Nothing in Avatar, in all its vaunted 3D IMAX glory, gave me the same buzz as the flying scenes in the wretched eight inch airplane version of How To Train Your Dragon I just saw.

Having been celebrating the practically official commencement of summer holidays with the recorded adventures of one Alexia Tarabotti, I was most put out at reaching the conclusion of those adventures already available to the reading public. I was, in fact, far more than put out--dear reader, you can imagine my distress--at the denouement of the ( Read more... )

How to make a tempest in a two liter bottle.

I went out on the town with Mater today. We went out to lunch and did some fun errands, and then I used a word that one does not usually utter in front of one's mother.

"What the %#*#& are they doing here?"

They were a group of three or four people standing on the corner of a good sized intersection a few blocks from my house, holding aloft ( Read more... )

Gemini Girlie: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA ( Read more... )

Go read.

My favorites in this issue are probably Song of Shakti by Shweta Narayan, Giant Steps by Jaime Lee Moyer, The Sea King's Second Bride by C.S.E. Cooney, which I loved in at least six different ways, and Tinkerbell by Stephanie Parent, which made me cry. I'm not even entirely sure why.

SQUUUUUUUUUUUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.

( Semi-coherent, not really spoilery )

Here's a short excerpt from Carol Ann Duffy's poem "The Long Queen," from her collection Feminine GospelsThe Long Queen couldn't die ( Read more... )

It never goes smooth. How come it never goes smooth?!

--Mal Reynolds, Safe

Watching the lead up to the big vote.

I am no longer convinced the opposition team is even trying to make sense, and I freely acknowledge that they are not making any effort to use actual facts.

Ugh, I'm sorry. I should write something intelligent and rational or else keep my trap shut, but I'm just so frustrated. Honestly, half the people ( Read more... )