Internet maths

I've been meaning to jot this down for ages - a useful guide to translating real-world numbers into Internet mathematics.

few -> none
rarely -> never
some -> all
many -> all
a majority -> all
often -> always
many -> most

The s-word

Vindication.

I've been grumpy about that for years.

(Doesn't sound like me at all eh.)

Female POV

Just caught a mention of a discussion about whether feminist writers should write from a female POV. I can give one reason straight up, albeit a dated one. You see, I have a guilty pleasure - reading SF short stories from the late fifties / early sixties. In these stories, the female characters are often barely recognisable as human beings. You couldn't get inside their heads, because there's nothing in there. It must have been quite a shock when the New Wave hit, bringing with it fully formed female characters with inner lives and motivations and stuff.

A more up-to-date reason may come from our TV screens. All SF shows are about a white guy and his friends (with the exception of two of the Treks). That's the SF most people consume, and I'll bet most SF readers are also watching the white guys in space. Discuss.

Fairly frightening meme

If you comment...

1. I'll respond with something random I like about you.
2. I'll tell you what song/movie reminds me of you.
3. I'll name something we should do together.
4. I'll say something that only makes sense to you and me (or just me).
5. I'll tell you my first/clearest memory of you.
6. I'll leave you a quote that is somehow appropriate to you.
or, I will include an icon just for YOU in my reply)
7. I'll ask you something that I've always wondered about you.
8. If I do this for you, you must post this on your journal so you can do the same for other people. Ok, must is a little strong. But it would only be fair.