Well done, that writer . You managed to make up for having to miss out on Tennant and Tate in Much Ado About Nothing ( Read more... )

I think I've packed more in the last month than into the previous three:

( Oh, I did so much stuff! )

Hit and run, but I just can't resist posting this:

If Ikea made manuals for Science Fiction things.

Particularly fond of the Tjardiis, with its components of 'wibbly-wobbly timey-wimey stuff' and its 'infinite number of wooden pegs'.

Glorious.

Some people are younger than me, I have noticed, and may therefore benefit from my wisdoms and ancient knowledges (ancient knowledge here being defined as something I learned decades ago, as opposed to those things I learned last week).

Wisdom No. 1.If you are using superglue (elephant glue, epoxy resin, or similar) always wear gloves. This ( Read more... )

Our house is now safer than it has ever been.

We can't unlock the front door.

Even from the inside.

*headesk*

It's been like that since yesterday. It'll have to wait like that till tomorrow. I was not calling out a locksmith on a Sunday during a holiday weekend for a five minute job. Even less on an easter Monday ( Read more... )

R.I.P Elizabeth Sladen & Sarah Jane Smith.

We'll miss you both.

Elizabeth Sladen dies, 19th April, 2011.

Yes, the exec has been hard at work watching daytime telly, snorfelling chocolates, and quaffing champagne liasing, admin-ing, and numbering things then labelling them with little sticky labels, and after all this work are pleased to announce that registration is open!

In honour of this auspicious occasion I completely stole thismaz's reg post from last ( Read more... )

Off the coast of Honshu. News media reporting it as 7.4, but USGS says 4.7 so there may have been mistaken reporting going on, though it was enough to shake buildings in Tokyo. Currently there's a tsunami warning.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recent/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-13005110

Round One of help_japan has closed and it looks as though an amazing amount of money has been raised for helping the victims of the quake, tsunami, and nuclear crisis.

Congratulations and thanks to melusinahp (HP fic), kerravonsen (B7 fic), and lynnylou (Buffy fic). Your fics will be with you as soon as I can possibly manage. Don't forget to let me know if you have specific ( Read more... )

The good news is that I don't need surgery ( Read more... )