T'was but a dream of thee...

Just, you know, for your general edification--I thought I'd spread the joy.

The whole thing about the recent SyFy/Stargate lesbian-who-gets has-to-fuck-a-man-because-a-straight-chick-is-inhabiting-her-body debacle, added to other generally hate-filled fuck-wittedness,  is making me a little too tired to function, honestly.

Behold, an actual PETA press-release from a few months ago, with emphasis added for the eye-rolling amusement factor. Editorial comments in red, just for my own amusement:
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Vegetarians Make Better Lovers, Say Lingerie-Clad Ladies
So...let me just parse this...you're going to put two scantily-clad "PETA beauties" on a bed, on a public street, to make out with each other because........because it's got something to do with animal welfare?  Then, in the press release, you're going to coyly call these two women "Ladies."
For Immediate Release:
February 10, 2009

Contact:
Ashley Byrne 757-622-7382

Amarillo, Texas -- In a public display of passion that's bound to raise a few eyebrows and turn lots of heads, two PETA beauties--decked out in sexy lingerie--will kiss and pose provocatively on a bed set up on the sidewalk at a busy Amarillo intersection on Monday in order to make the point that vegetarians are better lovers. While the steamy sirens are "getting it on," activists holding a banner reading, "Vegetarians Make Better Lovers," will pass out free copies of PETA's "Vegetarian Starter Kit" to let gaping onlookers know how they can spice up their own sex lives. It's all part of PETA's "Live Make-Out Tour" during the week leading up to Valentine's Day. And what they don't say, but becomes clear in the linked video? They'll let the macho fellows who want to have their picture taken with these two "PETA beauties" just hop right down there to pose for a piece of the action.

When: Tuesday, February 10, 12 noon
Where: Corner of S.W. Sixth Avenue and S. Tyler Street, Amarillo

Why do vegetarians have it all over meat-eaters in the bedroom? For one thing, vegetarians are, on average, more fit and trim and have more energy and stamina than people who stuff themselves with fat-laden meat, dairy products, and eggs. And then there's a possibility of impotence: The cholesterol in meat and other animal products slows the flow of blood to all the body's vital organs, not just to the heart. And speaking of heart, there's nothing sexy about someone who turns a blind eye to the daily suffering of the billions of animals who are raised and killed for food each year.

"What could be more of a turn-on than snuggling up to someone who's both passionate and compassionate?" asks PETA veggie vixen Nadia Elmuanier.

For more information, please visit PETA.org
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Misogyny. It's everywhere, right, left, and center. Someone remind me why on earth anyone still takes these repulsive idiots seriously?

matociquala 's Shoggoths in Bloom just won the best novelette Hugo.

Congrats to Bear! (And if you haven't yet read it, you should...)

For those of us playing along at home because we're not at the WorldCon, here's a link to the Hugo Twitter Feed.

Muggy and hot here. Like Gulf Coast muggy and hot. Pretty sure I'm entirely covered with a fine sheen of sweat, but it might just be humidity, too -- it's hard to tell for sure.

Heh. I am so very not used to this any more. I do sort of like it, though.

I'm still boggling. You can read about the fucked-uppedness that is Amazon.com unranking and disappearing GLBT romance and YA books, on markprobst 's LJ, here, and ongoing links are being updated at the meta_writer  community, here.

The incomparable Etta James.

And of all the different versions out there, this is the one I want to somehow simply embed into my brain:

What's your favorite market, and why?

What's your dream-market to break into, and again, why?

*g*

Why, yes, I AM in the process of completely revamping all the sites I run, primarily as an enhanced writing-avoidance-activity, since you so kindly inquired.

John Updike has died, of lung cancer, at 76.