-
In which I wax ranty
An incomplete list of things I'd be perfectly satisfied never to see again, thank you, in Sherlock fanfiction. In no particular order:
1. Mystrade seriously presented as canonical. There is no evidence that Lestrade and Mycroft have ever even met.
2. Hobbit crossovers/fusions. Or Star Trek crossovers/fusions. Or any “ooh these two completely ( Read more... ) -
Placeholder
Do I have a Livejournal account under my Facebook name, "Susan Cactuswren"? I don't recall ever starting one. -
(Untitled)
There are books you can gulp down at a sitting, or at most in a day or two: tasty, delicious even, but not difficult to get through. There are books that take more labor: books you have to nibble at for some time. And there's another category.
I've finally finished John Crowley's Little, Big; or, the Fairies' Parliament. It's in that third ( Read more... ) -
Pizza?
For years I wondered where my mother, one of the great non-cooks of all time, got the idea that Wonder Bread topped with ketchup and Velveeta, warmed under the broiler until the Velveeta was barely softened, could possibly be classified as "pizza".
Now I know.
-
JREF debanned!
Nothing could please me more. But I tend to agree with PZ Myers at Pharyngula: "Responding to a violation by automatically yanking the whole account is not appropriate and civilized behavior, especially when it can be resolved by an amicable communication. How about communicating first, and then yanking if someone is intransigent?" -
Just a shameless LAM
Socks. I made socks.
For the longest time I'd had the idea that socks were hard -- I knew people knitted them, but I thought they must surely be difficult or at least in some way very tricky. (The odd thing is that I've heard other knitters say the same thing about fairly simple knitting techniques: "Oh, it's a lovely pattern, but I couldn't ( Read more... ) -
Knowing when to apologize
One thing I greatly admired Barack Obama for during his campaign was his adamant refusal to apologize for things he hadn't said.
The Republican campaign, in standard Republican form, would come up with some strained deliberate misinterpretation of something he had said, and claim that their wild spin on it was what he'd meant. Perhaps the most ( Read more... ) -
PETA and the AKC
It is an undeniable, irrefutable fact that the AKC’s breeding practices have led to many dog breeds being dreadfully inbred, perpetuating and spreading health conditions such as hip dysplasia.
It is also a fact that many dog breeds have been over-bred to conform to increasingly preposterous “breed standards”. This has resulted in tiny, fragile ( Read more... )
Click to view