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Averin wrote: Another bit of law I don't understand, how is that not copyright or intellectual property theft?Well, it is intellectual property theft, even though the perp can claim to had re-created by altering colours and colour balances, etc. Much was made by comparison to the late great Roy Lichtenstein, but he aped the style and mechanical technique of printing comic strips, while the actual content was original if stereotypical (obviously, or there wouldn't have been a point).
"Hopeless"
"Wham!"
I feel like complaining on behalf of Brandon Fox. While many of us have been either rained out or snowed in, he tells me: "Out here on the west coast our rainfall is far below normal. They are already fighting wildfires in California. In January! It could get ugly when summer arrives.
Roger wrote: "I feel like complaining on behalf of Brandon Fox. While many of us have been either rained out or snowed in, he tells me: "Out here on the west coast our rainfall is far below norma..."And New Mexico isn't much better. There are parts of the state where the fire danger is already very high, and this is true for a better part of the Southwest (NM, AZ, CO, UT, TX, CA).
Rain/snow fall has been way below average. And the cold, dry weather doesn't look to be changing anytime soon.
Roger wrote: "I feel like complaining on behalf of Brandon Fox. While many of us have been either rained out or snowed in, he tells me: "Out here on the west coast our rainfall is far below norma..."Don't complain on behalf of Brandon. While he is the secondish (next to you and you and Oliver together as Zack) best author in the universe he still owes us the sequel to the greatly entertaining, exciting and sexy gay male adventrure and love story The Finder.
Preston wrote: "Roger wrote: "Don't complain on behalf of Brandon. While he is the secondish (next to you and you and Oliver together as Zack) best author in the universe he still owes us the sequel to the greatly entertaining, exciting and sexy gay male adventrure and love story The Finder. "ditto
So he does! Therefore, I'm uncomplaining on his behalf!
I'm disgruntled that Preston never told us he has a soul…
Roger wrote: "I'm disgruntled that Preston never told us he has a soul…"Sole. Yes! I broil it with a little butter and squeeze some lemon on it with pepper and serve it with the tiniest bit of cut up watercress leaves just for color. I never salt in the cooking because each individual should salt to taste and some choose to refrain from using salt.
I also have haddock and some trout.
I'm bitchin' that I always have to run over with the stomach pump when Preston has folks to dinner.
I have to kvetch that I had to write a bunch of welcome messages to new members including a new GR Author Member Alexa Land (Author of the just released Gathering Storm that I want to read cuz Preston is reading it and loving it.) Welcome all new complainers. Don't be afraid to participate in posting complaints here because everybody is really nice and friendly. If they aren't we complain about it until they are.
I had heard it was Loperamide Hclthat Preston's dinner guests usually need.
B.D. wrote: "I had heard it was Loperamide Hclthat Preston's dinner guests usually need."
Hi Brad,
I'm disappointed that the voices in your head have returned. They are wrong about the IMODIUM® for dinner guests but sometimes the voices in your head have good ideas so don't stop listening to them especially the ones that are telling you to finish Part 3 of your unfinished novel.
Best, Preston
I have to complain about the outrageous price of Gabbo's most recent book Septima Luna: it's free for almost all e-reader formats at Smashwords and you can get the book using this link:http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/...
See the cover and read the blurb for Gabbo's book in our Author's Self Promo Section at this link:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
I am complaining that I was misinformed. Must have been envious queens who wish they had better skills in the kitchen who were spreading those nasty rumors. Just because that med is sold out in our co-leader's neighborhood doesn't mean we should believe what people say.
I'm complaining that Oklahoma and Utah are not like Virginia in reacting to court challenges to their gay marriage bans. In an email to The Associated Press, Michael Kelly, a spokesman for Virginia's Attorney General Mark Herring, said the state will not fight court challenges to Virginia's gay marriage ban but would instead side with the plaintiffs who are seeking to have the ban on gay marriage struck down.
I regret that I cannot grumble about having to welcome Beck aka Beck Alexander (goodreadscomalexander) and his plastic pink flamingo to the Complaint Department because he is not accepting messages.
