I'm sure most of you've seen it already, but I know there are some baseball peeps on my f-list, so I linked it just in case.

Yankee pitcher Corey Lidle dies in plane that crashed into a high-rise in Manhattan.

More lists from the last meme (and wow, do I suck with finishing these):

For poetrychik:

( Lance )

Lest anyone say I didn't warn enough in advance, I'm pretty sure I'm deleting my journal for Lent next year. A few of my friends did it last year, and I'm curious what effect the absence of LJ from my life would have on my writing, my enjoyment of fandoms, my relationships with friends, and the way I experienced events in real life ( Read more... )

Things what aren't good:

Opening up the page where The Sacrifices Arc's seventh and last book is updating, to find the genres listed as "Tragedy/Horror".

DO NOT KILL THE MAIN CHARACTERS, YOU HARRIDAN. Or I will do--something BAD. I WILL. You watch me.

Amish girl, 13, asked to be shot in exchange for gunman freeing the others.

Her sister, who survived, knows now how much she was loved. That's...some kind of legacy, I guess.

Jesus.

A friend of mine is a member of a number of Buddhist groups and communities and shared this post from buddhists. It represents the sort of dialogue I'd like to see between major religious factions (and left me with a positive feeling, which happens seldom enough when reading about the clash of ideologies).

( A Muslim, a Buddhist, and a Christian Walk Into Starbucks... )

Because I promised the lovely ahestele, and I could use some reading material myself:

Rec me a book. I'm partial to fantasy, queer, and supernatural lit, not partial to het (though it's not a dealbreaker if the story is good). If you can't come up with a specific book, rec me an author whose works you love.

Thanks!

(I'm aware I'm backlogged on ( Read more... )

Zee questions (answer at least one):

1) Why I like him/her.
2) Why I dislike him/her.
3) What plot I'd use in a fic about him/her.
4) What superpower he/she would have.
5) Who would be his/her ideal partner.

For memories_defeat:

( Bob Bryar )

Zee questions (answer at least one):

1) Why I like him/her.
2) Why I dislike him/her.
3) What plot I'd use in a fic about him/her.
4) What superpower he/she would have.
5) Who would be his/her ideal partner.

For ninjetti75:

( Dean )

Zee questions (answer at least one):

1) Why I like him/her.
2) Why I dislike him/her.
3) What plot I'd use in a fic about him/her.
4) What superpower he/she would have.
5) Who would be his/her ideal partner.

For strina:

( Severus Snape )