First of all, thank you all for the suggestions! As I was home alone and needed to keep to small portions, I did tiny versions of several of the suggestions given: butternut squash was NOMFUL and pretty cheap since I used it in three different meals and the amount I got pre-chopped was like... $2.00; cake recipe was nomful! Chocolate cake recipe ( Read more... )

I love you all. Every one of you.

Second of all, new yarn is SQUISHY. I suddenly understand all the Malabrigo squee.

Third of all, Sherlock Holmes was awesome and actually, I thought, very loyal to the source material. It's just loyal to it from 2009 instead of from 1909. It is also the live action version of The Great Mouse Detective. Just ( Read more... )

...I'm not even covering Part 1. Because it was a hot mess. RTD reversed his usual pattern of good first one, crap second one this time around.

( Extended Review and Babble )

WHAT IN THE BLEEDING BLUE FUCK?

( Still not spoilery re: actual information, but just to be sure. )

... Criminal Minds, did you REALLY just blatantly rip off an episode from FOREVER KNIGHT? Forever Knight? FOREVER KNIGHT??

REALLY?

I'm just going to be over here, boggling.

ETA: Okay, his name is Paul Davies. I'm not insane.

ETA2: ...dude, you're QUOTEING IT NOW.

ETA3:"Are you a *vampire*, Mr. Davies?" *dies laughing*

So, uh, I've been playing Primal, this PS2 game from 2003.

And they've got this race called the Wraith.

And then I looked at a picture of the protagonist as a Wraith.

Then I looked at this guy, or rather, this race from Stargate: Atlantis, which started in 2004 ( Read more... )

( Not just what you say, but how you say it. )

Link 1 - which runs down all the bullshit excuses people are giving re: why Roman Polanski should be freed.
Link 2 - which is a visceral reminder of things that people are trying to muddy up re: excusing him
Link 3 - which lists those who have signed the petition to Free Polanski. Do with it what you wish.
Link 4 - which covers the case from the ( Read more... )

( My fandom theory is making too much sense, tell me I'm wrong? )

1. The hunt continues for more books in the Bad Blood series. In explanation, this book was my FAVORITE BOOK EVER when I was wee. I literally melted the glue off the binding and then kept my copy to read and then killed that book utterly with my love for it. I found a copy at a used book store, read it, and then discovered it had SEQUELS. First ( Read more... )