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Adorable children cosplay at Comic-Con. I like the faintly resentful-looking Dalek; you can almost hear her thinking, "I wanted to be a ballerina, but hell no, not MY parents..."

And what do you call a bunch of tiny Ironmen? A magnitude, perhaps? A deposit? Yes, I like that: a deposit of Ironmen. *giggle*

I have another "reptilian hindbrain" surprise, but I think I'll save that in favor of one that I was reminded of last night as we were watching Supernatural (digression: Yay the Impala!) and enjoying the classic rock music ( Read more... )

The Drifters is right up there with The Quartzsite Trip as far as coming-of-age novels go. Twenty-five (or so) years ago it made me want to sell everything I had and run off to Torremolinos. It's a dangerous book for a young person ( Read more... )