- 13:26 Salon: The man who created flash mobs explains why crazes like Susan Boyle ruin our ability to focus on the big picture. is.gd/XwqA #
- 13:38 An “extended preview” (5+ minutes) for new TV show Vampire Diaries online: bit.ly/f7Jz3 #
- 13:49 “Abortion is a blessing”: Pro-choice lesbian Katherine Ragsdale to be dean of Cambridge Episcopal Divinity School: is.gd/XzFy #
- 14:06 Katherine Ragsdale will step down as vicar of St. David’s Church in Pepperell, my home town. #
- 20:48 I wonder if a character is really a Mary Sue if you have to wonder too much about it. Aren’t real M-S chars really obvious? #WNW #
- 20:57 I’m not sure I’d agree that villains can be Mary Sues. I think the definition has gotten way too broad & all-emcompassing. JMHO #WNW #
- 20:59 The original M-S characters were obvious stand-ins for writers–where the writer was basically doing a private Walter Mitty fantasy #WNW #
- 21:01 Here’s a question: is Sherlock Holmes a “Gary Stu?” Doesn’t he have a lot of the same traits–knows everything/everyone, does anything #WNW #
- 21:02 Self-insertion per se is not a problem. Stephen King wrote himself into most of his early work #WNW #
- 21:03 (Black haired, green-eyed, writer, teacher, or former teacher now a writer, in book after book. But never “perfect” or Gary Stuish) #WNW #
- 21:07 I DO think Bella is a Mary Sue. Her “flaws” are all contrived, & they just endear her more to everyone. Everyone thinks she’s lovable #WNW #
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