Totally unrelated:

1 - Is there a help_haiti-type community for the Pakistan floods?

Here's my offering post for help_pakistan.

and

2 - I'm thinking of trying out for yet another Midsummer Night's Dream, as I need to get back on the horse and even if I'm not fond of the play, I do love Puck. Now. It's bad form to try to pre-cast yourself by auditioning with a ( Read more... )

William Shatner has taken over my brain. I'm not sure I'm capable of talking about anything else. For the first time, tkp and I are sharing a fandom obsession at the same exact time, which is extremely enably and leads to mental instability. I highly recommend it.

I just made space_seed for all sorts of Star Trek time/universe bending goodness. That covers ( Read more... )

Anyone who cares has probably seen this elsewhere, but...

Taking over where operanotes left off, loge_no_5 is a new Phantom of the Opera newsletter for the fandom, collecting news and updates from stage, film, fanfiction, and fandom fields. I'm still tweaking the design and the layout, but the first newsletter is up ( Read more... )

Five things tinyholidays associates with me:

( Gallipolis )

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tkp has done a great public service by writing up a brilliant little essay on a few archetypes she and I have been discussing, revolving (among other things) around Batman, Phantom of the Opera, Spike and Angel from Buffy, and Rhett Butler. It touches on a lot of my favorite themes (see username) and as much as she drops my name in there, I owe her ( Read more... )

She's done a better job at this than I could, or at least, a good enough job that I don't have to, so anyone interested in the LJ Advisory board elections should see tkp's post about what we should do. As she says, it's for the children porn! It's outdated now, because I am slow. But still important ( Read more... )

Edited to reflect the fact I figured out how to merge users with two names

Top Commenters on my_daroga's LiveJournal
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I can't help but think that "freedom of speech" and self-policing are two separate issues. I support the idea that unreasonable dictates from on high squelch free thought and should be questioned. But why does it follow, then, that we should absolve ourselves for all responsibility? Can't we want free and safe space to express ourselves and reserve ( Read more... )