in the stuff expressed below will probably appear contradictory. Some of it may offend you. Do not assume that some of it doesn't offend me, too, or that I agree with it all...but these are the blogs I look at of people I don't know.<br /><br /></span><ul><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.agentsdiary.blogspot.com/">Agent's Diary</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.afrobella.com/">AfroBella</a><br /></span></li><li><a href="http://fourfour.typepad.com/"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.amptoons.com/blog/">Alas! a blog</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://amuse-biatch.blogspot.com/">Amuse-Biatch</a></span></li><li><a href="http://www.kittyhell.com/"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://hometech.apartmenttherapy.com/">Apartment Therapy</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://callmecaito.livejournal.com/">Call Me Caito</a> earned my eternal love when she proclaimed that a candy "tastes like God hates me."</span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://cavalorn.livejournal.com/">Cavelon</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.dooce.com/">Dooce</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.dammitray.com/blogger/">Fancy Catfish</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://fourfour.typepad.com/">fourfour</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://thegimpparade.blogspot.com/">Gimp Parade</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://gofugyourself.typepad.com/">Go Fug Yourself</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://gothic-charm-school.com/">Gothic Charm School</a><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://harlowmonkey.typepad.com/harlows_monkey/">Harlow's Monkey</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.kittyhell.com/">Hello Kitty Hell</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/">I Blame the Patriarchy</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://patriotboy.blogspot.com/">Jesus' General</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.saramorrison.blogspot.com/">L.A. me</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://mymotheriswhite.wordpress.com/">My Mother is White</a><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://newstereotypes.blogspot.com/">New Stereotypes</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://oddee.com/">Oddee</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://dizzybuzzkill.wordpress.com/">Ornamenting Away</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://overheardinlawschool.blogspot.com/">Overheard in Law School</a><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://community.livejournal.com/metaquotes/">Overheard on LiveJournal</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.pamie.com/">Pamie.com</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.racialicious.com/">Racialicious</a></span></li><li><a href="http://community.livejournal.com/metaquotes/"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://redneckmother.blogspot.com/">Redneck Mother</a></span></li><li><a href="http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.renegaderebbetzin.blogspot.com/">Renegade Rebbetzin</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/">Shakesville</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.smartbitchestrashybooks.com/">Smart Bitches Who Love Trashy Books</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://takingsteps.blogspot.com/">Taking Steps</a><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://guerillawomentn.blogspot.com/">Tennessee Guerilla Women</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.therotund.com/">The Rotund</a><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://tinycatpants.wordpress.com/">Tiny Cat Pants</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.tomatonation.com/">Tomato Nation</a></span></li></ul><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span>Pope Lizbethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00506541826234667585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-353965804446477705.post-76899137153808688752008-01-24T12:24:00.000-08:002008-04-11T06:44:48.827-07:00Videos<span style="font-size:130%;">This section is new, and thus small.<br /><br />TV<br /></span><ul><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=mV9CjHmcEEI">Extended mix of Philip Glass' work on Sesame Street</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/1DkTIsAqVlM&rel=1">Is that a tear, Pantera?</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;">Seasons 1 & 2 of <a href="http://youtube.com/profile?user=abfab07"><span style="font-style: italic;">Absolutely Fabulous</span></a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://onemansblog.com/2006/12/01/a-compendium-of-150-monty-python-sketches/">150 Monty Python sketches in one place</a>. I approve.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DFDl_ex4OU">Musashino Plateau</a>, Nobuo Takahashi</span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTU8OYBJfsY">Pelican Kidnappings</a> - y'all, just go watch this now.