And again, my ability to be shocked and surprised has been tested nearly to destruction. I...I'm not sure I can even type this without degenerating into all-caps. Report Finds Some Federal Judges Put Off Swearing-in New Citizens. Why? ::deep breath::

Federal judges in some parts of the United States are delaying the swearing-in of new citizens, ( Read more... )

Wow. Here's an amazing Avatar picspam that beautifully and without words reubts any "Oh, but they look white to me" argument. Seriously, I dare you to look at those pictures and not see Asian and Inuit cultures and people! It's also just a great reminder of how visually beautiful the show is ( Read more... )

My news article on the Avatar casting is up on Firefox News here. I wrote it rather quickly, so I hope it's coherent! Thanks to everybody who helped me find links and such ( Read more... )

Quick request for help: I'm looking for any non-LJ blog posts or articles about the Avatar casting news. I've got links to pretty much all the best LJ meta on the subject, but I'm writing a news article for Firefox News and I'd like to have some non-LJ links. So far all I've got is the original EW article and one on Slashfilm.com ( Read more... )

I suspect most of you have probably seen it already, but just in case, here's the links to Jon Stewart and Mike Huckabee debating fiscal conservatism and Jon Stewart holding Mike Huckabee's feet to the fire over gay marriage. The former is interesting and the latter made me want to have Jon Stewart's babies love Jon Stewart even more ( Read more... )

So today was my long day of Yael in school. Naturally, a ton of work arrived afterward. ::eyeroll:: Well, it'll all get done somehow, I suppose.

In other news, I've posted four ficlets of varying sizes for fandom_stocking. Two are for people I know and two are for people I don't know. I've got one more that's nearly done, which is for someone I know :D After my ( Read more... )

Yes, Avi and I are finally caught up to the latest episode of Avatar and...we'd like more. Now. Right now.

( Cut for spoilers for Day of the Black Sun, The Western Air Temple, and The Firebending Masters )

Hey, does anybody know when Nicktoons is going to air Book 3? It looks like they're going to loop back to air Book 1 and 2 again and Avi and I might die if we don't get to see Book 3 soon :D ( Read more... )

Hey! I found a great site that has icons for pretty much every character, including Momo and Appa and Kyoshi and Iroh and...hooray :) I got this Sokka one and an Iroh one and there's about a gazillion others that I want ( Read more... )

I ate meat two times today. This is...unprecedented. Really. I can't recall the last time I had meat twice in a day ( Read more... )