Since site signatures and profiles offer limited space for links and summaries, I thought I'd create a list at the top of the LJ that I can update when fics are posted ( Read more... )

... for what seems to be my annual post, to wish flisters who see this all the best for Christmas and the New Year.

Just in case you haven't seen it ( Read more... )

Hm, I never did get around to that "17 posts in '17" thing, so this is the first of the year ... Oh well. Anyway, I happened to see a link to this post on MuggleNet and thought it was well worth highlighting:

Five Moments that Allude to Dumbledore's Relationship with GrindelwaldTwo of those are from PS/SS, two from OotP, and one from CoS. Not ( Read more... )

... look, when we said we wanted you to elect Trump so Brexit!UK would no longer be thought of as the stupidest, most xenophobic nation around, it was a jokeThere are various scenarios around in which Trump being full of shit means it's not as bad as it could be, but they involve him not actually doing anything of importance -- either because he ( Read more... )

Is anyone planning to attend "Nine Worlds Geekfest 2016" in London this August? I haven't been to the earlier ones, but this time the venue is within a few minutes walk of my flat, so I feel I should probably make an effort if others are. :)

As always, late off the mark, but hey ... if you'd like a card from me, please comment here with your address etc. In the way of these things it may end up being a "holidays" card depending on the post, but that probably isn't a surprise. :)

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I just received a spammish email via FF.net pointing me to a German fanfic site (in English) called Inkitt, and inviting me to submit a fic (NTLJ as it happens) to some sort of contest they're running ( Read more... )

These notes have been sitting on my hard drive for ages, but this recent post on Reddit from someone who inspected the original manuscript of A Dance with Dragons, and which seemed to support one of my pet theories (or at any rate nix a popular alternative), reminded me of it. So here are some comments about various mysterious identities and so on ( Read more... )

At the moment, there's some sort of new construction taking place on Victoria Street opposite the tube exit from Victoria Station, which is hidden behind a sort of hoarding arrangement. As you get to the top of the stairs and come out onto ground level, you are confronted with a giant arty piece of a brooding feline, thus:


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