Interesting, thought-provoking political blog post - it's the latest in a series of posts about the overall strategic drive of modern conservatism: reinforcing and strengthening the perception that government as a whole is inherently incapable of acting in a positive way; thus, even when the Republican party is made less popular by a particular ( Read more... )

I've had my brain eaten for the last week or so by X-Men: First Class (it's not entirely good, per se, but put out a movie basically about Prof X and Magneto's courtship and being best friends and then their angsty break-up, and I believe I'm legally obligated to love it). So, a fic rec: Humane Society, a story in which Charles is human, Erik is a ( Read more... )

...okay, sorry to do three posts in one day, BUT - this is pretty special.

Another Bachmann History Flub: The American People Are Worried About ‘The Rise Of The Soviet Union’

In other terrifying presidential campaign news, Rick Perry is now trying to claim that the crazy-fringe political book he published *nine months ago* "is not meant to ( Read more... )

There's a self-serve frozen yogurt place two blocks from my office, with an unbelievably great red velvet cake flavor. I'd never been there before.

INTERNET, I CLEARLY HAVE BEEN LIVING MY LIFE ALL WRONG.

Man, I've had a cranky-making morning. I'll just say that there are few things more awkward than shrieking obscenities at a bus that drove away when you were within three feet of it, that when it goes all the way around the bus loop actually...stops for you. You spend the whole bus ride wondering, "does the driver know I shouted that she should go ( Read more... )

The worst part of working in IT: the cascading error problem. A user encounters an error that you've never had crop up before. You investigate, determine the problem. You deploy a fix. That fix either *causes* another error, or something tags along from the other environment you deployed from that screws something up. You fix the newer error, and * ( Read more... )

In a sign I have likely been in fandom way too long, a thought I had while (finally) watching the last Harry Potter movie: "man, I bet the kink meme is seriously full of tentacle porn because of this scene."

Shame, etc.

HOLY SHIT, look at this actual photo of Michele Bachmann on the cover of Newsweek. There's crazy eyes, and then there's THAT.

Also, the outraged comments on Twitpic about this are hilarious. Yes, how dare the biased media smear a patriot like Bachmann by printing a photo she willingly posed for!

Amusing myself looking for Sherlock season two filming photos. SO MUCH AWESOME. Damnit, BBC, get your shit together - I need to know WHEN THIS WILL AIR, already. Check this out, if you're interested - nothing terribly spoilery, that I noticed; the early part of the set really reinforces my slight tendency to ship John/Lestrade, though, I have to ( Read more... )

Okay, I don't always like Dan Harmon, BUT - his description of plans for the characters in season 3 of Community sound *amazingly great.* (Spoilers, naturally.) Especially Troy's, I think. But, you know, basically everything to do with Troy is made of awesome anyway ( Read more... )