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Patty has a cold. :(

Also, Buffy and Angel? Not here yet.

Finished my WIAD story.

Can we talk about Lady Gaga's new video? Because I could. All day. Not only is it a response to a certain era of Madonna, but it also goes to a lot of strange, strange uncomfortable places, the fascist references in its physical language being close to the top of the list. It's incredibly cool, smart stuff. There needs to be a Gaga Studies Journal, that's all I'm saying.

From all of my friendslist to all of yours: liljacks_corner is a community that has been set up for fan creators to make G-rated stuff for an eight-year-old boy named Jack who has just lost his legs; one of the only things that cheers him up right now is Doctor Who. He's only seen the first two seasons of the New series. What's being requested is a story about a little boy, much like the one it's for, going on an adventure with the Doctor and Rose. Details at the community.

Ready to start hollering? Daring to discuss women in science.

The Century Athletic Club.

New York now has an AllStaints Spitalfields.

Does anyone know more about this: is Judy Shepard's book homophobic? Accusations vague, scenario murky. Bwah? Anyone read it?

Didn't know this: Stephanie Flores, the Peruvian woman van der Sloot has reportedly confessed to killing, was a lesbian.

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I see the offending Times piece is by John Tierney.

Damned if I (or anyone else outside the paper) has any clue why the Times keeps him on, let alone allows him to write about science. If I'm remembering correctly not only is he not even remotely qualified -- not trained in the sciences, not a reliable amateur of the sciences -- but the degree to which he writes not so much about science as about his own ideological biases is fairly notorious.

If I'm remembering correctly he doesn't just believe Girls Can't Do Math: he's also a climate change denier, and stuff like that. It's not so surprising to see him doing yet another iteration of Larry Summers Was Right.

It's just surprising that the people making these decisions at the Times don't realize that this sort of thing is why The Old Journalism is dying.