Friday Videos Like Romantic But That’s Not It
For those of you who missed it, this is the latest issue of Bloomberg Business about the Continental/United merger:
Failblog was alllll over it.
But wait, there's a VIDEO. Where the folks behind the cover talk about how elegant and romantic it is. YES.
“It's artful! More romantic! We have a much more romantic story to tell.”
Link? It's where the links fall in love, you know. Poor Marvin Gaye. I'm all for bawdy jokes and cheeky humor, but come on. Unless these two cracked up off camera after keeping a straight face through that explanation, that's just ridiculous.
I'm flying on Continental to Durham NC this weekend – I can't wait to wait for the plans to be cleaned before I can board.
Categories: Friday Videos, General Bitching
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4th ANNUAL NEW YORK RAINBOW BOOK FAIR
Saturday, March 24, 2012 11am–5:30pm
The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
208 West 13th Street NYC
Welcome to the 4th ANNUAL NEW YORK RAINBOW BOOK FAIR On this website you can find out how you can become a Sponsor of the Rainbow Book Fair, how to become an Exhibitor, and keep abreast of Panels, Readings and the Poetry Salon for the 2012 Fair.
Plan to be a part of the most exciting LGBT book event in the U.S., the
4th Annual New York Rainbow Book Fair. More than 1OO publishers, writers, poets, editors, booksellers, and the 15OO+ readers who love and want to buy their books—from serious to wild, zany, and super hot. It’s totally free to the public with book discounts, giveaways, panels on writing and publishing, author readings, a non-stop Poetry Salon.
The event is sponsored by CLAGS The Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies web.gc.cuny.edu/Clags/
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The Chimerist
The Chimerist, a website created by Maud Newton and Salon’s Laura Miller, launched this week, uniting “two iPad lovers at the intersection of art, stories, and technology.”
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Filed under Poetry | Tags: Chimerist | Comment (0)Drug Rehabilitation Helps Addicts Defeat Addiction
If someone asks if drug rehabilitation is worth the cost, they simply need to measure the health and incarceration costs of those that are not willing to seek treatment. People able to recover become contributing members of society and can live a healthy life. The steps in treatment include physical detoxification, inpatient and outpatient therapy. All of these steps are designed to remove the addiction and prevent a relapse. The freedom attained by surviving the addiction can be inspirational.
Detox
Detoxification is the first step in the process. This step often involves medical treatment for the physical addiction. When your body becomes addicted to a drug, it begins to need it. Without the drug, the body can have severe physical problems. There are different medical procedures including using other non-addictive drugs to reduce the dependency. This is a very trying time in the process and patients can often become sick, depressed, and even violent as they pass through this stage.
Therapy
In-house therapy is usually the second step. During this time, the individual is taught how to cope with stressful situations. They spend time in group therapy building the skills needed to address their own situations. The skills learned will be applied later to real world scenarios. Often, this period includes life-skill training so the person can find alternatives to drugs and alcohol.
Outpatient Therapy
The outpatient therapy happens when the patient and staff feel the person is ready to reenter society. This can be a very scary step for any addict. The fear of going back to a world that includes free access to the drugs that destroyed their life can be stressful. The counselors will be in constant contact to monitor their progress. Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous meetings are very helpful in providing the support system the patient experienced in group therapy while going through inpatient processes. The point is to reenter society and avoid the situations that cause the desire for drugs to arise.
Time Frame
The length of treatment varies by individual needs. Many programs have set time limits, but can vary the limits depending on the types of addictions the individual experiences. Most people who enter rehab centers have a pretty long treatment plan implemented. Some last a month, while others may last many months before leaving the center.
Relapse
There are many reasons for a relapse. Many people come from situations where drugs are prevalent in their daily lives. Going back to this situation puts an enormous amount of peer pressure on them to relapse. Those that are serious about recovery will seek new family counseling and build a support system that encourages their success.
Filed under Uncategorized | Comment (0)GS. vs. STA: Infertility
This email comes from Rebekka:
I don't know if you can help me, but I would really appreciate some recommendations of romances to read that address infertility. As you know, most books that even mention it barely do, and it's usually more a case of, “Oh! My dead husband was sterile!” or it's some other problem easily fixed by the Mighty Wang.
The only romance I have read that actually deals with the emotional aspects of infertility – and which isn't magically fixed – is the Julia Quinn “Bridgerton” book When He Was Wicked (Francesca's story). My husband and I have been trying to have a baby for a year now and are about to start our first round of IVF. Even though I am only 27, our doctors say that we have less than a 5% chance of having a baby without it. Reading about other couples supporting and loving each other through such an emotional and difficult issue would really help me feel more hopeful that things can turn out all right, and that you can get through all this hard stuff together.
I remember being where Rebekka is, and it can be terribly isolating. I know that AAR has a list of romances like this (I love those lists, holy smokes), but it was last updated in 2009, and I wanted to see what romances published since then you'd recommend that featured infertility. What do you suggest?
Categories: General Bitching, Good Shit vs. Shit to Avoid
Booknotes (February ’12)
Dear Reader, This version of the book is not the f…
Dear Reader,
This version of the book is not the final one. I edited the content based on reader feedback. People (some) were not happy with the ambiguity of the ending and some of the overly long) descriotions of Mars. The final (I think) version is only available from Amazon, iTunes, Kindle, etc as of Aug 2010.
Larry W Richardson
Marooned – Science Fiction & Fantasy books on Mars
Horror Short Story Collection: The Driver’s Guide to Hitting Pedestrians
Life is Full of Painful Things.
These are My Favorites.
–Andersen Prunty
Thus begins the collection of short and short short stories by Ohio bizarro and horror author Andersen Prunty.
I decided the best way to end what turned out to be a week of horror short story collections was to return to Andersen Prunty for one last look and The Driver’s Guide to Hitting Pedestrians seems like an appropriate way to close things out.
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A pocket guide to the twenty-three most painful things in life, written by the most well-adjusted man in the universe. Does it make you sad to be alive? Boo-hoo. You’re living all wrong. My name is Andersen Prunty. I’m happiest while napping. I am a man with tennis shoes. They get older every time I put them on. This is how I deal with the pain of being alive. Now is our chance to deal with our pain together. You’ll thank me later. Lover and euphoria, Andersen Table of Contents:
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Horror Books with the Undead Rat
I Contain Multetudes Multidudes Multitudes
From the brave folks at We Who Are About to Die, here is Walt Whitman on the subject of proofreaders:
What a tribe the tribe of proofreaders is! I think some men, some writers, owe a great part of their reputations to the excellence of their proofreaders–to their vigilance, their counsel. Who can do justice to the [a]cute, keen intellects of men of this stamp—their considerate patience, their far-seemingness?
A wise man indeed. The passages are from Intimate with Walt: Selections from Whitman’s Conversations with Horace Traubel 1888-1892 edited by Gary Schmidgall, part of the University of Iowa Press’ Iowa Whitman Series.