Brace yourself Beck because you might find some friends here among the 215 gay men, straight women and couple of others who read gay fiction and M/M Romance stories.
I protest strongly that this group should not allow mistreatment of animals as appears to be the case with Mr. Beck (above). Or is it that he doesn't know which end of a pink flamingo to kiss?Flustered and confused of Ludlow.
Oh, it's kissing. I thought it was ri.. opps never mind.
Seems like too nice a boy for what you had in mind, Co-mod ;-)
I am degrussed that their is a new poll. What is your favorite soda, pop, cola, soft drink, fizzy drink? Write-ins are allowed
Remember Coca Cola is an Official Sponsor of the Vladimir Putin $50 Billion Anti-gay Winter Olympics
The poll can be taken at the Polls section, the bottom of the Complaint Department Homepage or at this link:
https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/9...
Make your voice heard on this highly volatile topic facing the world today.
Not content with human rights violations including beating and jailing gays Putin spends 50 Billion on the Winter Games but won't spend a single ruble on neutering stray dogs in Sochi and putting them in shelters. Instead the Russians the hired an extermination company to kill all the loose dogs in Sochi.Residents say thousands of dogs have disappeared from the streets of Sochi since a local business won a contract to catch stray animals before the Games, which open on Friday.
The city authorities did not immediately comment but the Basya Services pest control company said it had received a contract to catch and destroy the dogs roaming the Black Sea resort.
Source: Reuters http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/0...
Perhaps the mayor has relented on his earlier statement that Sochi had no gays and has recognized that it's the dogs, so that's why they're being rounded up and destroyed.
I'm moaning that New York's Leslie Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art is only planning to have one painting by Zack (aka Oliver Frey) in this exhibition.March 28 to May 25
STROKE: From Under the Mattress to the Museum Walls
A historical retrospective of sexy and erotic illustrations by artists who made work for the gay male magazines from the 1950s to the 1990s.
Main gallery, Leslie Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art
A must, especially if you live in New York City!
http://www.leslielohman.org/exhibitio...
Roger wrote: "I'm moaning that New York's Leslie Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art is only planning to have one painting by Zack (aka Oliver Frey) in this exhibition."I am derebagerated that Zack/Oliver's partner in a British civil union, author Roger Kean, failed to mention that Zack is a member of the Complaint Department and makes a really mean Swiss fondue.
I'm obliged in the interests of justice to point out that my partner Zack/Oliver makes a mean Swiss fondue after I've grated all the cheese.
Roger,I never realized that nice boys -- and girls -- don't. Ya sure about that?
Brad
I would like to complain about the most reasonable tone former NFL Player, Donte Stallworth, has taken about the young college player, Michael Sam, who came out recently and how NFL teams should handle the situation. What an erudite and intelligent person:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02...
I am complaining about the hateful negative comments made by homophobes regarding Michael Sam. For example this one "So, message to Michael Sam and those like him: NOBODY WANTS TO HEAR ABOUT A MAN WHO LIKES TO SUCK COCK. GET BACK IN THE F**KING CLOSET. You can read more negative comments in the Huffington Post at this link: huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/10/michael...
After you read the homophobic hate speech being aimed at Michael Sam please sign the letter of support for him at this link:
http://www.athleteally.org/action/sup...
Homophobic NFL Player Jonathan Vilma is afraid of a gay player looking at him in the shower or getting dressed. He said, "Imagine if he's the guy next to me and, you know, I get dressed, naked, taking a shower, the whole nine, and it just so happens he looks at me. How am I supposed to respond?"
So you can see how much Michael Sam needs your support. Please sign the letter of support!
http://www.athleteally.org/action/sup...
Horrifying comments. It's ironic and sad that two decades ago or less, there could not have been this kind of public backlash in print, and that the wonderful freedom of the social internet has also bred a vile component…
For my poor suffering Complaint Department friends of the northeast and England respectively, may I suggest a little trip to my favorite place on the planet? No rain (though we do need it badly [complaint 1] - so bring it with you when you come), warm weather (too warm for this time of year [complaint 2]), and yeah, we've already had two grass fires this month (stupid state lowered fire restrictions which is stupid [complaint 3]), but still a beautiful, and dry, place to visit!13 Reasons Albuquerque is the Greatest City in the World
In case you need more reasons to visit: 12 Iconic New Mexico Landmarks that Will Take Your Breath Away (including the high altitude ....)
