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quote 2014-03-15 21:10
Be smart. Don't post information on any social-networking website that you feel is inappropriate. You want to keep certain bits of information private. If a social-networking website asks you to provide information that you aren't comfortable sharing, don't share it. If the website insists you share that information, don't use that service. It's as simple as that.

This is taken from "Blogging for Dummies" by Amy Lupold Blair and Susannah Gardner.

 

I thought it might supplement a lot of what people were saying when speaking out against Anne Rice's petition to Amazon about adopting an all "real name" policy.

 

Everyone has the right to privacy, and everyone has the right to choose whether they want to have a penname or not.  Regardless of their particular role or background.

 

It doesn't make sense to deny the rights of a person in one area over another.  Equal protections are key, and that's what makes this petition by Rice so troubling, among other notations.

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quote 2014-02-09 23:38
The Book Geek
Strengths: You love to read - obviously. But you've also got a lot of excellent traits. Besides being well read, you as a book geek are often a great conversationalist, creative, and good with words. You can parlay this into dating by engaging a woman [or man] in deep conversation instead of the excruciating small talk that she so often has to endure from normals. Find an interest of hers and draw on your knowledge to hold your own in a free exchange of ideas (and, hopefully, your phone number). Better yet, hit the library to deepen your knowledge of the topics she's into and then dazzle her with your expertise.
Weaknesses: If you're a bibliophile, your eyes will immediately dart to the bookcase when you walk into someone's home for the first time. You know you're not supposed to judge a book by its cover (as it were), but you can't help it. You're only human (unlike the protagonists of the Twilight box set you're casting your judgey glance on). Instead of treating someone's taste in reading matter (or lack thereof) as a red flag, use it as a jumping-off point to ask questions that go deeper than the usual get-to-know-you fare. Hey, maybe there's some redeeming value to the Twilight series that you've overlooked. (Spoiler: There's not)
Special abilities: Curator +1, Empathic sensor +2, Wide-open mind +3.

The Geek's Guide to Dating by Eric Smith

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quote 2013-10-09 21:53
We can't be responsible for people if they are attacked. Besides, anyone foolish enough to believe all this deserves to be eaten.
Media Hoaxes - Fred Fedler

--from a "spokesman for the National Biological Foundation" from a story in the Herald-News (Roscommon, Michigan) reporting on scientists' experiment of releasing freshwater sharks into three northern Michigan lakes to see if they would breed.

 

The key bit of info here? The date of publication: April 1, 1981.

And yes, people did believe this story. Even though the final sentence is a huge hint: "Doherty also noted that April 1 is a foolish time to be telling fishy stories."

 

Quote from the book: Media Hoaxes by Fred Fedler

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