Blogs for sex toy retailers
I promised at ANE that I would list some blogs and writers that adult retailers might want to follow. Naturally this has proven more difficult than I realized, because it’s hard to round up all the good ones — there are soo many! These are some that come immediately to mind, [...]

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The dogs went nuts at 12:05am — I was reading in the dark — and when I got up this morning, the note I’d left for the pizza guy was gone. I should have left him a dollar, too — not his fault he made a trip for nothing. Oh well. LOL
But 12:05, when they [...]

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Normally, I don’t eat at chain restaurants. And I prefer to order pizza from mom-and-pop shops too.
Tonight I tried something else. I placed an online order through Pizza Hut. I’m working very intensely and thought this might be an efficient way to stave off starvation.
I submitted my order at 9pm. Imagine my chagrin when the [...]

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Have you ever met a pessimist who didn’t claim to be a realist? As if having a positive outlook is somehow unreal. Harrumph.

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Thanks everyone for attending the panel yesterday! Naturally I haven’t had time yet to compile all the links I said I would, so bear with me and check back in a week or so.
Hope you’re all enjoying the show!

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How do avocados have sex?
I suppose this isn’t entirely technical, although it is science. But I thought it was an interesting article. I’ll never look at avocados again without thinking about their reproductive habits.

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Until I can post to my Wired blog again, I’ll be posting here …

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Posting here until the technical difficulties with my wired blog can be fixed and I can post it there
WSJ.com – He, Once a She, Offers Own View On Science Spat
A transgendered scientist speaks out about his experiences in science as a woman and as a man, and why fewer women go into science than men.
It [...]

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Just to show you how dedicated I have been to work lately … I didn’t even know Lyle Lovett was at the Greek last night until too late.
But he’ll be in San Antonio on Sept 2 … Hrm … wonder if that’s sold out?

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New Column:What You Don’t Know Can Kill
One of the classic rules of fiction analysis is not to confuse the author with the narrator or the characters in her story.
At 19, I took my first college-level fiction writing workshop. If you’ve ever attended a college writing class, you know what most of the students produce. Angsty, [...]

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I always want to be That Girl. You know, the one who can spontaneously join you for concerts, dinners, lectures, whatever. The one who doesn’t have to work late. The one who gets her errands done when she says she will, rather than two days later, so that she is free to flit off to [...]

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I shouldn’t blog when I’m tired.

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… I just realized I have the perfect excuse not to record my podcast tonight.

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As I sit here trying to craft a column while my L.A. neighborhood goes up in sparks and booms — much to the dogs’ distress — I realize that no matter how much I try, annually, to relax and enjoy my neighbors’ enjoyment of the noise and pretty lights, I just can’t. I can’t stifle [...]

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