This post contains all the tags I have used to tag my posts so far. Tomorrow, I shall post-date it so that it always sits on top of the journal. And I will edit it to add new tags as I create them. Let's see how well this works.

Back in the early 90's, a bunch of my geeky friends in NYC -- drewshi, kradical, popfiend, jafinnola and the Lipchick -- did a public-acess talk show called The Chronic Rift, where they and various guests chatted about all sorts of pop culture-related things, with an emphasis on genre stuff. I got to be on the show a couple of times as a guest, and it was always great fun ( Read more... )

And if you're wondering "what book?" then I'm wondering how the heck you get internet access in that remote monastery in the Himalayas.

( Lots of disjointed spoilery ramblings about the last Potter book. )

Changeling by lydiabennet. (HP, Gen)  A Weasley twins story that's simultaniously funny, sad and kind of terrifying, and totally original.  I didn't think there was anything original left to say in HP fanfic at this late stage, but I'm always glad to be proven wrong on these things.

Recoil by dotfic. (Supernatural, Gen)  A terrific little story that takes a ( Read more... )

Thanks to girasole for the link:

A dance team doing a Harry Potter skit.  To 80's pop music.

This is just too cute for words.  (And I think it's kind of Harry/Draco if you squint.)  (Though maybe not on purpose.)

I will probably write a more detailed review later, after I've had time to process everything, but in the meantime, I just want to get down some of my initial impressions before I read what anyone else has posted.

( Spoilers!  Great big honking spoilers for HBP!  I mean it!  Don't click if you haven't been spoiled! )

I'm staying as spoiler-free as humanly possible for HBP until the 16th.  After that, I'll post all spoilery discussion under a cut-tag for at least a month ( Read more... )