I was very sad to hear of Leonard Nimoy's passing.

My first super-sized fandom crush, Mr. Spock. I spent the years from 1984 to 2001 voraciously reading Star Trek fanfiction and hunting down Spock h/c. It was torture in those years before the 'net. I actually owned fanzines, since there wasn't anything else ( Read more... )

A very happy birthday to dear cairistiona7!!!!


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Okay, over the years I've gotten used to slash combo terms such as Viggorlijah and even Bagginsshield, as awful as that is, but tonight for the first time I saw... Gigolas.

Gigolas?

I can't handle that. No, I don't read them, but I can't handle hearing that word, either.

( So I read the other day about BOFA... SPOILER!!!!! )

A very, very happy birthday to dear baranduin! Hey, it's still your birthday in your time zone ( Read more... )

Well, I finished editing my book on climate change this past week, and I've been dead to the world lately when I'm not working, it seems. I'm finally feeling less sleep-deprived. However, it's gotten cold here (for us), and man, do I feel lethargic in cold weather. I can seriously go to bed at 9:00 at night when it's cold and not get up in the ( Read more... )

Happy, happy birthday, dear claudia603My sweet sistah-in-trash, how the years have passed, haven't they? Though I may have been a little scarce lately, I will always be here, and I will always love to read about how your life is going and laugh about our past antics ("ARAGORN!" Remember that one at the museum exhibit?) and look forward to having more good ( Read more... )

This pic made me laugh.


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I am a zombie. I've been editing papers for the past sixteen hours straight just today and now I'm cross-eyed and can barely type this ( Read more... )

There's an adorable Frodo story on ff.net in which a strange ranger named Strider rescues a young Frodo from drowning in the Shire. Very hobbity, very h/c-y. And some stern!Aragorn. It's a WIP, but I quite liked chapter 3.

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