When I see icon posts that uses fanart on my flist, I like looking for the "rule" to have credit given to the icon maker and credit to the original artist.

I don't really have a problem with the icon makers wanting credit for their icons, but I find wanting credit without giving credit to the original artist pretty hilarious. 

Being slightly more informed in fields of science has made me a terrible audience of any stories written with little thought on the science bits ( Read more... )

I just finished the seventh book in the Dresden Files, Dead Beat.

( It left me no less convinced that Gentleman John Marcone is coming onto Dresden... )

Heinz Deli Mayo Advert

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The Wright Stuff on the pulled mayo commercial in question:

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What furiosity said is so true:
The thing is, it's fairly obvious that the point of the ad is that if you use Heinz Deli Mayo, your creations will be indistinguishable from those prepared in authentic New York delis, so much so that even your family will mistake you for ( Read more... )

( Spoils of War! for DW4x4, 5, & 11, TW2x13 )

I'm completely creeped out by DW 4x10, even more than 4x08 and 4x09, which I thought were scary enough. Oh, RTD, he really wins in dialogue writing. It's like The Empty Child and The Doctor Dances all over. 4x08 and 4x09 were not as scary probably because the cute/fluff/funny bits made them not nearly as dark as Midnight (pun only half intended). I ( Read more... )

■ H. RES. 888
Affirming the rich spiritual and religious history of our Nation's founding and subsequent history and expressing support for designation of the first week in May as `American Religious History Week' for the appreciation of and education on America's history of religious faith.
1st| 1st week of May? Reminds me of China's Golden Week ( Read more... )

Final Fantasy XIIStarted playing it two weeks ago. More than 10 hours into the game and still haven't gotten very far in the story, but that's because there's so much freedom right at the beginning of the game that I've mostly been trying to venture out as far as I can :D Being able to see the foes without needing to go through the battle sequence ( Read more... )

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The Background
Homoshiroi Made a "TRACING IS NOT ART" stamp a few days ago and has been mildly wanked over. Unsurprisingly, the reaction and positions of the comments mostly reflect those of what I observed over in youtube. In other words (and sorry if I offend), they are quite intolerant, self-asserting, and to some degree, ( Read more... )

Previously on Part I: The background and the hatin'

( Part II: My opinions regarding tracing in general )