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AnonyMou.Se - QUILTBAG youth mentoring →
This start up aims to provide LGBT (and the rest of the QUILTBAG) youth with mentors - just someone to talk to who is likely to have relevant experience. It needs a couple of things from us to get up and running. Jump on and chat with a mentor to help beta test the system, and spread the word if you can. When the system comes out of beta, you’ll be able to apply to be a mentor, too.
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January 2012
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30 Days of Games, Day 05: Game character you feel...
Another hell tricky one which I feel I kind of already answered. Since I nominated ‘FemShep x Liara’ there, which is a total cheat, I’m just going to recycle it as an excuse to tell this short anecdote.
(I’m adding breaks to the longer of these.)
When I first played through Mass Effect, I knew ahead of time that there would be two possible love interests for my female...
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What is Brennamas?
Brennamas is an ancient pagan festival which has been reclaimed and commercially updated to suit modern tastes. The festival has its roots in the lunar calendar, and originally marked the first half-moon of the new year; for convenience’s sake, modern adherents have fixed the festival’s mid-point on January 14.
However, like Easter, Brennamas does vary from year to year, depending on...
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Brennamas 2012
Brennamas - the multi-day festival which coincidentally falls over my birthday - was pretty epic this year. Several pious souls shared with me their ritual scribblings, performed in honour of the festival spirit. Check ‘em out through the break.
In chronological no partiular* order, then. @RaygunBrown kicked things off with this contribution, which I’m told is the spooky painting...
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Some things.
Here are some things.
You have adopted a dogmatic approach which deals only in extremes. You have closed yourself off to debate and discussion. You have lost the ability to be self critical, self aware, and open minded. You have become the very thing you hate - the espousal of an opinion which doesn’t need to be rationally justified because you are certain it is correct. You are on a...
December 2011
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I have been indoors for four years.
I used to go outside a lot, and now I’m a shut in. Yesterday I went walking with three other adults, two kids, and even a baby. Nobody was wearing sunscreen but me. Nobody was burnt but me.
My skin is so pale its shade would probably be labelled “transparent” in a furniture catalogue. The burns aren’t actually that bad - no blisters, and only minor discomfort under clothes...
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Ice Cream Christmas Pudding
In a festive spirit, here is my favourite holiday recipe. You need to prepare it a few days early but the actual effort involved is about 10 minutes.
YOU WILL NEED
Cointreau or a good brandy
Mixed peel, chopped mixed fruit, and roast almonds (in the baking aisle!)
2 litres of good vanilla ice cream
Ground allspice
METHOD
In a small bowl, combine half a cup of mixed peel and half a cup of...
The new house has brought out Nicole's...
Nicole: Here's an interesting thing.
Me (trying to work): Hmm?
Nicole: Neither you nor I have the greater number of shoes.
Me: Mmm.
Nicole: We have exactly the same number of shoes.
Me: Uh-huh.
Nicole: And here I have been living in guilt about how many shoes I have.
Me: *starts to laugh*
Nicole: ... I do have more lady shoes though.
We are organising our things in the new, much...
*crashing and clattering of multiple objects from next room*
Me: What did you do?
Nicole (from the next room): What? Me?
Me: Yes. What was all that noise?
Nicole: Oh. I was...
*several seconds pass*
Nicole: I was just.
*another pause*
Nicole: I don't know what happened, whether I was bitten by a spider or something. But something happened.
Me: O-okay.
Nicole: So If I start acting weird please call an ambulance.
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Nicole and I are sharing an office for the first...
Me (grumbling at something): Balls.
Nicole: Balls!
Me: Hairy balls.
Nicole: So many balls.
Me: All the balls. All the balls in the world.
Nicole: Aw gross, why would you even mention that?
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The Friend Zone & The Women I Fear
There’s been quite a lot of discussion on Twitter today about the friend zone, sparked off by a woman sharing a monstrous email from an apparent basket case she went on a date with.
It’s frustrating for men to be thought of as friends when they’re pursuing romance, and it’s frustrating for women to be thought of as romantic objects when they’re pursuing friendship.
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November 2011
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30 Days of Games, Day 04: Your Guilty Pleasure...
Another tough one. I don’t really… I’m just over that cultural cringe. Gamers are a really diverse group - gamers aren’t even a group; everyone games - and different people like different things. Who are you trying to impress by ruling out one type of game or another? Some clique on the Internet? It amazes me that grown adults care what other people think on matters of...
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