I am back in my cubicle again! With a working keyboard! And two big monitors! And relatively more privacy! God, nothing like having all of that taken away for a day to make you realize how much you appreciate what you have ( Read more... )

OMG. POVVER IS STILL OUT AT VVORK SO VVE ARE ALL IN THIS TINY CLASSROOM DOVVNSTAIRS ON MICROSCOPIC MONITORS AND THE DOUBLEU ON MY KEYBOARD DOESN'T VVORK AND HOVV AM I SUPPOSED TO VVORK UNDER THESE CONDITIONS? *CRIES*

ETA: Ws! Sweet, sweet Ws! Who knew the loss of a single letter could wreak such havoc?

ETA, pt. 2: ahahahaha, now one of my ( Read more... )

The new Mountain Goats album is, as will surprise a grand total of no one, awesome, and John Darnielle's Colbert appearance delighted me no end, both because he was as wonderful as ever, and because Colbert is so clearly a huge fan. I didn't think anything could make me love Colbert more, but goddamn, this did it and then some. He doesn't just ( Read more... )

I wanted to say something worth saying about the quite frankly horrifying response to Roman Polanski's arrest, because there isn't enough being said, there could never be enough said. But every time I try, I just devolve into incandescent rage and can't manage anything like coherence ( Read more... )

So having just watched the latest Leverage, I have to ask: Eliot/Hardison/Parker has to exist, right? Can one of you lovely people can point me to some? Preferably filled with snark and sex and poking?

ETA: And this is rather genius line I just heard on QVC in the moment before my TiVo screen opened: This is going to exfoliate physically your ( Read more... )

Dear god, ( JoBros is the fandom that just keeps on giving )

Okay, SO. This has been a seriously sucky week. And seriously sucky weeks... well, suck (yeah, I'm not so much with the eloquent at the moment, sue me). BUT. You know what never, ever fails to make things brighter? ( The EPIC LOVE OF NICK AND JOE JONAS, that's what )

Okay, SO. You know how I've been shrieking about the Jonas Brothers, and I keep posting pictures and videos and squee but all you losers remain unconvinced EVEN THOUGH ANYONE WITH A SOUL CAN SEE HOW IN LOVE THEY ARE? HERE IS THE STORY THAT WILL MAKE YOU SEE THE WRONGNESS OF YOUR WAYS: The Book of Love Has Music in It, by liketheroad (Joe/Nick, 10,090 words) - ( Read more... )

A few excellent articles/posts about the murder of Dr. George Tiller, one of the few late-term abortion providers in the U.S., yesterday:

• Homegrown Terrorism, by amilyn
  
  
• Why I Am Done With Candlelight Vigils, by Gloria Feldt
  
  
• The Murder of Dr. Till, a Foreshadowing, by Cristina Page
  
  
• Who Killed George Tiller?, by Jill Flipovic
  
  
• A list of vigils in Dr. ( Read more... )

So I went to a screening tonight and I got back late to find a shrieking email from misskittye informing me that I had to watch the latest JoBros chat immediately, so I stayed up way too late to do so, and ( HOLY FUCKING GOD )