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She's going to Disney World!
I just read about a four-year-old girl, McKenna May, who has spent half her life battling leukemia. The Make-A-Wish Foundation offered to fund her wish, a trip to Disney World. Unfortunately, they can only pay for the trip if both parents agree, and her idiot father didn't. He said that she wasn't "sick enough" to deserve it, despite the fact ( Read more... ) -
I like my movies with popcorn; hold the nut bar.
With all the talk in the media lately about a certain actor who shall remain nameless [*cough-TomCruise-cough*], his controlling behavior toward his soon-to-be-ex-beard-wife, and his whack-job religious beliefs, I reflected on the fact that I've had zero interest in watching any of his movies in a very long time. (I would however, probably watch ( Read more... ) -
Who vs. Whom? Do you know when to use each?
aralias recently mentioned a small grammar disagreement at work. It got me wondering how many people on my friends' list know a relatated but less well known rule, namely, When does one use the word "who" and when does one use "whom" instead?.
Poll Who vs. Whom?
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REC: Mytho Logique
Do you like myths? Bawdy humor? Animation? Any two of the above? Go watch the video Mytho Logique. I was especially amused by the inital meeting of Zeus and the poor little satyr protagonist. (I don't think Zeus minded too much ( Read more... ) -
REC: Josh Lanyon books
Thanks to my Nook, and the ability to immediately download the books I want, I just read the entire Adrien English mystery series by Josh Lanyon. Not satisfied, I then read another Josh Lanyon title, Fair Game. I will soon begin reading even more of his books, and I recommend that you read his books too.I love reading mysteries, and the idea of ( Read more... ) -
"this is a good one" I doubt it.
Occasionally, I'll find a good story on FF.net, so I go shifting through the summaries from time to time, looking for something worth clicking on. Today, I found this riveting summary:
"this is a good one i work on it all day"
Care to guess how tempted I was to click on that story? "How do I know I'll loathe thee? Let me count the ways." -
Legal Question for UK
I've got a HP plot bunny I'm working on, and I need to know about same-sex parents' adopting in the UK. Specifically, if one person is the biological parent of a child, can his/her same-sex partner adopt that child? (The other biological parent has given up parental rights.) If the answer is yes, then do you know in what year that became legal ( Read more... ) -
Some parents just deserve a stake in the heart
Is it just me, or is the name "Renesmee"--the name of the vampire baby in Twilight--one of the most hideous names ever bestowed on a baby girl? I think it's supposed to be a mash-up of Renee and Esme, but I can't seem to pronounce it any way other than "Renee-Smee", calling to mind images of a fat pirate in a striped shirt.
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Random Trivia for Glee fans
While strolling through the interwebz, I happened to stumble across a trivia page about deer. (Don't ask.) One answer seemed to be of interest to fans of Kurt Hummel on Glee.
Q: Some red deer stags do not grow antlers. What are these non-antlered deer known as? A: Hummels. Hummels are known to grow larger than normal antlered males. It is ( Read more... )