</span></li></ul><span style="font-size:130%;">KINETIC TYPOGRAPHY<br /><br /></span><ul><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dh5EpMG0c9s">O-ren Ishii</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUo4Y4jMINY">Time Based Type</a> (Daft Punk)</span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=o-EheaC0QjM">Eleanor Rigby</a><br /></span></li></ul><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">MUSIC<br /></span><ul><li><span style="font-size:130%;">Ben Folds covers Dr. Dre's "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_N3CK-6CHk">Bitches Ain't Shit</a>" (live from Nashville, no less)</span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;">William Shatner is a<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVbv6r_tKnE"> ROC-KET-MAN ROCKETMAN</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4WgbLRHh8M">Phish sings the National Anthem</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rN2VqFPNS8w">Read A M'F'In Book</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;">Also evil, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LucfKdukf10">also into cats</a>.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;">The Mountain Goats' "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdFjZsxCTas&feature=related">You or Your Memory</a>" at the Empty Bottle in Chicago, IL</span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></li></ul><span style="font-weight: bold;">INTERWEB</span><br /><br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCbKv9yiLiQ"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Anonymous' declaration of war on the Church of Scientology</span></a></li><li><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=hsF0Eqs8yQ8">EVOL: Love in a backward world</a></span></li><li><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0TZd1ic7dw">Hitler does B.I.G.</a><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FV9yDhu5rBA">Creationist Thought</a><br /></span></li></ul>Pope Lizbethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00506541826234667585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-353965804446477705.post-68225227342682136672007-12-24T17:47:00.000-08:002007-12-24T15:47:16.197-08:00Services & Stuff To Play With<span style="font-size:130%;"> Everything isn't about retail. With that in mind, check out these services and see if any of them might be right for you. Pope Lizbet tested and approved<span style="font-weight: bold;">,</span> and most of them are free.</span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span><ul><li><span style="font-size:130%;">NEW! <a href="https://www.catalogchoice.org/">Catalog Choice</a> lets you opt out of unwanted catalogues in order to save paper and reduce the amount of junk mail you receive. (It's free.) Go! Stop the onslaught!<br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.myemma.com">Emma</a> is the world's most awesome permissive e-mail marketing service. Curiously, despite that boring description, it has the highest Quotient of Cool of any business I've ever known, both in terms of the people & what they do. Seriously. Whether your mailing list is fifty or fifty thousand folks, you need to check out Emma. Or just go read their staff page, because the descriptions are hilarious.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;">And something that doesn't cost anything, but is hours of fun: <a href="http://tashian.com/multibabel/">Lost in Translation</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.scrabulous.com/">Scrabulous</a> will eat you, if you're a fan of a certain trademarked crossword game.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://postrapturepost.com/">Post Rapture Post</a>, whee!</span></li></ul><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span>Pope Lizbethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00506541826234667585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-353965804446477705.post-57344877573761722122007-12-24T12:34:00.000-08:002008-04-29T07:58:51.316-07:00Random Goodness (Defying Explanation)Some things on the Internet are random, defying category, yet good enough to warrant a save. Here are a few.<br /><ul><li><span style="font-size:130%;">Fool! It's <a href="http://tinyurl.com/2kdcrb">nu-clee-ur!</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://commodorified.livejournal.com/251835.html">Page full of baby elephants</a>!</span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.offworlddesigns.com/p-291-fools-i-will-destroy-you.aspx">Fools! I Will Destroy You All! (Ask Me How!)</a><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://allywork.solidaritydesign.net/2006/an-introduction-to-whiteness-studies/">An Introduction to Whiteness Studies</a><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;">The <a href="http://www.cracked.com/article_15677_9-most-racist-disney-characters.html">9 Most Racist Disney Characters</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://img143.imageshack.us/my.php?image=picture1dv3.png">Stupid Dom</a> <a href="http://img413.imageshack.us/my.php?image=picture2nt6.png">is stupid</a>.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://pics.livejournal.com/mklblb/pic/00002g8a/">Look, it's a diet with no food in it</a>!