Nov 21, 2012
tjc commented on On Audiobooks vs Regular-Type Books.
tjc commented on On Audiobooks vs Regular-Type Books.
I got into audiobooks while commuting an hour each way. Makes the miles go by much faster, as @1 said.
I also read a review of the Harry Potter books that said listening to them was more like listening to a radio play, and I thought, well, I'll try that. THEY WERE AWESOME! (Unfortunately, you miss some of the jokes & puns that are best appreciated visually, but you also get proper pronunciation of spells and HERMIONE, etc. Except for Voldemort -- they anglicized him from the French "Voldemor" (silent T) to VoldemorT somewhere around the 3rd book IIRC.
So far I've only tried fiction (and mysteries). I don't know if I'd like non-fiction audiobooks as much.
It's great to get the CD's from your library and you can listen to them in the car.
I also read a review of the Harry Potter books that said listening to them was more like listening to a radio play, and I thought, well, I'll try that. THEY WERE AWESOME! (Unfortunately, you miss some of the jokes & puns that are best appreciated visually, but you also get proper pronunciation of spells and HERMIONE, etc. Except for Voldemort -- they anglicized him from the French "Voldemor" (silent T) to VoldemorT somewhere around the 3rd book IIRC.
So far I've only tried fiction (and mysteries). I don't know if I'd like non-fiction audiobooks as much.
It's great to get the CD's from your library and you can listen to them in the car.
Nov 7, 2012
tjc commented on Jubilation in the Streets.
tjc commented on Jubilation in the Streets.
This is pretty clearly the riot we were warned about by Matt Barber:
http://joemygod.blogspot.com/2012/11/hat…
http://joemygod.blogspot.com/2012/11/hat…
Feb 14, 2012
tjc commented on Dear Huffington Post....
tjc commented on Dear Huffington Post....
I think it's important to use "scare quotes" around words like "ex-gay".
The other side does it around marriage and sometimes even the word gay.
Alternatively, it can be prefaced with the term "so-called" --
The other side does it around marriage and sometimes even the word gay.
Alternatively, it can be prefaced with the term "so-called" --
Jimmy Orgybait, a so-called "ex-gay", was heard exclaiming, "tons of fucking sequins" at a recent sale.
Aug 4, 2011
tjc commented on SL Letter of the Day: Name That Poon.
tjc commented on SL Letter of the Day: Name That Poon.
@109 -- and so do men, per your interpretation (which I COMPLETELY disagree with): Oh, you're gonna make me come! Oh, you feel so good inside me! Etc. And sometimes they don't: Your cock feels so good in me; I love the way your ass feels. If you continue your line of reasoning, why don't men say, "you're going to make my cock come" instead of "you're going to make ME come"?
I don't think that saying things like that reduces anyone to a specific body part. I disagree that this is an "exercise in futility" from that perspective (it is in the sense that there will never be consensus, nor should there really be).
I don't think that saying things like that reduces anyone to a specific body part. I disagree that this is an "exercise in futility" from that perspective (it is in the sense that there will never be consensus, nor should there really be).
Aug 4, 2011
tjc commented on SL Letter of the Day: Name That Poon.
tjc commented on SL Letter of the Day: Name That Poon.
@105 -- I assume "bean" is head (cranium) in this (poetic) instance.
Aug 4, 2011
tjc commented on SL Letter of the Day: Name That Poon.
tjc commented on SL Letter of the Day: Name That Poon.
@101 -- Apparently in Britain they do too, at least if George Michael is to be believed as to what he wants in song.
Aug 4, 2011
tjc commented on SL Letter of the Day: Name That Poon.
tjc commented on SL Letter of the Day: Name That Poon.
"Vagine" I know from the tv show "Archer" but I'm sure it's been around for a while.
My antipathy towards "vaclabia" stems from the complete inclusion of "labia" in the term. I don't like acronyms that use an entire word, even if you're declaring that the L comes from "CLitoris" and you're really only taking "abia" from labia.
Also, the weird issue w/ "labia" being plural but "clitoris" and "vagina" being singular.
My antipathy towards "vaclabia" stems from the complete inclusion of "labia" in the term. I don't like acronyms that use an entire word, even if you're declaring that the L comes from "CLitoris" and you're really only taking "abia" from labia.
Also, the weird issue w/ "labia" being plural but "clitoris" and "vagina" being singular.
Aug 4, 2011
tjc commented on SL Letter of the Day: Name That Poon.
tjc commented on SL Letter of the Day: Name That Poon.
I also have to admit, especially now that I've been drinking a bit more, that many of these responses made me LOL.
Aug 4, 2011
tjc commented on SL Letter of the Day: Name That Poon.
tjc commented on SL Letter of the Day: Name That Poon.
I remember the cooter thing because it's the name of a turtle. Also the name of the mechanic on Dukes of Hazzard. I guess humans like naming their naughty bits after animals (cock, snake, cooter, beaver, pussy).
The hubby and I usually use penis or cock, but it's more a term of endearment rather than clinical: Ooh, nice penis! Or, Ooh -- peeeeeenis. (Said while pointing and smiling as one walks naked across the room.)
Otherwise, it's usually cock, or (rarely) dick. I suppose it's not super imaginative, but hey, it works for us.
The hubby and I usually use penis or cock, but it's more a term of endearment rather than clinical: Ooh, nice penis! Or, Ooh -- peeeeeenis. (Said while pointing and smiling as one walks naked across the room.)
Otherwise, it's usually cock, or (rarely) dick. I suppose it's not super imaginative, but hey, it works for us.
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I thought gay vanilla was just like straight vanilla but with extra nuts? That's how I've always explained it.