"Think about it: Captain America is David Byrne, Iron Man is Lou Reed, Hulk is Iggy Pop, Thor is Dee Dee Ramone, Black Widow is Patti Smith, Hawkeye is Tom Verlaine, Nick Fury is Hilly Kristal, and Loki, of course, is Sting."

At Slate, on how terrible the CBGB movie looks, among other things ( Read more... )

Considering that Gojyo looks a bit like Bruno Mars in Autumn, May and December, I guess it's entirely appropriate for him to be playing the Victoria's Secret fashion show.

I have no idea why Beiber's there though.

An extremely weird portrait of Marlon Brando in Japan, with weird Orientalism, Brando just starting to slide into bizarreness, and some rather interesting inside baseball.

Did anyone watch Praying Mantis but me? I kind of wish it was on DVD so I could see if it held up.

Also, A thoughtful post on the differences between Saiyuki and the original ( Read more... )

Am catching up like crazy. A bit easier because I have a NEW LAPTOP seriously this thing flies like a bird.

Whiteknighted a little while I was gone. Just a little. I had to, it was Lestrade.

Oh, and I got one of these:

( My hc_bingo card )

FAQ for college students regarding the Rapture. (via
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Internet is restored (it was out most of yesterday). Hooray! On the upside, text_to_lj works fine. Is there a Dreamwidth equivalent? I couldn't find one ( Read more... )

I pretty much want to bid on everything at con_or_bust, which is once again raising funds to send fans of color to WisCon! Items include signed books, art, music, and hand-knit socks.

Leverage/White Collar crossover. With Hardison!

Modern-day Sherlock Holmes crack AU! I could not stop laughing.

If you've never watched M, the Fritz Lang masterpiece starring ( Read more... )

I actually have a post with content, but not yet.

1) The Colts still suck

2) GoDaddy dot com sucks way more

3) viridian5, whose evocative photos of NYC shop windows are a holiday tradition for me, has her own DeviantArt now and is selling prints! So very tempting.

4) Has anyone but the friend who recced it tried Liquid Story Binder? I love using NoteTab ( Read more... )

A Western journalist living in Haiti at the time of the earthquake tells her story, and her perspective on the island. Really beautiful.

Please check out savetheproject! It's a fan auction to save the Virginia Avenue Project, an awesome afterschool arts and academics program. 100% of participating kids graduate high school, most go on to college and are the ( Read more... )

You should basically just plow through remixthedrabble and look for goodies. The anime fics are here.

Written for me was the gloriously wicked Flimsy Excuses, Shigure/Hatori, and the dark and thoughtful Otherside, Crawford/Shuldig. Thank you, phantom writer ( Read more... )