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One of my worst faults is that I see most things in black and white, which makes it fairly impossible for me to have rational discussions with those who don't agree with me. (I can discuss, and understand others' points of view, but not rationally.) Which means I simply *don't get* the arguments against fanfic that have been appearing lately -- ( Read more... ) -
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Happiest of birthdays to two of my most favorite people in the whole world: audrey_cooper and vivwiley. Lots of love and best wishes for a fabulous remainder of 2010 to both of you. :-) -
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Thank you for the birthday wishes! I had a great weekend, meaning I ate a lot of good food and bought clothes that actually fit and were on sale. Woot!
In other earth-shattering news, I managed to hack my work ID badge and insert a picture of a drunken Bender where my face used to be, and it STILL WORKS. Fear my passive-aggressive nonconformity! -
Anarchy [and death] in the U.K.
No, no, no! Malcolm McLaren died.I consider "Fans" one of the best albums of the 1980s. Seriously. No one else could have fused opera and new wave and come out with a halfway decent product ( Read more... ) -
Linky and TV-y and toothy and arty
I love bookplates. It turns out Yale University has a collection of approximately 1 million (seriously!), and some are currently on display. One of the earliest plates dates from the fifteenth century. AWESOME ( Read more... ) -
Calling Comice
but also anyone else who might be interested:
http://delectablyfree.com/
A blog of gluten-free, dairy-free, egg-free, and sugar-free recipes. And everything actually looks GOOD! -
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I am a basket of weepy today and don't want to wish that on anyone else, but I really, really want to share this essay on Hattie McDaniel.
http://moviemorlocks.com/2010/02/17/hattie-mcdaniels-path-to-her-oscar/ -
Another fannish PSA
To paraphrase Bart*: impossible as it seems, this week both blows AND sucks ( Read more... ) -
Oooooooooh, arrows
PSA on My First Fandom*: a trailer for Ridley Scott's Robin Hood.
::wipes away drool::
Even if this is a cesspool of anachronistic schlock, I am still going to love it. *g*
*That would be Disney's Robin Hood, who was an animated fox. I've survived and loved pretty much everything in between, even Kevin Costner ::shudder::
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