Monthly Archives: October 2009

What are you going to be for halloween?

Posted on October 31, 2009 by Magpie

One downside of constantly traveling is that you don’t really have time to get a costume together for halloween. Or at least, I haven’t successfully in the past few years. But then I got to thinking about it. It’s halloween. … Continue reading →

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Writer In Residency!

Posted on October 31, 2009 by Magpie

As anyone who has heard me ramble in the past two months knows, I’ve been accepted by a writer-in-residency program in Pittsburgh at the Cyberpunk Apocalypse. While I’m here I’ll be polishing up my super-secret project that I’ll be talking … Continue reading →

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Ithaca Is Ogres

Posted on October 30, 2009 by Magpie

I just spent several days up in Ithaca, NY. I went to do a book talk, but stayed for the waterfalls. Well, and the company of course. Seriously, Ithaca is absolutely stunning. The autumn leaves and the fair weather didn’t … Continue reading →

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Insult to injury: a judge offends those arrested at the G-20

Posted on October 25, 2009 by Magpie

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has an article that covers the repulsive, infuriating behavior of some condescending douchebag of a judge. Over 100 “protesters,” mostly students, went before District Judge Kevin E. Cooper to be scolded and treated like kids are treated … Continue reading →

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Looking for radical goths

Posted on October 23, 2009 by Magpie

update: since this blogpost comes up a lot on google. The project I was speaking of has come into being and has published its first issue. It is called Graceless: A Journal of the Radical Gothic and it is available … Continue reading →

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Updates on Professor Calamity and Tortuga House

Posted on October 20, 2009 by Magpie

Friends of Tortuga has a blog now, so you can keep up with what’s happening on the “arrested and raided for twittering” front. Here’s the latest (emphasis mine): Oh, how the days have flown. Oh, what the days have shown? … Continue reading →

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Automatic Insurrection!

Posted on October 18, 2009 by Magpie

The sum of all modern insurrectionist thought has been created! It is Automatic Insurrection! For reals, check it out. Tweet

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Yes. More of this, please.

Posted on October 12, 2009 by Magpie

Go look at these long-exposure photos, all done in camera, not manipulated later in the darkroom or computer or anything. It’s called LAPP. Tweet

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Review of “One Fine Summer”

Posted on October 9, 2009 by Magpie

My biased friend Dea wrote an excellent review of Being The Adventure of One Fine Summer (which you can download for free). Dea is one of the better writers I know, and I appreciate that she gives a proper review, … Continue reading →

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SteamPunk’s Professor Calamity faces multiple felonies for twittering

Posted on October 5, 2009 by Magpie

Update: Professor Calamity on Democracy Now SteamPunk Magazine author (and, honestly, the inspiration for SteamPunk Magazine) Professor Calamity is facing two felonies for allegedly running a twitter account. He has been accused of running a twitter feed of police movements … Continue reading →

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