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“God, here and there, makes madness a calling” – Ray Bradbury

Tuesday various

By Fred, on December 22, 2009, 10:19 pm

Why I Am Not Afraid to Take Your Money by Amanda Fucking Palmer. This is a little old, and has been reposted and discussed at some length, but it’s still sitting in my saved links. (As is Caitlin R. Kiernan’s response.) I think it’s a discussion still worth having. As Harlan Ellison would say (in his inimitable way), pay the writer.

And finally, Maria Bamford‘s Christmas Special [via]:

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