A glitch this week in Amazon.com’s site software revealed the real names of thousands of people who had posted anonymous reviews of books… And it revealed a whole new world of cutthroat, petty, and often juvenile behavior among published authors and the literary community as a whole. Amazon glitch unmasks war of reviewers | CNET…

“ Pagans (from what I am told) don’t get married, they get hand fasted. Is hand fasting even valid according to the state/courts? ” No, it’s not legal in and of itself. Couples who become hand-fasted must either use a priestess licensed by the state to marry (not very many of them), or also go…

I don’t say “must read” very often in any context–much less to the diverse readership of my blog. This time, however, I say it. You must read the below web page. World of Ends: What the Internet Is and How to Stop Mistaking It for Something Else. “The Internet’s designers made sure the biggest, most…

Oh. My. God. What a shamelessly pointless extravagance. Moreover, what a naked ploy for men’s money. Photo by eWeek My Love Affair with Acer’s Ferrari Notebook “ Every other notebook I have ever had pales in comparison to my new Ferrari-branded notebook from Acer. Since I brought my new purchase home, my IBM T-40 has…

CNN.com – Carlie Brucia’s body found; murder charges filed – Feb. 6, 2004 God damn it! I wish they had found her alive. Eleven years old… We have an eight and a six year old. As a parent, the Carlie Brucia case, and all the news and contradictory advice about predators and how to foil…