Obama won, which was no surprise. I expected him to win comfortably, although I was surprised by how early McCain conceded.
Although I didn’t vote for Obama, I’m obviously happy that the McCain/Palin ticket aren’t going to end up running the country. In addition, the symbolic importance of Obama’s win is undeniable.
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When I wrote my post last week about voting no on Proposition 8, I didn’t even consider the fact that it would delegitimize the marriages of couples who have already been married in California. This ad reminded me about that, and also points out that the Mormon Church is strongly funding the campaign for it (because if it passes in California, it will be clear to people that it’s actually harmless and sensible, and this will discredit the typically apocalyptic rantings of many gay marriage opponents):
Today I came across a blog dedicated to scolding George R. R. Martin about the fact that he hasn’t finished A Dance with Dragons. The fact is, I can see why the authors of the blog decided it was necessary. It’s been three years since A Feast for Crows, and the next book was supposed to be half-done when he released it. Worse, it’s been twelve years since the first book.
I know how hard it is to write a novel, never mind a good novel. A series of good novels, that’s certainly a tall order.
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November is NaNoWriMo, National Novel Writing Month. Last year, I edited the second draft of my novel (mostly) during November, and was happy with how that went. About a month or maybe six weeks ago, a friend mentioned NaNoWriMo and I thought, well, I’m not going to write my next novel during it, but I should do extensive planning.
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This movie was recommended to me back in August, and I think it looks quite interesting:
That doesn’t look like your typical treatment of vampires at all, so I think I’ll have to go see it to see what they’re doing.
I haven’t had a television feed for a few years now, ever since I decided that cable television just wasn’t worth paying for. I was paying more than fifty dollars per month for something that I almost never used, and worse, that I mostly didn’t like using when I did watch it.
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Possibly the most important vote for Californians next week is on Proposition 8, the “Eliminates Right of Same–Sex Couples to Marry”/”California Marriage Protection Act” measure. Since California is going to vota Obama, while the polls for Proposition 8 are relatively close, US electoral mechanics mean that each individual vote on 8 is more significant than on the Presidential vote.
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I love the story and atmosphere of A Crow in Hell. In it you play a crow who is shot by a hunter and ends up in Hell… and you have to try to make your way up and out to take revenge. It seems like a rather difficult game to me, although you do effectively get infinite lives since you can continue after each checkpoint. Definitely worth a look.
Before reading this article by Dennis Perrin, I’d never heard of Billy Jack. But I think I might have to see this 1977 movie (contrary to what Perrin implies, it is available on DVD):
Without Religion, We Wouldn’t Have This
Somehow, I can’t bring myself today to write about something other than a completely ridiculous call to action from some religious nuts. Via Who is IOZ comes this piece of utter insanity, opening of course with a classic spam-like statement:
Dear friends:
THIS IS EXTREMELY SERIOUS.
Minutes ago I spoke with friend Dr. Norman G. Marvin, M.D. and he is so concerned at what he has learned about Barack Obama’s family in Kenya that he is calling a special prayer meeting in his home to pray against the witchcraft curses attempted by them against John McCain and Sarah Palin.
—Block African witchcraft curses against McCain and Palin NOW!, Jim Bramlett, Sep 28 2008