A couple of days ago, this xkcd comic was posted, and I punched the 'bookmark' button about 30 seconds after I saw it in my RSS feed:


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Has anybody seen this season?


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So far, 2010 has started well. I met
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Guys, I got the most awesome fic ever for Yuletide.

Title: Scones and Violence
Fandom: xkcd
Pairing: Hat Guy/ Hat Girl
Characters: Hat Guy, Hat Girl, Beret Guy
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Summary: What do you give a girl who has everything? Or at least, enough firepower to get it.

You should go and read it immediately! Proven to cheer you up on the ( Read more... )

( Not really a spoiler, but cut just in case )

( So today is November 9, which is definitely the craziest day in modern German history. )

German federal elections were held today. Results are in now, and my worst fears were confirmed -- the two parties on the right (Liberals and Christian Democrats, but "Liberal" means something completely different in Germany and most of Europe than in the US and the Christian Democrats are actually no longer particularly Christian) gained more than ( Read more... )

I just discovered Sarah Rees Brennan's (sarahtales) love declaration to children's books, especially The Secret Garden. I've always loved that book, and I've always known that I love it because of Mary, but I never really realized this:

I'm not saying that Mary is manly. She's not, and Colin isn't particularly feminine, though he may have been experimenting ( Read more... )

I have a paper due tomorrow, so of course I'm doing my best to procrastinate.

I've been watching the men's high bar gymnastics final. On national German television. It was painful, to say the least. Before the start of the games, somebody has obviously decided that the main star is going to be Fabian Hambüchen, the high bar world champion. For the ( Read more... )