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Well The End2 wasn't as finished as I thought...sigh. Reading through it I found a continuity problem that smacked you in the face when you read the story. So I spent a while fixing it, I'm going to have another read now, just to make sure. Then it's off to the beta's.

I had to leave a big section out as there was going to be too much information to take in for one chapter. That means that I can leave going to the Ellison home to the next one.

I've a feeling that it'll need more adding, but Mouse'll tell me that lol.

In RL it's still been damn hot! It was Corey's sport's day on Thursday. He came last in most races, mainly because he wouldn't cheat *g* Most of the kids can't use a skipping rope, so they'd skip a while then run. Corey kept trying to skip, moving about one step forward with each turn. He got a big cheer when he did finish lol.

Yesterday we had a cleaning blitz on the house, tidying upstairs and down. We also met Kayleigh for dinner again from work. She's so much happier now, she's starting to fit in and like working there. She told us about one of the mechanics, very buff apparently who'd rolled his overalls down and was wearing a white crop top underneath. He was hot and drinking a cold cola, so what does he do? Tips it over his head, she said it was a *very* nice sight, him all wet. Have to admit all I could think about is how sticky he would be.

Oh, I got a parcel from Jenny too! Much Victor prettiness, two posters for my wall, a MX subway banner and three copies of prints by an artist who does gay themes. Man, I can't think of his name, it's slipped from my head. They're good though, very inspiring ;) The only thing is the parcel was sent months ago, we thought it had been lost so Jenny bought and sent more of the same. God knows where the parcel's been. The only thing that was missing was some shoes for my Jesse doll... Shut up, I can have dolls if I want *g*... But yes, much Victor prettiness that I need to get on the wall.

Better go and check that story, then I'm on mail and comment catch up *again* One day I'll have a clear in-box...yeah right lol

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I've been catching up on mail and one thing that I've read is what happened in the P/K group about that guy who used unaccredited posts, stories and pictures in his paper.

The listmom contacted him, her first mail was a little angry, as well it should be and threatened to report him to his university, ISP etc. They swapped mails and he agreed to resub to the group to answer any points that people wanted to make. Which I though was a decent thing to do, god did I change my opinion later of him.

I wish I could show you the things he's been writing, but unlike him I'd never reproduce posts. So I'll just condense what he said as best I can. His points were (1) We as a group didn't understand things from an academic viewpoint. That we were looking at things as fans and he was an academic, not a fan (2) That the group stole from Paramount so it's hypercritical to protest when he steals from a mailing list (3) That the paper he did was sympathetic to slash so we should be grateful for that (4)That he didn't need any permission, implying that no one understood how an academic paper was done.

There's some kick ass people on that list. The pricks found out that not only are they fans, there's people on there that are academic too, and blew every one of his points out of the water. What it boils down to is him counteracting every argument with 'well you steal from Trek'. Jerk! He just can't get into his little head that what he did was *rude* That by not attributing quotes etc he was being disrespectful and not playing by the rules of his precious academia. But he justifies this by saying he cited, not copied and reproduced ( that was emphasised) from a public source. Even though it's a closed list.

Of course after being argued with by people who he discovered can not only talk about Tom and Harry having sex but also research practices he decided to leave the list again.

What gets me is that he does apologise for some of his practices, yet then goes on to say if he'd been approached in a less hostile manner negotiations would have started on a better footing. And that people have been referring to him in the worst possible terms so they can take the moral high ground. Then goes on to say he was trying to make a point that fannish norms hold no legal ground, and the idea that we can stay hidden and private as a group needs to be reconsidered. As in this time of scaremongering and child abuse the fact that stories are not protected by Net Nanny is a concern. WTF! Yeah, drop that into the conversation as a distraction.

I do agree with him that privacy is impossible online, but the way he used it to detract attention from himself annoys me so much.

So, end result he's pulling the paper and running away. Which he deserves, because as one sib said, she supports anything that deals with slash in a positive way and would have agreed to be included. But he never asked, and just stole what he needed, but he still doesn't get that.

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I don't really read Harry Potter. I've never read the books, only seen movie 1. So why on earth did I just follow a link to a Severus/Sorting hat story?

I don't know whether to laugh or cry. One thing I do know, the person that got the hat in the Severus Snape Fuh-Q Fest must have cursed their luck *g*

Edit: Just read another link ( I know I'm depraved ) and any one care to tell me what a niffler is, and would it really be able to clinb up someone's ass? Cant believe I just asked that *g*

Gakked from dolimir

What's your pirate name

Your pirate name is:

Mad Bess Rackham


Every pirate is a little bit crazy. You, though, are more than just a little bit. You have the good fortune of having a good name, since Rackham (pronounced RACKem, not rack-ham) is one of the coolest sounding surnames for a pirate. Arr!

I'm crazy...okay I can deal with that lol. Shame when I think of rack I think of breasts though *g*