Slate.com explains why you shouldn't take Papa John's, Denny's, Applebee's, Darden Restaurants (who own Red Lobster, the Olive Garden, LongHorn Steakhouse, etc.) and a number of other restaurants complaining about Obamacare all that seriously.

Applebee's is making clear that it is not on a firing rampage because of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) ( Read more... )

In Aurora, bomb experts complete first phase of disarming apartment of James Holmes

On Saturday morning, local and federal bomb experts were able to safely disable a tripwire and an incendiary device rigged near the entrance to James Holmes’s 800-square-foot apartment, Aurora Police Sgt. Cassidee Carlson said. Those two things had been “set up to ( Read more... )

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Five Princesses Too Badass For Disney Movies

I would totally read books and watch movies and TV shows about these women. Especially Rani Lakshmi Bai.

And, for those of you in the Halloween mood--if anyone still IS, since the stores have had Halloween stuff up since mid-September around here--check out these articles:

The Six Creepiest Places on ( Read more... )

I've seen a number of interesting and amusing links today on my friends-list, so I'm going to post the links of the ones I liked best.

Shakespeare's Sister/Shakesville is offering opportunities to network and find jobs. This post explains how it works.

The above blog also has a great article about bad messages from good movies, and problematic ( Read more... )

tianyu has a contest going over at his LJ concerning why vampires do NOT rule the world.

Go check it out. Enter. It's fun.

Incidentally, I tried to bold his LJ name but I could not do it.

Just a post to advertise three very fine Buffy sites:

All Things Philosophical On Buffy The Vampire Slayer

All Things Philosophical Discussion Board

The Annotated Buffy

I found a lovely essay about Sues in ghanihwi's journal. I asked her for permission to post the link here in my journal. She said yes, so here it is:

Once A Sue, Always A Sue