So earlier today, out of the blue I wanted an Arthur/Eames crossover with the Pern universe. OMG. So I looked to see if this had already been written (don't laugh; this is a tremendously prolific and imaginative fandom) and there was this prompt for it, but it's unfilled:

Cobb is a Weyrleader and Mal is his Weyrwoman. Arthur is a wingleader/bronze ( Read more... )

Cats Attack! Scratching Post

“The Man Whisperer” Dating Advice Book: Stop Nagging, Or Else You’ll Die Alone

The Onion Magic Answer Ball
...I want this

Cat vs. Internet
OMG SO TRUE

Regretsy: The Mother of All 9-11 Posts
Wow.

Other Souths: Diversity and Difference in the U.S. South, Reconstruction to Present
I've really enjoyed this book. Today I read about Betty Jean Owens, and I found an article by the same author about the same subject:
At the Dark End of the Street: A New History

Watch This: First 'Harry Potter and the ( Read more... )

I'm so sad I have to return Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex to the library today. It was the first Mary Roach book I'd read, and I really enjoyed it. I love geeky sex facts, and this also was very resonant with a feminist view of the history of science, in my mind. Victorian gynecologists practiced on patients without looking at their ( Read more... )

My dad, who can't order things online, wanted me to get for him a book about Japanese wartime experiments on POWs. I also bought Helmet For My Pillow as a surprise to lighten things up a bit.

Anyone care to recommend some quality female-friendly scifi? I.e., no John Ringo No or Gor books?

Dancing plague

Laughter epidemic

Rand Paul: W.H. criticism of BP sounds "un-American"

The lesson of Rand Paul: libertarianism is juvenile

Why Rand Paul Matters

Senate passes massive Wall Street regulation bill

Bush lied about his military service, and so did Reagan

Jimi Hendrix's patchwork coat heads to the Museum of the American Indian

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Awesome Birthday Candle
OMG

Craigslist ad: You stuck my flash drive in your vagina

All About Anne (of Green Gables) ["new" Anne book coming out]

Weekly Pulse: What would Jesus insure? The crazy, unregulated world of Christian health insurance ministries

FL city commissioner: gays, Muslims, atheists should not be allowed to hold office

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The Art of the Disney Princess

beatonna: A Book By Its Gorey Cover