I don't normally post activist stuff, but this is pretty important. If you haven't heard, SOPA is a new government bill coming up in the next week which will... well, this video will explain:


PROTECT IP / SOPA Breaks The Internet from Fight for the Future on Vimeo.
Long story short: we have lawmakers who barely understand the internet trying to ( Read more... )

There was a viral vid released a while ago of a parody of Katy Perry's "California Girls" by Team Unicorn called "G33k and G4m3r Girls". You can download the song here or watch the video here. I loved it when I first saw it, and I still do. It's witty, geeky, and utterly up my alley. So what's this long post about, you ask? While searching for it, ( Read more... )

Okay, so a little note, too, because it's been bothering me. Re: Breakout Kings.

Normally this show has a pretty good balance, but occasionally they mess up. For one, Leverage, Criminal Minds, and now this have been picking on the Tea Party. Okay, fine. I think a lot of those people are racist, xenophobic nutjobs ( Read more... )

The Chinese yellow river dolphin is now extinct, leaving only four freshwater dolphin species in the world. All of them are critically endangered ( Read more... )

More fanfiction pet peeves ( Read more... )

1. Fanfiction:

It is definitely, not defiantly. If you have trouble remembering the difference, pronounce them phonetically ( Read more... )

I bought two Thomas Wolfe books a while ago because they were .98 at Nine Lives Bookstore, and thick, meaty books with small font.

Specifically, I bought, You Can't Go Home Again and Of Time and the River.

Guys, this author... I cannot describe how painful it is. He is the most bombastic writer ever.

For evidence, I produce these two:

And what ( Read more... )

There is a war going on.

No, not the big one in Iraq with the guns and sand--I'm talking about the one at home, between fat people and skinny people.

You're right, I said it: fat. Skinny. When did these become curse words anyway?Now, hold your horses--fat people are getting ready for a rallying cheer of, "Hell, yeah, I'm curvy and beautiful!" ( Read more... )

I am honestly so done with hearing about Anna Nicole Smith--

Anna Nicole Smith died.

Anna Nicole Smith is finished being embalmed.

Anna Nicole Smith was buried.

A year from now, I will not be surprised if I see the headline, "Anna Nicole Smith Exhumed--Left Arm Completely Decayed."

Let the poor woman die already.