I am a strong independent woman who don't need no snowblower. I can do this. (I'm pretty sure I'm not getting that plastic bag out of the ash tree in the side yard until spring sometime, but oh well ( Read more... )

Massachusetts is a center of learning and one of the best-educated states in the nation. Of course we would come up with a way to make sports fans across the United States dig out their high school chemistry textbooks. YOU'RE WELCOME, AMERICA ( Read more... )

Devil in the White City (Erik Larson): The H.H. Holmes end of things and the World's Fair end of things never really gelled for me - I felt like either Larson wanted to write about Holmes but didn't think there was a book's worth of material there, or wanted to write about the fair but thought it needed spicing up. Which isn't to say I didn't ( Read more... )

Boston, City of Curmudgeons, Reacts Warily to Olympics Bid"Much of the opposition appeared to have been drummed up by No Boston Olympics, a protest group demanding more of a public say in the bid ( Read more... )

...and as God is my witness it's going in the recycling tonight. So, real quick-like: My show from Vividcon, ChildhoodI honestly expected this to be a lot easier to put together than it was. Trying to stay away from being too teenager-heavy was part of what made it more difficult - I mean, there are lots of heavily-vidded shows that focus on ( Read more... )

Ten vid recs in your honor. Congratulations on surviving another year! May the next be easier than the last.

(I used only streaming vids - look, I'm lazy. As vidders reading this are no doubt painfully aware, there's a hilarious progression of streaming options that have been taken away over the years. Remember Imeem? Good times.)

Scorpy ( Read more... )

1) The Peppermint Creme Oreos I had last year were awesome ( Read more... )

The couch lo these many months ago:


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...after multiple last-minute delays, and an hour and forty-five minutes later than arranged for today, my reupholstered couch is here. It looks fine, whatever, I honestly barely care at this point. (The cushions make kind of an odd noise, but if that doesn't go away with use I can always get new inserts, I don't care, I wanted this whole process ( Read more... )

Fair warning, I will discuss past comics versions of storylines and Marvel-released casting etc. information behind the cut.

( Cue fandom explosion in three, two, one... )