Just a fly-by post - I don't usually bring up non-fandom related news in this journal but I just came across this bee's knees of a site call Big Think, and I had to let other pple know about it. It officially launched only three days ago, and as the NY Times article says, this site

mixes interviews with public intellectuals from a variety of ( Read more... )

My amazing yuletide gift!

The Devil Wears Prada
Still Life with Lipstick
You cannot imagine how ecstatic I was to scroll down to my name on the recipient search (I was too impatient to wait for the email), and find this waiting for me. :D I love this story. Solid, delicious and something I could really bite into. The best part (besides the happy ending ( Read more... )

Sooo....I've just volunteered to do a round of recs for Hikaru no Go in crack_van during Small Fandom Month in December. I'm not sure when the go ahead will come (or even if it will), but I'm excited about it. *g*

Crack Van caps the recs at 12 per month per fandom, with no WIPs allowed. The number cap is a big issue; there is a lot of HnG favs I really ( Read more... )

Beautifully drawn comic. I especially liked the "...old friend" line (shades of movie-Magneto and Charles Xavier, anyone?). Unfortunately, it seems unlikely to be continued by the artist. Still, reccing this seems apropos in light of recent (not so surprising) revelation by J.K. Rowling.

1945 - Part 1

sol_se's Infernal Affairs character study of Inspector Lau in Grey

This is a beautiful portrayal of a tragic and ambitious man who learns too late there are just some choices in life that can be neither undone nor forgiven - just like the trilogy, only condensed into four-and-a-half minutes. Taken into account that sol_se did intend this vid to be Lau/Yan, it ( Read more... )

Hilarious web comic. A satirical re-narration of Lord of the Rings as a Dungeon and Dragons game. As the author/artist introduces:

Lord of the Rings is more or less the foundation of modern D&D. The latter rose from the former, although the two are now so estranged that to reunite them would be an act of savage madness. Imagine a gaggle of modern ( Read more... )