I'm not going to get into the whole long story about Ozymandias, the plagiarist who got caught plagiarizing, got all huffy and outraged, was eventually proven to have purposefully plagiarized, swore he'd never do it again, got a second chance, then immediately turned around and did it again. You can read about how he just got caught right here.I'm ( Read more... )

If anyone's interested in a cool little time travel movie that's very Shaun of the Deadish (as in: it's a comedy but it also takes itself seriously), then I say go check out Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel. I'm not sure how easy it is to get ahold of, especially outside of the UK, but if you get the chance to watch it, I give it a ( Read more... )

How is it that I never knew about Google's series of lectures/Q&A sessions with various authors or other public figures? I'm right in the middle of James Randi @GoogleTalks and have already gone through the Christopher Hitchens one. I'll be moving on to Barack Obama next, then Neil Gaiman, then Paul Krugman, then maybe Salman Rushdie followed by ( Read more... )

Since I can't seem to write anything of my own lately, I propose a boredom inspired game:

Write a first paragraph for me. It doesn't have to be fannish. I will attempt to reply with something at least slightly entertaining based off of what you write. Try to make it at least somewhat coherent, if you please.If you do make it fannish, please try to ( Read more... )

There is a Star Trek fic based on the new (and incredible) movie that several people have recced so far ( Read more... )

I thought I'd do something a little different today. Instead of random complaining, I'm going to take the time to do something I don't do enough, mostly because I always feel really awkward doing it. I'm going to thank you folks profusely ( Read more... )

Did I steal nemo_gravis's posting mojo? It occurs to me that right around when I started going fast and furious with the actually-having-a-presence-online he suddenly drops off the face of the earth. Hey, maybe I actually am nemo in disguise. Oh man, if I am then I'm really behind on updates and such. And if I'm not, what's his big idea, trying to make me ( Read more... )

I don't normally do memes or ficathons or other such things that would make me A) friendly, B)popular, C)part of the community, but I do like this concept here by nemo_gravis

Now, this was done very spur-of-the-moment and isn't much more than a one-joke wonder, but here goes anyway:

( 70 Questions for the First Evil )

I don't know what it is with me lately, but I just can't muster up the resolve to sit down and read a bunch of the recent humorous fics that have been coming out from some of my favorite authors. It's sad, cause I know they're going to be good, I know they're probably funny, but I guess I'm just not up for reading them at the moment. I guess I must ( Read more... )

Hey! You! Obey my instructions.

1. Go here: PYGS

2. Log in, sign up, do whatever you have to do in order to access the messages. It'll take you two minutes, at most.

3. Read Lori Bush's new story "How To Be Dead"

4. Realize that the above instructions were so very worth it.

5. Give me power of attorney.

(okay, you don't have to do that last