on the odd chance I'm not the last person to see this

Lucius in leather:

http://www.cosplaylab.com/lab/4228-144113.jpg

(still from shooting. Man, that's going to be a cosplay nightmare for a lot of people).

the earth-like planet

http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/space/04/25/habitable.planet.ap/index.html

I love, irrationally, that it's in Libra. And I wonder how many civilizations have risen and ten fallen to nothing there, such that we'll never even know.

Yeah, yeah, I know, but this isn't about science for me, it's about Romance.

OMG, Japan, WTF?

http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/waiwai/archive/news/2006/09/20060921p2g00m0dm003000c.html

via rollick

Verbally very unsafe for work.

recent Gather stuff

On the earth-like planet:

Earth-like Planet Found: Why a Big Chunk of Rock in Libra Matters
http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474976967966


On the latest news on gender-based pay differentials:

Women Earn Less Than Men - Are We Really Still Surprised?
http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474976966912


On the Hugos:

Sci-fi/Fantasy Fan: Hugos 2007 - Where'd the Women Go?
http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474976966097

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Meanwhile, I'm working on a new cranky gay piece: "It's Not About You" addressing two of my favourite anti-gay notions - that queer folks are stealing by not being sexually available to members of the opposite sex and that queer folks are clearly going to attack heterosexuals of their same gender. Oi.