<br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.floristone.com/hippopotamus-tortoise.html">Baby Hippo + Ancient Tortoise OTP</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2008/02/nightmare-playgrounds.html">Nightmare Playgrounds</a><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/2007/08/14/movin-out-anthonys-song/">Thank You, Terry</a><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.thewallflowerreport.com/2007/do-not-try-to-bend-the-tree">I don't believe in trees</a>.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.floristone.com/hippopotamus-tortoise.html">100 Year Old Tortoise & Baby Hippo</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.disapprovingrabbits.com/">Disapproving Rabbits</a><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://persephonesboxblog.blogspot.com/2006/05/apology-for-evening.html">Apology for an Evening</a><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://littera-abactor.livejournal.com/7748.html">I has a sweet potato!</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.safenow.org/">safenow.org</a><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.comics.com/comics/reality/archive/reality-20080118.html">Lovey-dovey-lovey-dovey all the time...</a><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.paulgraham.com/say.html">What You Can't Say</a><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.themorningnews.org/archives/the_nonexpert/how_to_say_i_love_you.php">How To Say "I Love You"</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://leninology.blogspot.com/2005/08/they-shall-not-parse.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">Tu Can't M'Accuse, Because Je T'Accuse First</span></a>. (Heh.)<br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.freethunk.net/freethought.htm">Freethought Fun</a><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.udbhava.com/udbhava/songs.jsp?id=551">Saundryalahari</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.isitchristmas.com/">Is It Christmas?</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.glamguns.com/">Glam Guns</a><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.gothfashion.info/gloves.php">Antimony & Old Lace</a></span></li><li><a href="http://www.brandonbird.com/lno_color.html"><span style="font-size:130%;">Law & Order - the coloring book</span></a></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=67919.0">More L&O weirdness</a><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/demo/takeatest.html">Interesting</a>...</span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://shortpacked.com/comics/20060405bingo.png">Hee!</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;">And again, <a href="http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/hobbits">hee hee</a>! (yay, Albino Blacksheep!)</span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://community.livejournal.com/wtf_inc/1141079.html?page=2#comments">This</a> is horrible, but...funnier now that the books are done.</span></li></ul>Pope Lizbethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00506541826234667585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-353965804446477705.post-21318629999507907072007-12-24T12:25:00.000-08:002008-02-26T20:47:32.973-08:00Comics (Words + Pictures = Fun Yay)<span style="font-size:130%;">I am a webcomic addict. The webcomics below span ridiculousness, cats, provocative themes, provocative ideas, cats, leafblowing kilts, bad jokes, really good jokes, unrelenting mockery of various sacred cows, and other stuff. You're an adult; make good choices when using computers that don't belong to you.<br /><br /></span><ul><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.somethingpositive.net/">Something*Positive</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.questionablecontent.net/">Questionable Content</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.threepanelsoul.com/">Three Panel Soul</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.viruscomix.com/subnormality.html">Subnormality</a><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.octopuspie.com/">Octopus Pie</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.imaginaryfriendscomic.com/">Imaginary Friends</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://catandgirl.com/index.php">Cat & Girl</a><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/">Irregular Webcomic</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.moderntales.com//comics/teachingbabyparanoia.php">Teaching Baby Paranoia</a> (updates Fridays)</span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.eegra.com/show/sub/cat/comics/">Hilarity Comics</a><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.pbfcomics.com/">Perry Bible Fellowship</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.dykestowatchoutfor.com/index.php">DTWoF</a><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.pvponline.com/">PvP</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://headtripcomics.comicgenesis.com/index.html">Head Trip</a><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.jesusandmo.net/">Jesus & Mo</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.crfh.net/">CRFH</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.stripteasecomic.com/">StripTease</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://ohmygods.co.uk/">Oh My Gods!