RTBTCKI the Right before New York ComicCon Edition

A year ago today on the Virginia Tech campus, a gunman killed people for no apparent rhyme or reason. One of those people who died that day was Jamie Bishop son of the author Michael Bishop. Today I remember Jamie and the others who lost their lives or who had their lived affected by this senseless act.

I may be at the Jeff Smith shindig for the CBLDF tonight if my allergies improve. Right now I feel like I have a bowling ball behind my eyes pressing on them and the front of my skull.

I am taking Caroline to the Library today. She wants to go to the children's section and get some books. We have a good library and good weather and I think we could both do with a walk.

I finally figure out what bothers me the most about the lexicon and it has to do with my academic upraising and everyone who keeps saying that this will screw us on academic study for years if Rowling wins.

This is case does not impact Cliff notes or academic musings on the size of Harry's wand or anything of that nature. This is PLAGIARISM plain and simple. If he handed this into any academic institution, they would not publish it and if this was his master's thesis he would fail and get kicked out of the university with a letter of Reprimand attached to his transcript. This is not a derivative work.

I give you from the US Copyright Office what a derivative work is(bold is my add)

A typical example of a derivative work received for registration in the Copyright Office is one that is primarily a new work but incorporates some previously published material. This previously published material makes the work a derivative work under the copyright law. To be copyrightable, a derivative work must be different enough from the original to be regarded as a "new work" or must contain a substantial amount of new material. Making minor changes or additions of little substance to a preexisting work will not qualify the work as a new version for copyright purposes. The new material must be original and copyrightable in itself. Titles, short phrases, and format, for example, are not copyrightable.

Now moving a few words around and changing an adjective doth not a new work make. A few entries that are expansions upon ideas doth not make up for the mammoth amount of material that is plagiarized.

I have this nagging pain in my shoulder which seems to not be getting worse but it is not getting any better. I think it is adding to my cranky level today. I am at yellow heading for orange. But I will suck it up and just do what I need to do for home, hearth and harmony.

I am grateful for all the people I am going to see over the next week.

LJ Idol Week 23 Endurance

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Overheard at a cocktail party for a new hot shot in the publishing industry.

"Well they are very popular now but I don't see them enduring into the next century."
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( Or_the_Long_Haul_as_"In_for_the" )

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True Story

A famous writer of plays is asked by a scholar about a passage in a play that he wrote that had exactly one reading among his friends. Apparently a copy of the play has been circulating among academia and there is a heated debate between this scholar and another one about a certain passage of the play. The scholar gives the playwright his interpretation and that of the other scholar and asked who is right. The response came back from the writer, "How the hell did you get a copy of this? and "You're missing a page" and it is accompanied with the missing script page which of course changes every thing.
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( Speaking_of_Endurance )

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At the swimming pool at a comic book convention

Jo Duffy who, among her many accomplishments, brought Akria to America and worked on a lot of stuff that has endured, decided to take a dip in the pool before the convention.

A number of other fans had the same idea and were talking about the up coming convention.

One person mentioned that they were looking forward to meeting Jo.

One of the other fans snorted derisively and said, "Him? Why would you want to him him? I have and he is a total jerk."

Jo had to dive underwater to stifle her giggles.

I wonder what that fan's face looked like when he saw Jo in context?
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( The_Endurance_of_the_Game )

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I am grateful for all that I have endured to get to this point in my life.
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This was written for the 23rd week of the 4th LJ Idol competition. There will be some sort of vote at the end of the week probably with some weird twist like only left handed people can vote but if you like this, do remember me.