My longsuffering Nokia appears to be dead, so I'm in the market for a new phone. The good news is that my Cingular contract is also up, so I'm hoping to wheedle a new phone out of them. So I'm opinion-shopping:

Poll LBAll of the above are (more or less) free with the contract. I've always taken the free handout, so I know *nothing* about phones. Any ( Read more... )

I have three words for all of you:

Go. See. Collateral.Love, love, love. I could rave about Michael Mann, Tom Cruise and Jamie Foxx all night, and probably will. Just not here. Suffice to say it's beautifully made and brilliantly acted. The climax is a bit overblown, but that's my only gripe. The characters are well-drawn and the plotline is ( Read more... )

Don't know where this came from. I'm on cold medicine ( Read more... )

Today's must-read news story is (belive it or not) from USA Today.It's about juries and the so-called CSI-effect. There is not enough Word in the world for this article. I enjoy CSI, too, but it has skewed peoples' understanding of criminal investigations horribly. This should be required reading in jury rooms ( Read more... )

Congrats to everyone involved with the Festival of Fic -- those who won, those who were nominated, those who worked hard to put it all together. There are so many amazing authors and so much amazing fic out there -- you all deserve congratulations.

Also, to those of you who voted -- seriously? Um, wow. Thanks.

( If you hate gushing, this is not the post for you... )

This is belated:

Happy Birthday carmen_sandiego!

Saw The Village tonight. (Don't worry, I'll keep this non-spoilery.) After a good bit of thinking, I've decided I liked half of it. I'll say up front I love Shyamalan -- his movies never fail to be atmospheric and beautiful to look at. I love the was he structures his films as series of perfectly-matted ( Read more... )

Rumors of my demise have been greatly exaggerated.

After a super-busy week at work, the parents came into town for a long weekend, so I've been out working and/or playing tourist for the last six days. (Apologies to the flist; I'm horribly behind.)

( We have seen: )

I am unworthy to post such badness. Thank all of you for the screamingly funny badfic, you are sd-1 and ff.net rolled into one.

Drumroll please.....

seirina wrote A Little Ditty 'bout Jack and Diane
carrielynnobu wrote some requested Trory
delordra wrote A NIGHT AT THE OPERA
carmen_sandiego wrote I Still Remember
ciachick711 wrote L+L= tru luv
thestickywicket wrote Wolverine Was Mad
andsoitbegins wrote Evil Mr Sark
bbunny wrote ( Read more... )

I've been bowled over by the badness -- you all make me so proud ( Read more... )

It's that time again, kids....

The Second Annual International Badfic DayThose of you who were around for the first badfic day remember the joy, the pain, the exhilaration of scraping the bottom of the barrel, of stooping to reach the lowest common denominator, and succeeding ( Read more... )