</a><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.hockeyzombie.com/">Hockey Zombie</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.uglyhill.com/">Ugly Hill</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.ubersoft.net/">Help Desk: Technology Is Not Your Friend</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.kawaiinot.com/">Kawaii Not</a><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.punchanpie.net/cgi-bin/autokeenlite.cgi">Punch an' Pie</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://bunny.frozenreality.co.uk/">Bunny</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://xkcd.com/">xkcd</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://devilspanties.keenspot.com/">The Devil's Panties</a> (Not Satanic Porn!) (But also NSFW)<br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.daniellecorsetto.com/">Girls with Slingshots</a><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.webcomicsnation.com/spike/Templar/series.php">Templar, AZ</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://tmi-comic.com/">Too Much Information</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://dresdencodak.com/index.html">Dresden Codak</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://geekblather.comicgenesis.com/">Geek Blather</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.insertlifehere.net/">Insert Life Here</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://scarygoround.com/">Scary Go Round</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.beaverandsteve.com/">Beaver & Steve</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.drunkduck.com/I_Was_Kidnapped_By_Lesbian_Pirates_From_Outer_Space/index.php">I Was Kidnapped By Lesbian Pirates from Outer Space</a><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.hyperdeathbabies.com/comics.php">Hyper Death Babies</a><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.whiteninjacomics.com/">White Ninja Comics</a><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://kay.aquamarineryu.com/">Kay the Cookie Jar Dragon</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.shd-wk.com/">Spiky-Haired Dragon, Worthless Knight</a><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.kristyvsthezombiearmy.com/">Kristy vs The Zombie Army</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.freethunk.net/jerry-mcmasters/meet-the-gods-1.php">Meet the Gods</a><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.nekoandneko.com/index.html">Neko & Neko</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://chibi.nekrozin.com/">Death Piglet</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.lefthandedtoons.com/">Left Handed Toons</a><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.punksandnerds.com/">Punks & Nerds</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.misfile.com/">Misfile</a><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.homestarrunner.com/">Homestar Runner</a> isn't really a comic, but it goes here anyway, so neener.</span></li></ul><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span>Pope Lizbethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00506541826234667585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-353965804446477705.post-39995023815864505472007-12-24T12:21:00.000-08:002007-12-24T12:49:23.994-08:00Music & Musicians<span style="font-size:130%;">As with books, I like a lot of music. People who have ever been recipients of one of my mixes know this. So, as with books, listed below are mostly artists that I know personally, or know rock it indie style and benefit more from your direct patronage than that through Faceless Corporations. Enjoy!<br /><br /></span><ul><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.skinnywhitechick.com/">Skinny White Chick</a> is seriously the best thing ever, like cake & pie had a baby.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;">Three words: <a href="http://www.myspace.com/kevinbreedlovemusic">Kevin Fucking Breedlove</a><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=157302192">Ben & Christian</a> are cool people. So is <a href="http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=110616486">Brother Martin</a>.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;">I love my friend <a href="http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=190252962">Frank</a>. So will you!</span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.myspace.com/getsetgo">Get Set Go</a> has a new album coming out November 2007. Wewt!</span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;">If anyone out there has any idea how to get ahold of the members of the former & possibly still extant bluegrass band Cletus & the Barnburners, </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >there is something in it for you</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> if you help me find out what these guys are working on now. E-mail me for the story; serious or desperately curious inquiries only, please.