/end of my tourist PSA
I frustratingly admit, that I absolutely loved Albuquerque. I spent a month there one time, using it as a base to explore New Mexico.
I hate that I have to go to school tomorrow. I feel like a lot teachers have turned on me for some rumors about my older friend, so they take it on me. I'm a freakin Senior and I'm getting treated like a little kid.
Lori wrote: "For my poor suffering Complaint Department friends of the northeast and England respectively, may I suggest a little trip to my favorite place on the planet?..."Sounds
I am defenestrated to learn that Team GB and Canada are facing off very soon in the most important battle in recent history… the Men's Curling at Sochi for gold and silver placings. Apparently (according to BBC) nothing else is really happening over there apart from the fierce competition among the local thought police as to who can make the most arrests of gay protesters/activists in a ten-minute period.Even weirder, when you think of it, if the Scottish referendum goes against remaining within the Union, this time in four years there won't be a Team GB Men's Curling team, because they're all Scottish, and south of the border we don't have enough ice to learn how to curl.
Roger wrote: "I am defenestrated to learn that Team GB and Canada are facing off very soon in the most important battle in recent history… the Men's Curling at Sochi for gold and silver placings. Apparently (acc..."Oh, and I thought it was hockey (the US v. Canada for a chance to get into the gold medal round) ... Shows what the news people think we should and should not know.
But, yeah. A recent post on my Facebook feed from the Human Rights Organization said NBC news had a grand total of 4+/- minutes about human rights violations during the Olympics broadcast. Sigh.
Even weirder, when you think of it, if the Scottish referendum goes against remaining within the Union, this time in four years there won't be a Team GB Men's Curling team, because they're all Scottish, and south of the border we don't have enough ice to learn how to curl.
Don't you have ice rinks in England?
Of course we have ice rinks in England, but we have better things to do with them than curling (I think), ice hockey for one, with several high-profile Canadians in the teams and on the coaching benches.I meant up there in the Trossacks, ice forms naturally, which is why the Scots learned to curl so well. It was the best way of sliding explosive stones into the midst of the Sassenachs (I'm Anglo-Scot BTW…)
Ahh, I see! A useful skill if ever there was one. =-D
Sarah wrote: "I am so sick of staring at a computer and banging on a keyboard all day. Why couldn't I sleep or giggle (or jiggle) for money instead? Could I get retrained in any of those (ahem) professions?"Sleeping or jiggling for money isn't gonna get you income with this crowd. I'll be sure to let you know if we get any straight guys as members though (yeah, like that's ever gonna happen.)
By the way Sarah, the Roger guy who is gabbing here is the author of the North African 1880s,1890s Mahdist War
Sarah wrote: "Preston! I figured out that Roger is Roger Kean, the author of those North African novels and have to admit that I'm super impressed with the caliber of your club's members. ..."Hi Sarah, welcome to the mad house (although it's actually entirely sane, it's everywhere else that isn't). Preston is v. good at preston-ganging the good, the bad, and the fugly of otherwise innocent Goodreads members into this elite collection of moaners. I'm humbled by your intent to read something I've written, but should you wish to complain, carp, or whinge about it… tell Preston!
Sarah wrote: "If you (or anyone else for that matter) have suggestions on other M/M romance novels for me to read, I would really love to hear about them...."Lori reads lots of genres but she's read about 189 M/M books and she specializes in paranormal and fantasy M/M with sorcerers, faeries, weir wolves, shape shifters and all sorts strange not-quite-human men in love with other not-quite human men and have pretty much quite human man on man sex.
She's also one of the nicest people on the planet, has a great smile, is brilliant and is a lot fun to chat with.
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I think it's the same mindset that's a virus among fanfiction writers. And if you say anything about copy right, they fly off the handle and whinge and whine about how they're just honoring their favorite book/show/manga/etc. What a bunch of #@%%@^&$.