This doesn’t affect Shapely Prose, but Lindsay asked that I pass along this note about a bug she’s encountered in WP 2.6, since much of the fatosphere is probably using it.
There is a bug in the recently released version of WordPress (2.6). As far as i’m aware, it’s not affecting blogs hosted on wordpress.com, but it will create [...]
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I just realized I have more myspace friends than Jesus does. What do you think that means?
-Joy Nash
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I just received an e-mail that begins:
hey there! I’m embarking on weight loss scheme, in 90 days, and I’ve been inspired by your blog.
Yeeeeah. No, you haven’t. Unless you mean you look at us fatties for “thinspiration,” in which case, you probably wouldn’t be so stupid as to ask me to link to your weight [...]
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So, we haven’t touched Wall-E around here so far because others have handled it ably, Pixar-loving* trolls are a pain in the ass, and as far as I know, none of us have seen it. But I’ve got to send some love out to Daniel Engber for this Slate article on exactly why the “easy [...]
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You know, comments are simultaneously the best and the worst thing about blogging. The immediate feedback is gratifying, often educational, and (at least around here) usually fun. I love getting to “know” the regular readers of the blog who participate (though I don’t forget about you lurkers, either), and I’ve even developed a few real-life [...]
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Hey, Shapelings in DC, Baltimore, and environs, please contact me! Shapeling Kate217 is setting up a meetup next month, and I don’t want to put the details right on the site, so I need the contact info of anyone who’s interested. (Then I will probably pass you off to Kate217, who is about [...]
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The other day I got the following request from a lurker named Meredith:
I am taking a sociology class this summer that is looking at personal narratives, and our final project is to interview someone about a topic we would like to do some research about, and I would very much like to interview someone about [...]
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Whenever I read about a natural disaster in the news, I think — like most people would, I guess — about the people I know who might be affected. Usually, if I know anyone in the area that got hit, a quick e-mail or phone call finds that they and all their loved ones are [...]
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On June 23rd, my dear friend (and the person who introduced me to Al) Paula Cisewski, will be reading in Chicago, along with our fellow Vermont College grads Rauan Klassnik and Carrie Olivia Adams. If you’re in town, please come check it out.
Monday, June 23rd
7:00 PM
Quimby’s Books
1854 W North Ave
Chicago, IL 60622
(773) 342-0910
Rauan Klassnik was [...]
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Our girl is taking orals on Tuesday. Please join me in wishing her the best of luck, not that she’ll need it.
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Notes from the Fatosphere