<br /></span></li></ul><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span>Pope Lizbethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00506541826234667585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-353965804446477705.post-58038745543462310802007-12-24T12:17:00.001-08:002008-03-12T06:45:03.788-07:00Writings (4 Non Blogs & Counting)<span style="font-size:130%;">For blogs, go <a href="http://popelizbet.blogspot.com/2007/12/blogthings.html">here</a>. For books<a href="http://popelizbet.blogspot.com/2007/12/books-are-life.html"></a>, <a href="http://popelizbet.blogspot.com/2007/12/books-are-life.html">here</a>. For other kinds of writings, stay and look at the links.<br /><br />ONLINE SERIALS<br /></span><ul><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.talesofmu.com/">Tales of MU</a> is a hot & tasty mixed fruit cobbler of pure goodness for lovers of fantasy (in several senses). Read it, love it, ring the bells & spread the word: serial fiction is ba-ack...and <a href="http://www.lulu.com/content/973494">print editions are available</a>.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;">A ToMU fan, <a href="http://nomananisland.wordpress.com/">Cloaked Stranger</a>, is also writing online - check it out.</span></li></ul><span style="font-size:130%;">WRITING ABOUT T.V.<br /></span><ul><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/">Television Without Pity</a> makes it OK for me to not watch TV & manages to alert me most of the time to things I ought to watch when the opportunity is there.</span></li></ul><span style="font-size:130%;">MAGAZINES<br /></span><ul><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.bust.com/"><span style="font-style: italic;">BUST </span>magazine</a> is the holiday present I give most often.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.mcsweeneys.net/">McSweeney's</a><a href="http://www.mcsweeneys.net/"> </a>is the holiday present I most wish someone would give me.</span></li></ul><span style="font-size:130%;">ADVICE<br /></span><ul><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.askdreldritch.com/">Ask Dr. Eldritch</a></span></li></ul><span style="font-size:130%;">SHORT FICTION<br /></span><ul><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.infinityplus.co.uk/stories/blit.htm">BLIT</a> (short story)</span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://upsideclone.com/2002_05_10.php">Spambot</a> (short story)</span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://lucis.net/stuff/clarke/star_clarke.html">The Star</a> by Arthur C. Clarke - classic sci-fi, free for your pleasure.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.scifi.com/scifiction/originals/originals_archive/butler/butler1.html">Amnesty</a> by Olivia Butler<br /></span></li></ul><span style="font-size:130%;">POETRY<br /></span><ul><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.americanpoems.com/poets/eecummings/11933">it may not always be so</a></span></li></ul><span style="font-size:130%;">INFORMATIONAL<br /></span><ul><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.sacredtexts.org/">SacredTexts.Org</a></span></li></ul><span style="font-size:130%;">WIKIS</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><ul><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://tvtropes.org/"> TV Tropes</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.encyclopediadramatica.com"> Encyclopedia Dramatica</a> (intentionally offensive content, but do it for the lulz)</span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.everything2.com/">Everything2</a> (technically noding, not wiki, but bleh).<br /></span></li></ul><span style="font-size:130%;">THE PUBLIC DOMAIN (OLD STUFF LIVES ON IN NEW MEDIA)<br /></span><ul><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://gaslight.mtroyal.ca/thurnley.htm">Thurnley Abbey</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.forgottenfutures.com/game/boat/boat.htm">Three Men In A Boat</a> (To Say Nothing Of the Dog)<br /></span></li></ul><span style="font-size:130%;">ABSOLUTE TRUTH<br /></span><ul><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://thegunsofauguste.blogsome.com/2007/01/03/consent-possibly-the-easiest-concept-in-the-history-of-the-world">Consent: The Easiest Concept In the History of the World</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;">Give <a href="http://buggydoo.blogspot.com/2006/03/letter-to-alex-and-chris-twelve-years.html">this to your sons</a>.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;">Both sides. <a href="http://catandgirl.com/view.php?loc=334">Duh</a>.<br /></span></li></ul><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span>Pope Lizbethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00506541826234667585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-353965804446477705.post-43124624966137707332007-12-24T12:14:00.000-08:002007-12-24T12:16:49.107-08:00Books Are Life<span style="font-size:130%;">You seriously do not want Pope Lizbet to try to list all the books she owns, authors she likes, or any of that jazz. </span><span style="font-size:130%;">You can <a href="http://www.librarything.com/catalog/parcequilfaut">check out my LibraryThing</a> and see a none-too-representative cross-section of my library, about 700 volumes short of complete cataloguing; avoid things marked NEVER AGAIN, is my advice. Nonetheless, here are some authors you might like whose sites I actually visit occasionally.