From an interview with Gail Simone about making Barbera Gordon into Batgirl again:

For many years, Babs has had to shoulder the responsibility of being one of the very few heroes with a disability, one of the few in a wheelchair who doesn't psionically get up and go for a stroll every few years. That is also a problem that needs addressing. And I ( Read more... )

This is an awesome Dad:

http://waveatthebus.blogspot.com/

Here's from the article on Yahoo:

Rain Price will never forget the first day of his sophomore year of high school. On the bus, packed with classmates from his suburban Utah school, Rain peered out the window, mortified.

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This is possibly the funniest thing I've seen dealing with X-Men: First Class:

http://www.genevievevalentine.com/2011/06/ten-things-you-should-know-about-x-men-first-class/

It starts with:

QUOTE - "1. This gay love story ( Read more... )

Just put Kaz on the coach for the first leg of her Great American Adventure.

It's gonna be weird not having her around for 2 months.

Been seeing "suspicious comments" or "spam comments" in posts instead of real comments?

This explains your problem:

LJ Spam blocking failFor those who don't want to follow the link, basically LJ implemented a new spam filter thing that hides comments with links in if the links aren't to websites on their 'whitelist'. Which is basically the ( Read more... )

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Penguin, being tickled, making the most adorkable noise ever. Seriously cute.

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Merry Christmas, Feliz Navidad, Happy Hanukkah, Merry Sithmas, etc. And if you don't celebrate at this time of year, for whatever reason, I hope you have happiness in general.

Am going afk for the next couple of days to enjoy everything. Stay safe and have a good one.

Dear Internets:

Kaz made it to Swindon safe. Currently she can't get on her Grandma's internet, so no updates from her, but that might change.

Love me.