I'm astonished and saddened about the referendum results in the UK, especially since it appears that many people didn't actually know what they were voting for? I can't even. All my sympathies to folks currently living and working in Britain.

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Dave Eggars has a fairly damning report on a Trump rally in Sacramento. Damning for what it says ( Read more... )

In case you missed it, Allie Brosh of Hyperbole and a Half was on Fresh Air last night. (Trigger warning for discussion of suicide and depression.)

I didn't think it needed saying, but apparently it does: don't bring your parents to work.

The chart of seasonal pies.

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Noted for later reading: Why I made terrible decisions, or, poverty thoughts ( Read more... )

OK, I can do this:

I currently have 135 works archived at the AO3. Pick a number from 1 (the most recently posted) to 135 (the first thing I posted there), and I’ll tell you three things I currently like about it.

(Yeah, I know I've been quiet. This state of affairs may or may not continue.)

Crossposted from DW, where there are
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... a galette is a pie, right? Right.

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You Look Fab does a whole rundown today on making skirts flattering: here.

Did you hear the awful news about Google Reader? Waaaah. Lifehacker has some alternatives.

Oh, no: in other sad news, The Boston Phoenix is shutting down. (via Charlie Pierce) And the radio station is gone, too? Woe! WFNX was ( Read more... )

I shall take prompts, therefore ( Read more... )

Folks who are into constructed languages may find this article about a complete invented language intriguing. The article goes from endearingly geeky to kinda creepy, as the conlanger learns the uses to which some people are putting his work. Fascinating, really.

Awww, Hark a Vagrant is so lovely. And it really does capture the dynamic of the ( Read more... )

Yeah, yeah, US politics, already. I cannot wait for the election to be over. ::twitches::

People who can't handle the stress are invited, nay, encouraged to cheer yourselves up with a visit to
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HiLoBrow is running a 25-part series on the one and only James Tiberius Kirk. Can't wait to see what they come up with!

An Englishman relates his experience at the first modern Olympic games in 1896. Do I really need to warn for racism & nationalism? If I do, then I do ( Read more... )

Unlike many of you, I don't get a CSA delivery. But I live just down the street from one of the best grocery stores in the area (not Whole Paycheck), so there's no shortage of good produce for me to buy. And sometimes I get over-ambitious, and then I succumb to vegetable anxiety. It is however nice to hear that my standard protocol of roasting ( Read more... )

Heh. It takes me a month after seeing The Avengers to figure out why I'm so interested in reading fic about a highly-competent and controlled redhead and her damaged male partner. Hello, X-Files fan here.

... X-Files fan lacking some self-awareness, fine. ::facepalm::

Crossposted from DW, where there are
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