So, I think Zombies, Run! is pretty awesome: it ties fannish interest in narrative to exercise in such a way that if you want to know what happens, you have to exercise. I love this. Note, it's frustrating because I can't spend all my time running, and I want to catch up with the story! But it's hella creative and fun, and just brilliantly done ( Read more... )

New Watchmen portraits, which led me to the astonishing discovery that not only is JDM on the cast (which I knew about), but so are Carla Gugino (hubba hubba) and Matt Frewer! Does this mean I should go see this movie ( Read more... )

Slate on how we read online. Good stuff here on readability.

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Happy Birthday, destina! May this year be one of peace and joy for you.

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sartorias reminds us to look up our local chapter of Social Harmony Activist Movement for Bonding Living and Extra-Living to fight the good fight in favor of the differently-vivified.

Just because the mobs outside are ( Read more... )

A meme I grabbed from angevin2, via friendsfriends. This is fairly awesome.

You are in a mall when the zombies attack. You have:
1. one weapon.
2. one song blasting on the speakers.
3. one famous person to fight alongside you.

Weapon can be real or fictional, you may assume endless ammo if applicable. Person can be real or fictional.1. Depends on the ( Read more... )

I am terrified by all the posts about zombies!

I am most terrified by this one! OMG!

I'm on the 7th floor, and we have armed guards on the first floor. My god, that must be why the guards were closing the big atrium doors when I came back from lunch--it wasn't because of the demonstrators, it was the zombies! Unless the demonstrators are ( Read more... )

Quick post--

Wings for Wheels, an early version of "Thunder Road" by Bruce Springsteen. Same melody, somewhat similar arrangement, strikingly different (and lesser) vocals.

And two Patti Scialfa songs, from Rumble Doll (1993): Lucky Girl and As Long as I (Can Be With You). She's got a nice voice, and the songs are good, but I think the album ( Read more... )

Eeeeeeks! The end times are upon us! Vonnielake, bar the door! (That's if this isn't a joke: I got the link off Slashdot.) Also? Poor dogs.

I had a totally lovely day with the divine denyeverything1 yesterday. We had a yummy brunch and bought books (I forget most of them, except I got The Secret History and The Jane Austen Book Club and two Kate Ross Julian Kestrel ( Read more... )

Title: Stagger
Rating: G
Challenge: mirror universe/AU
Post-ep for Evolution
101 words

( Wonder if Janet's got a cure for *this* )