In case you’ve not seen it, Amazon has evidently given into the Religious Reich. Make sure you check out this lovely gem, also linked at the bottom of the post.

So. What can you do?

• Sign the petition. I have no idea if these petitions are even slightly effective, but it’s there.
• Get your wishlist off of Amazon. I’ve been using Wishlist.com for over a year. I adore it. There’s even a little bookmarklet thingy that lets you add things at the click of a button. Tomorrow, I’ll be moving my wishlist (CDs, DVDs and books) off of Amazon and putting all of it on my Wishlist.com wishlist. My Amazon wishlist will stay up, but I’ll be pointing folks to my Wishlist.com wishlist.
• Write to the member services people. Let them know that this is a bunch of horseshit (whether or not you use that term is completely up to you.

This is horseshit (I happen to like the term). If they’re going to cave in to this kind of pressure, do they really need or deserve your money?  If they’re starting with this, are they then going to be moving on to other “adult” themes, such as relationships, theoretical  physics, religion, straight sex, and politics?

Why yes, me.

I have this knack for being one or two degrees away from Greatness. I think this is one of my lots in life. I know fantastic people. Clay. Christopher. Steve. Lisa. Shaun. People who are either on the verge of Famous, who should be famous or are famous in certain circles. With Twitter as popular as it is, I’m also able to follow people like Greg Grunberg, Wil Wheaton, Brent Spiner, and Brea Grant.

This week, I added two more people to my degrees of separation. I got to correspond with Sarah Avery, an author of AWESOME pagan fiction, and Barbara Bretton, an author of AWESOME knitting fiction. I’ve just read both of their latest works, and they’re fantastic. I can’t recommend them more highly.