<br /><br /></span><ul><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://mrsellars.com/">M.R. Sellars</a> is the greatest, seriously, as a person as well as an author.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://tishowen.com/">Tish Owen</a> is a personal friend and possible saint. Go buy her book.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.alexandraerin.com/">Alexandra Erin</a> is an online author, but we love her for bringing back the fine tradition of the serial novel.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.georgianicolson.com/">Georgia Nicolson</a> is a character, not an author, in the funniest series of YA novels I've read recently; her </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Secret Confessions</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> are like Bridget Jones back when she was in fourth form. That's why the web site is aimed at a younger audience. But this is a page of stuff I like, and I like YA lit. There, I said it.</span></li></ul>Pope Lizbethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00506541826234667585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-353965804446477705.post-91936024048561004842007-12-24T11:39:00.000-08:002007-12-24T12:44:57.069-08:00Retail (Your Dollar Is Your Vote)<span style="font-size:130%;">I buy stuff from these people. I also buy stuff from the fabulous people who make music, <a href="http://popelizbet.blogspot.com/2007/12/books-are-life.html">write books</a>, and <a href="http://popelizbet.blogspot.com/2007/12/writings-4-non-blogs-counting.html">share their creativity with the world</a> in other ways. See below the list of stuff for the philosophy of acquiring stuff according to Pope Lizbet, if you care to.<br /><br /><br /></span><ul><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.hummblebee.com/">Hummblebee!</a> makes rockin' handmade stuff, including some of my work skirts. </span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=183920237">Meretricious Creations </a>& the awesome & gracious Valerie in particular, make the most funky stuff you can imagine. <span style="font-size:100%;">Valerie designed the <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tnspec">TNSPEC</a> logo as well as designing my logo for my stationary; she's also doing some charity work for Reform Through Reading right now. I am visually stupid, but I can talk design; she makes my blather awesome-looking reality.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.modcloth.com/">ModCloth</a> : totally expensive, totally worth it.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://reprodepotfabrics.com/">ReproDepotFabrics</a>, if you're a DIY gal or guy, will take all your disposable income.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.goodgoth.com/">GoodGoth</a> : good makeup, good boots, good other stuff if you're into that, absolutely top-notch customer service.<br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.glarkware.com/">Glarkware</a> makes with the funny.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://dieselsweeties.com/shirts/">Diesel Sweeties</a> has t-shirts worth checking out too.<br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://stores.ebay.com/Sigh-Co-Graphics_W0QQssPageNameZstrkQ3amefsQ3amesstQQtZkm">Sigh Co Graphics</a> makes all kinds of sartorial delights for the reader, anime lover, or other genre interest haver in you. Again, excellent service; if you see a design not offered on a particular style of shirt, just drop them a line & they'll hook you up. Best Cthulhu shirts on the Internet, bar none.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;">I am oddly fascinated by (and sometimes covetous of the headcoverings on) <a href="http://plainlydressed.com/">Plainly Dressed</a>. (Their site is not currently accepting orders.) Ditto the coverings available on <a href="http://www.hijabgirl.com/squarehijab.html">Hijab Girl</a>.<br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.anyiams.com/">Anyiam's Creations</a> has more headwrap goodness.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;">I like to check out <a href="http://www.onthehipclothing.com/">On The Hip</a> - long shirts for tall girls.<br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.NUTANDBEE.com">Nut & Bee</a> makes paper fun again. More barfing unicorns plz.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;">Speaking of unicorns (and ninjas), I can spend way too much time browsing at <a href="http://www.mcphee.com/">Archie McPhee</a>.<br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.copacetique.com/">Copacetique</a> has all manner of cute things.<br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.joyofsocks.com/tights1.html">Joy of Socks</a> will keep your feets happy with fab footwear, including excellent tights.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.wackyjac.com/">WackyJac</a> has great stuff, including fabulous underwear...their current clearance sale is really too good to be true.