As the Amazon fracas continues...

jaylake has an open letter to Kindle readers.

John Scalzi has a suggestion about a response. Don't boycott Amazon: buy books from other retailers.

And I want to talk about something that makes me uncomfortable: how EXTRAORDINARILY LUCKY I am.

Let's take my luck piece by piece.

1. I'm married to someone I love. That's not a given or an inalienable right. I got lucky.

2. Because I am straight, I can get married and have my marriage legally recognized in every state in the Union. Again. I got lucky. ...