• Guess who modelled for the skulls in Doctor Who episode Heaven Sent...
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• There's a Proportional Representation bill going before parliament. Please ask your MP to vote for it.
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• The 'snunkoople' effect will tell you how funny a word is
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• Brutal baboon battle erupts for ( Read more... )

• Could Spider-Man be black?
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• What's the difference between r/creepshots and The Telegraph?
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• Some excellent writing advice by Chuck Palahniuk
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• A brilliant rant against modern society that I almost entirely disagree with
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• Liverpool FC Threaten To Ban Fans Who ( Read more... )

I've been reading lots of the discussion of Dumbledore's outing with interest. Not, per se, in his being gay or not (it fits in perfectly well to the background, but doesn't really add or subtract much to the plot, which is presumably it wasn't in the book), but in the reaction to it, which was much more interesting ( Read more... )

People that use underlining in web pages ( Read more... )

There's recently been a fair bit of publicity about the alcohol problem this country has - sparked by the resignation of the leader of the Lib Dems over alcohol addiction, and a report that liver cirrhosis is on the rise.  Polls show that people are drinking more to deal with stress and work, but there seems to be more to it than that - a cultural ( Read more... )

So, last night I decided to get to bed early.  We're having a variety of minor problems at work, all of which added up to me having to be in 90 minutes earlier than usual.  Fair enough, I thought - I'll get to bed for 11:30, get a little less sleep than usual, and make it to work early enough to get everything out the way before panic starts ( Read more... )

The new "Schools" thing is nice - lifting the idea from Friends Reunited and making it an additional way to find new LJ people.

However....Friends Reunited have the manpower and the focus to make sure that the schools are correct, as well as the regions they are in.  LJ, apparently, hasn't.

Witness the list of "Provinces" in the UK.  Or the ( Read more... )