I just visited the Flexicon because it had been a while. Looks like it's been a while since any of you visited, either, so this is a nudge. The current topic is Sports; the one before this was Medi-magic. It's not too late to contribute to any of the topic threads. You are equally welcome to contribute ideas of your own or to post memorable ideas ( Read more... )

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Today's flowers at my house. The weather gurus have forecast snow and a freeze, which may kill these by evening, so I trundled out in the cold, drippy drear and took these few pictures to remember them by. One more picture to come. I'd add it here, but I can't see how to make LJ post two at once.

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This from the Guardian Unlimited (on Saturday): an article headlining Tony Blair's assertion in Attitude, a gay publication, that he believes the British electorate would not "reject a Prime Minister simply on the basis that he was gay." Apparently, Blair also went on to scold the Anglican church for its unenlightened position on the issues ( Read more... )

Guardian Unlimited banner headlines this morning:
          BP chief paid £15,000 a day (the fuck!?! and i imagine the rent's a bit dear on his flat in town)
          Poor ferry trade cause P&O losses (bringing aboard a better class of fairy might help, luvs)
          Tories pledge speed hump freeze (no comment necessary, really          Call for ( Read more... )

If you are not already following blythely's hilarious, ruthlessly sharp H/D satire of British Parliamentary banality, "Corridors of Power," run along over to her journal and read it. You needn't like H/D (or even HP fic) much to enjoy this send up of the British Parliament. For what it's worth, Harry Potter serves in the House of Commons as Lib Dem MP for ( Read more... )

There's a new topic at the Flexicon: Medical Magic.
According to the topic post, they hope to collect HP fanfiction's best ideas about:
- The role and training of Healers and other medical personnel ( Read more... )

I am all over love of iTunes at the moment. Yay for loading much music on my faithful little iBook. That's almost all I accomplished this weekend while my sinuses exploaded and made me miserable. Actually, I also made a powerpoint slide show of the PRB Arthurian paintings I want to show in class tomorrow. But now I wonder ( Read more... )

Okay, you read the subject line. You probably want to stop reading now if you don't give a flip about novels from this period. However, if you remember an 18th- or 19th-century novel or two and you are interested in characterization in writing, then you might be interested in being a participant in this online study. Although I received this call ( Read more... )