I ran across this webcomic and really enjoyed it. So noted so I can stick in my feed.

Oh, this is right on point. (Must email N for drinks!)

The Hairpin stands up for Lina Lamont.

I'm sorry, I am not trading in my hefty tea mug for a delicate china cup.

This story reminds me of Otter. Hope she's doing okay!

Crows are amazing, yo.Hollywood ( Read more... )

Got a bike? Don't get too attached to it.

Fascinating article about plant crime. Although it makes sense: people get obsessed with the widest variety of things, and the urge to steal a rare plant comes from the same place as the urge to bring a camera into a movie screening, I suspect.

Also interesting: this article on cruise ship foodIf you're ( Read more... )

In case you were wondering what would happen to all the rats in the NYC sewers... wonder no longer. Ew?

I defy any sports fan to read this article about a tragedy-plagued high school baseball team in western Maryland without crying. FNL fans, I think, will find it particularly compelling.

Harper's has an interesting history of the game Monopoly ( Read more... )

Links I got from Aaron Bady this morning:

Does Facebook cause loneliness? the short answer is no. There's an interesting bit in this where he writes about "cyberasociality", which is when people interact differently in online media than they do when physically present. Just like we convert text (visual) into language in our head (which is all ( Read more... )

I suspect this has already gone all around the Browncoat communities, but just in case you're not in the loop: here's a bunch of clips of the Firefly cast talking about the show. Looks like fun, and I will try to watch it when I get home.

Oh, my. I had no idea Peter Berg was looking at making a Friday Night Lights movie. I'm... not sure what to ( Read more... )

( somewhat rambly spoilers for FNL and Fringe )

Yoon Ha Lee is a remarkable writer. Just in case you didn't know. Dragons build with death. I would be proud to have written any single sentence in this short piece. ::sigh::

Turnips! I died, I just died. So funny.

Speaking of comics, Doonesbury is 40 years old (!!!); Slate has an interview with TrudeauSlate is also re-starting their TV Club ( Read more... )

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I've always been fond of the Robin Hood story (some of you even know about my early fannishness about Robin of Sherwood, for which I wrote drawer!fic and Mary Sues). So the review of Ridley Scott's new Robin Hood in today's Chronicle was relatively encouraging, especially with regards to the grittiness of the setting and Russell Crowe's ( Read more... )

Way to make me weep like a little girl, show.

SHOW.

Oh lordie, SHOW.

Crossposted from DW, where there are
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