Bidding for the first round of auction offers at help_japan ended today, but there are some great celebrity experiences on the block at japan_calls. It's cool to see who all has agreed to get involved. Check out the choices!

I made this vegan mac & cheese recently, and it was awesome. I skipped the cayenne just because I don't do that kind of spice generally, and I skipped the bread crumbs -- more out of laziness and time constraints than health consciousness, although there was that factor as well. I would skip the added salt next time, too, unless I were using an ( Read more... )

I am equal parts incredulous and excited that there is going to be yet another Fast/Furious movie. How did I not know about Fast Five, especially when it is set to be released in just over a month?! And it's going to have not only Dom and Brian but Roman and Han as well! I am so ready for more ridiculously unbelievable, carporny, slashy fun!

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Usually I have whatever book I'm reading with me while using "my home inversion table"1 because otherwise it can get surprisingly boring simply to hang "upside-down" for five minutes. But I think I'll need to grab a different selection from my pile of "library books" for my next table usage.

I just started reading Bethany Keeley's The Book of " ( Read more... )

I'm trying to get over my impossible must catch up mentality and just jump back into LJ in the present, in the hope that I can do better at keeping up instead. I still also hope to get to at least some of the comment replies I owe, but, if I can't -- well, I apologize (again) and redirect to the keeping up over catching up attempt ( Read more... )

Does anyone need/desire an AO3 invitation, for Yuletide challenge participation or in general? I have one to spare.

Also, if you weren't yet aware, sign-ups for this year's Yuletide are open now, through tomorrow evening! (You may want to check out the information at yuletide_admin for details on how sign-ups work this time.)

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I'm taking a few minutes on my parents' ridiculously slow and outdated basement desktop computer for perusal of the futon critic's reviews of upcoming U.S. television premieres, to aid my decisions about what I feel like trying to view. And I am left blinking at the LoLWtFery of Paul Gross doing this. Yes, it's that Paul Gross; I was thrown for ( Read more... )

Best Buy staff have my laptop in custody, to pop its hood and try to make it stop shutting down before it has even fully completed its start-up procedures, and to get its media files playing without stuttering. (I realize but don't care how I warped that metaphor; I'll probably even repeat the offense. . . !) I also have limited opportunities to ( Read more... )

Disregarding all catch-up kinds of things I could be saying or asking here, I have a random question that I'm sure at least one of you will be able to answer (and I think I could even guess the person who'll be able to answer it the fastest). In which episode of Sports Night did Dana try, with supposed magical powers, to make Dan and Casey ( Read more... )