So, because of the oh-so-wise decision by movie studios to stagger movie releases, Gifted has only recently been released at the local cinema. Not bad for a movie now available on DVD in other parts of the world ( Read more... )

Amazon Rank.

For those who don't know what this is about, Amazon has stripped GLTB books - fiction, non-fiction, biographies, self help books - of sales rankings, and excluded them from front page searches. For more information start here, more links, a list of affected books, and a petition against this blatantly homophobic crap.

In ( Read more... )

I cheated and only watched the last two scenes. I'll save the rest for when I watch the previous episodes.

My thoughts ( under the cut. Spoilers, obviously. )

Some tool had decided to plagiarise thamiris' journal. Not just her fic, apparently he's copying the lot.

More info available over on journalfen, in this fandom_lounge post.

If this shithead claims it was a 'social experiment'.... words. fail.

Saw this link in sulky_rhino's InsaneJournal, about an article from the Winnipeg Sun. It begins with

The Harry Potter series will lighten up on the darkness and turn into a romantic comedy for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.Romantic comedy. yeah. No. WHAT ( Read more... )

Oh joy of joys! Magpie swooping season has started, and there's a very aggressive male swooping passers-by in the reserve at the back of the school. In the past I've found magpies won't attack if you're in a group, but this one doesn't care. Not only did my daughter get swooped several times (it was her first attack and she had no idea what was ( Read more... )

Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo is a grammatically correct sentence.

This entry on Wikipedia explains why. Is there any other word in the english language that can work this way?

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For those of you who have not read the latest post in lj_biz, this statement shows how little LJ staff understand the difference between fan art and child porn:

"Many of you have asked about whether or not it is OK to link to outside content that falls into the category of child pornography, and the short answer is no, it's not OK."Many people asked ( Read more... )