This is funny for people who like Edward Gorey and Original Star Trek.   http://shaenon.livejournal.com/48834.html#cutid1

I hope Kim wins Design Star on Sunday.

And that someone other than Hung wins Top Chef.

I watch too much television.

The Basic Eight, by real-life Lemony Snicket Daniel Handler (was that readable?), is one of the awesomest books I' ( Read more... )

I will, apparently, do anything Neil Gaiman tells me to do on his blog.  Let's hope he continues to use this power only for good ( Read more... )

"About as perfect as it can be ( Read more... )

Right, because I said I would ...

This is a link to the fanfic I cowrote with 
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The quest for a cell phone has taken over my life.  (That and waiting 5 hours at Goodyear, where I found out my geriatric car needs more help than I can give it.)  So I'm asking for advice.  Even just the "I have T-Mobile and never had a problem advice," which is the only kind my family can give me.  At the moment, price-wise, Sprint is winning.  ( Read more... )

On this one-week anniversary of NO MORE TEACHING, I say to you all, "Hello."  I solemnly swear to actually communicate with you.  Even the people who don't read this LJ!  Merry Memorial Day.

In other news... since I've made it a ritual to occassionally wish my favorite author, Lloyd Alexander, a happy birthday here, I thought I should report that ( Read more... )

So my friend crjace and I have set up a "Finish Harry Potter in 10 pages or less" challenge at the community at
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I'm in Vancouver (Canada ( Read more... )

This post has one intent:

Happy belated Birthday,
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This is the super short version with no spoilers ( Read more... )