by Cooper West | Jul 13, 2013 | Editorial, Modus Operandi
So this awesome person learned to dance in a year. Karen is pretty fit to start with, but regardless of that, her accomplishment is amazing! Check out the time lapse video of her progress: And then check out her website, because that’s just as inspirational. I...
by Cooper West | Jul 12, 2013 | Editorial
I’m poly so like a good, responsible polyamorous person I read a lot of blogs about polyamory. I think it’s a rule or something, not sure, but fortunately a fun one. heh. And while I’m not a parent I really enjoy the blog Poly Momma because the...
by Cooper West | Jul 11, 2013 | Editorial
This story came across my feeds earlier today: Robert Vann Marshall Killed By Wife 15 Minutes After Leaving Jail; She Acted In Self Defense, Police Say. There is a huge amount of stuff to discuss in relation to this, including matters of incarceration of abusers,...
by Cooper West | Jul 10, 2013 | Editorial
This video from AFI featuring Dustin Hoffman was posted last December, but just now seems to be getting some traction. I first saw it as a series of gifs on tumblr, and then people started posting the video along with commentary. (video embedded beneath all my...
by Cooper West | Jul 4, 2013 | Editorial
I was thinking about when I first started wanting to write romance and erotica, and it occurred to me that I was, probably, about 9 or 10 years old. What I remember is drawing very, uh, lurid cartoon people having sex in a variety of positions. At the time I was...
by Cooper West | Jun 28, 2013 | Editorial
I’m an archivist, at least that’s the day!job description. I work for a congressional library, which is a fancy way of saying I work for the archives of a particular (now dead) congressman. As a sideline, because our archives are not exactly very busy (we...
