Remains of the Day, so to speak (that would be day 8, I think)

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So, while still between jobs, at least I wasn't working at Weird Tales this morning. Sweet deity or otherwise of your choice, what was Kaye thinking (or not thinking)? For those interested, Shaun Duke does a very helpful job of pulling together many of the links here. Granted, I lost interest in the magazine when Ann VanderMeer and the rest of the previous staff were let go, but still. Why would anyone take one of the venerable magazines in the field and run it into the ground to promote a novel as egregiously devoid of any redeeming characteristics as Revealing Eden, Book 1 of Save the Pearls? I kept waiting for it to be revealed as some sort bizarre prank, but, alas, apparently not. In addition to the obvious and painful racism, the whole "I exist to breed" perspective of the protagonist does not make me feel all jolly about its depiction of women, any women. Bleah. :-(

In other local news, the Johnny Northside blog verdict has been overturned and the blog is protected under the First Amendment, per the Appeals Court. Glad to hear it because of the ramifications of the original ruling.

In personal news, had an interview this morning and made it to round 2. And Elise came over for tea and kitties. Have another job interview tomorrow morning, followed by an interview about being bi science fiction and fantasy with a visiting scholar. Then another job interview on Wednesday (round 2 from today).
Should be fun. Somewhere in there, I'm still hoping to get back to actual writing, but at least the house is cleaner.