Awesome original artwork by the fabulous Molly Kiely for Poetrylandia, Issue 4 publishing in October. Thanks Muna. Oh, and there’s still time to join the Wapshott Press Book Club. Next book is Storylandia 32, Drunk on Time, which received a nice review at Cultural Weekley. “Only an outsider like Swiss architect Peter Zumthor would [...]
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Déjà vu all over again: Wapshott Press Book Club — Storylandia 32
Wapshott Press Book Club! Because… Never Surrender! Never Give Up! Even when your internet goes out 3 hours before the book club (sigh). So, Storylandia 32; second attempt. First book: Drunk on Time, by JF Malone, Storylandia, Issue 32, Winter 2020 “Past, present, and future on view in a wondrous machine. Everything everywhere in every [...]
It is not length of the blog, but depth of the blogging
YANSS 185 – Why the reason some people refuse to wear masks during a pandemic has little to do with the masks themselves, by David McRaney, You are not so Smart, 31 July 2020 Wear. Your. Mask! COVID-19 deaths in Orange County. Credit: John Hopkins University Why Not Just Party if the Cops — and [...]
It’s better to be looked over than overlooked
With many consumer names facing stark criticism, do professional services firms face naming risk? Jeff and Jason explore the topic with naming consultant, Laurel Sutton. Naming. What is it Good For? An Interview with Laurel Sutton of Catchword podcast, Rattle and Pedal, 09 July 2020 “For some, working from home is distracting and draining. But [...]
Immature bloggers imitate; mature bloggers steal
“Tillie Walden’s Are You Listening? (First Second), a magical and emotional story of the friendship and grief shared by two young women, was awarded the 2020 Eisner Award for the Best New Graphic Novel, during an online version of the annual awards ceremony that was streamed the evening of July 24.” Walden, Takei, Telgemeier, Tamaki [...]
If you would lift me up you must be on higher ground
“Now, more than 60 women have come together to launch the website So Many of Us, to document their concurrent relationships with Ellis and encourage others to come forward. They allege that Ellis has pursued sexual relationships with a staggering number of his female fans, all the while deceiving them about the number of relationships [...]
If truth is beauty, how come no one has their hair done in the library?
“I can give one example of a name that was so offensive that it actually did get pulled. The product got pulled and rebranded as something else later. And that was Reebok in the UK had introduced a running shoe for women, specifically for women, that was called Incubus.” Naming. What is it Good For? [...]
I speak two languages, Cyber and English
“Jeff Abraham is the president of Penguin Random House Publisher Services. Katherine Keller is a librarian at UNLV’s College of Education. Paul Levitz is a teacher, an award-winning comics writer, and former president and publisher of DC Comics.” Abraham, Keller, Levitz Leave the CBLDF Board, by Calvin Reed, PW, 30 June 2020 “Going conless is [...]
I’m sure that love will never be a product of blogging
“Now, in 2020, Joe Biden looks like he has a chance to actually win Arizona’s 11 electoral votes. As of June 29, Biden led Trump by 4.7 points in our Arizona polling average. And it looks like Democrats could flip another Senate seat here too, as Democrat Mark Kelly leads Republican Sen. Martha McSally by [...]
I like blogging, if it doesn’t go too far.
“Trump is no student of history, but someone around him clearly is. But it is also true that Trump’s thundering ignorance does not mean he doesn’t understand the racist and fascist rhetoric he deploys. We need not argue that he is a mastermind plotting a fascist coup to recognize that Trump has a demonstrable sense [...]