Where the mods are going to require that all fics posted for the first week of February have a beta.

Poll LOLwhutDon't get me wrong: I approve of betaing as a concept and I believe it helps improve stories. I use betas most of the time and I beta-read fic for my friends. But there are exceptions to every rule. If a fic is written for the kinkmeme and/or ( Read more... )

Oh Harlan, never change. If you read nothing else, read the lawsuit, which Ellison has posted on his website, apparently out of pride for this creation of epic wankdom. And he should be proud- it is awesome. My favorite part is when he refers to Fantagraphics as "a tiny but hostile" publishing company.

I'm feeling really ranty today, apparently. I heard this thing about Mirage suing some video store in Philly for using the Turtles to promote the store; apparently this isn't the first time this has happened, this just happens to be getting publicity. Perhaps because the store owner here is so retarded that he actually thinks he has a snowball's ( Read more... )

So, does anyone remember the "His Wife: A HORSE" wank? (In case you missed that, it's about a guy who not only sexes his horse, but feels that they are in a serious romantic relationship and the horse reciprocates his feelings. The latter is somehow more disturbing than the former, in a way. Oh, and he has a human female too, who totally ( Read more... )

So I saw this on otf_wank: apparently James Cameron is starting on a very important publicity stunt study to some random tomb where he has determined, using his multiple PhDs in anthropology and middle eastern studies, that Jesus was buried. Also, Mary Magdalene and their son. Not surprisingly, this unleashes a tidal wave of wank, although I am ( Read more... )

Or more accurately, "trivial crap update."

Work: Very busy this week, I feel guilty because I hardly do any of the stuff the 4 of us clerks are jointly responsible for; but what can I do when every time I turn around there's one of the upstairs lawyers with something for me to do? So whatever. Today I was busy helping one of the attorneys (oops ( Read more... )

Steve Irwin's death brings the wank. Featuring: Stingray must die/omg think of the animals wank, Steve Irwin sucked/don't speak ill of the dead wank, Steve Irwin was a Howard/Bush tool wank, Steve Irwin was a horrible parent wank, and of course Steve Irwin walked into a barb/omg don't mock his death wank. Something for everyone. Also, many of ( Read more... )

The comments on Fanatical Apathy about the quayle hunt are effing hilarious. Even though I don't really agree with him, iceweasel's comments amused me. ("Sorry, one republican shoots another one in the midst of some kind of ( Read more... )

I'll warn you that some of the humor here is politicized, and it might offend you. That said, let's move on!

First there's Cat and Girl. I gather Sleater-Kinney is a music group, but I've never heard of it. I think the main reason I like Cat and Girl is because half the time, it seems like it's talking over my head, so liking it makes me feel ( Read more... )

So I had the trial. It went okay. There was one person more casually dressed than me (turns out she had the same 'wear what fits' issue). I think I did okay during my direct examination of the one witness; the person I got to play the witness was terrific and I owe her one. The defense didn't really punch any holes in her testimony, and in fact ( Read more... )