<br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://mindyephron.blogspot.com/">Things I've Bought That I Love</a> is technically a blog, but often has good recommendations on all kinds of fronts. Price tag warning; Mindy Ephron works in Hollywood. We do not.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://mrs-scarborough.livejournal.com/">Consistently Misplacing Time</a> is the blog of visual artist <a href="http://www.sara-la.com/">Sara La</a>, who was kind enough to sell me a print of one of her pieces. <a href="http://www.sara-la.com/">You want to own one too.</a></span></li></ul><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />Here's my philosophy of acquiring stuff.<br /><br />It may be unavoidable to funnel money into a Faceless Corporation. I like medicine and stuff; even if I don't like the fact that the dollar I spend on it funds Bad Things and Bad Science, I have a survival instinct that trumps philosophical concern. I take the position that I should make an attempt, at least, to spend my money with people, not corporate entities...which is why I buy the medicines from the Faceless Corporations through a locally owned, non-corporate pharmacy, which is about as rare as a unicorn wrapped in the American flag these days.<br /><br />As a result, I've turned a lot of my discretionary spending out into the world of Folks I Know Who Make Stuff and Folks I Know Who Own Local Businesses, as well as Folks on the Internet Who Make Good Stuff, and have managed to parlay that into everything from work skirts that both fit and have adequate pockets (which Faceless Corporations tend to think should not be) to saving hundreds of dollars of money (that isn't mine) because I think universities need to get their balls out of the grip of artificially inflated used textbook pricing in the form of corporate sponsorship, and would rather hie myself out into the Intarweb than continue the fiction that their business model is anything other than regressive and ultimately harmful to students attempting to get an education without going broke for their trouble.<br /><br />Today is the day before Baby Jesus Day, which has prompted the bit on spending, as BJD specifically resulted in a bunch of money spent this year; although some of the holiday shopping is for non BJD celebrators, the vast bulk of it was for Christmas, the whole ridiculous consumer bonanzazazazaza that it has turned into. This year, I won Christmas. I spent $40 at Faceless Corporations. I spent several times that at places as diverse as Meretricious Creations and the domestic violence art auction, as well as dropping my usual yearly chunk of Xmas change at the Local Independent Used Bookstore That Can Also Order New Stuff. Conscience-salving gift purchasing for my conservative Christian family that satisfies both my requirement that gifts be "not cheap crap that someone made for pennies on the retail dollar" and the general requirement that a giver should take the taste and preferences of the recipient into account is not easy, but it happened like a Christmas miracle this year.<br /><br />I've addressed this question before, both to myself and others, but I feel the need to reiterate it. If I want a place where people of my specific interest can communicate locally, the best thing to do is to spend my money on local business willing to cater to that interest rather than seeking out the cheapest things available on the Internet. Because if you go to meetings at your local Special Interest Bookstore, and ooh and ahh over the pretty things there and take a look at some of the books only to come home and find those same books for $3 less online and the baubles on eBay for $10 less, you have just done two things. You have made it increasingly unlikely that your local SIB will continue to exist for you to have meetings in the future, and if you live in a state where education, health, welfare and everything else is primarily funded by a sales tax, you have taken a couple of bucks out of your community, too...and the next time school appropriations come up, the money won't be there. (Tennesseans, I'm looking at you.)<br /><br />The Internet is an intriguing web of Stuff To Buy. And God knows, I love to buy stuff, make stuff, buy stuff with which to make stuff, and look at stuff I don't intend to buy. If you've got a Local Bookstore of ANY kind, throw them your dollar when you can; don't always go Half and Amazon first, or someday there won't be a lovely bookstore lady who knows you by name and pulls books for you out of new intakes. Magazines you love make more if you subscribe than if you buy them off the newsstand. Indie authors and indie musicians make more when you buy direct (although some indie authors prefer that you buy on Amazon so they can be rated and get bonuses from their publishers.) Support the people that do stuff you support so they can keep doing it - and do it whenever you can, not just whenever it's convenient.<br /><br />There's the rant. Think on it. Pope out.</span>Pope Lizbethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00506541826234667585noreply@blogger.com0