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not dead yet
What do you know, it's been more than two years since I've posted here, and I'm only back to link you to this, because you, beloved if neglected friends, are precisely the people who need to see it.
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What would surprise Captain America? The thrilling conclusion!
One of my previous posts about what kinds of historical change might have surprised Captain America after he was woken up from a 70-year-long period of hibernation has gotten linked around enough that I'm a bit overwhelmed by comments from nice and enthusiastic people I've never met before. This is flattering, and I'm grateful, but ... OK, a couple ( Read more... ) -
What would surprise Captain America? The sequel
So there were a lot of excellent comments on the first edition of this post (both the LJ version and the DW version) but then they made me think about what I left out, so here's some ( more stuff that would surprise Captain America when he got woken up after 70 years frozen in ice: ) -
What would surprise Captain America?
I've been reading a lot of Avengers fics - there's been a lot to read - and I've been liking many of these fics quite a lot. Except that there's this one thing that's driving me crazy, so crazy that I keep having to back-button out of perfectly good fics before Nick Fury and the Hulk can even begin to get their freak on, which is kind of tragic. ( Read more... ) -
that meme that's going around, that cold that's going around too
Oh you know the one:
Pick up the nearest book to you.
Turn to page 45.
The first sentence describes your sex life in 2012.
Psychoanalytic theory would appear to be dependent upon the activation of scenarios with visual, auditory, and narrative dimensions.Well, that sounds promising. I'll have to try it out as soon as I get over this horrible cold ( Read more... ) -
coolest library fundraiser ever, plus, a plea for assistance
So among the several glories of Toronto is the Merrill library, which is a branch of the public library system devoted entirely to science fiction, including an archive of convention programs and zines and other paper ephemera related to fandom, which is an amazing resource. And the Merrill is holding a fundraiser in the form of a SFF short-story ( Read more... ) -
Thank you!
Wow you guys thank you for the delightful blue spiders now decorating my user page! I am heartened and cheered up feel much better! So kind of you ( Read more... ) -
amazing feats
A friend of a friend wrote this in ninth grade and I've treasured it up in my head ever since:
Keats and Yeats
on roller skates
went rolling through a wood
Said Yeats to Keats:
"Amazing feats!
Your poetry is good."
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So, speaking of amazing feats of genius, there is this astonishing (and only sort of credible) news. Those wacky jokers at ( Read more... )