http://www.harrypotterfanfiction.com/

There is some amazing literature here. A must read.

I am also a ninja.

Have you ever watched a TV show that involves a somewhat casual or "cool" character, only to be tickled green to find that his name is actually "Clarence" or "Eugene" or "Corey"? Such a name is typically tossed away as a one-episode gag, never to be heard again. Or is it?

I read Wikipedia articles and see consistent references to Bartholomew Jo-Jo " ( Read more... )

This is an essay I wrote for my University of Massachusetts at Lowell application. I suppose it's a little heavy on the patriotism, but they love this crap. (Note: the essay had to be meticulously edited to fit onto one page, the university's limit. No, I didn't think to reduce the font size. Damn.)

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One of the highlights of this week, for ( Read more... )

I've been listening to what I would liberally classify as a variety of music lately. I'm such a god damn classicist that I always feel proud when I hear something modern and like it. I've found that the fusion of anything classical/orchestral with almost any modern genre is enjoyable (at least, if it's well done). The James Bond series of films are ( Read more... )

From the Arkansas Daily Sun:

A former National Park Service employee hell-bent on getting motorcycles off the lower slopes of the San Francisco Peaks is waging battle with a bulldozer and a chainsaw.

Activist J.D. Protiva is taking Coconino National Forest rangers on tours of the trees he's logged without permits and areas he's closed without ( Read more... )

This is without a doubt the greatest computer game known to man. I'm sure you have read Poe... and watched "clay-mation" ... now:

SEE THEM IN TANDEM!

The Dark Eye is truly glorious. I'm not actually kidding, either. It's the scariest game ever. I played it ten years ago at my aunt's house. Now I'm downloading (probably illegally) the game once ( Read more... )

I am now accepting checks in person or by mail. All shipments should be postmarked by 8/21/06. Thank you. Nobody likes a birthday-too belated.

They were... they were like little, delectable cherubs... crunchy, soft... toasted (they were excellent untoasted as well) ... and the brown cinnamon... my god.

Dad needs to go to the supermarket.

I went to see them. Didn't pay much attention.

I am bored. Must sleep.