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Sayers update
You were all so very right; the "Lord Peter" collection of short stories is a terrible introduction to Dorothy Sayers' Lord Peter Wimsey books ( Read more... ) -
Wimsey/Sayers
I have heard good things from the fannish hivemind about Dorothy Sayers' "Lord Peter Wimsey" detective stories for some time. So when I recently discovered the 1970s "Lord Peter" compilation of all the short stories on a book-exchange shelf at a campus library, I picked it up ( Read more... ) -
shameful(ish) realization, and lots of movie commentary
I liked Edmund a lot in "Prince Caspian" because he was all scornful and morally upstanding and a pretty kick-ass fighter, but he didn't do anything for me because he was clearly a kid ( Read more... ) -
argle bargle
Watched "How to Train a Dragon" with my sister's family tonight. She's been selling it hard because, "It's such a good movie!" I agree, it is a good movie - fun story, lovely dragon-design, lots of pretty animation. But I just kept thinking, how hard would it have been for Hiccup (the protagonist) to be a girl? How hard would it have been for that ( Read more... ) -
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Haven't been around in a while; nothing wrong, just not in a terribly fannishly-productive mode. Was reminded talking with
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Not to be missed:
FeministHulk, Old Spice Guy, and Judith Butler. In a shower. Priceless in its epic brilliance ( Read more... ) -
Is it inevitable?
I can't stop copyright-geeking in my personal life, and it _is_ my work life. At some point, it's all just gonna collapse together, I'm thinking. :)
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Aww, Facebook _is_ good for something!
One of my FB friends (a good friend from law school) just sent me a message doing a (rather hilarious) joint introduction between me ('hot-shit copyright lawyer at X(place of work)') another woman ('hot-shit trademark lawyer at Y(place of work)'). The TM lawyer is doing a talk on copyright & TM issues with a group of young adults making a creative ( Read more... ) -
fic recs
The Racebending Revenge Ficathon went live a little over a week ago. I hope the collection grows, but what is there has some very interesting, provocative/evocative/vocative stuff!
The five I found most powerfully affected me:
By Sun and Candlelight by DeastarIf Watson were slightly different, Holmes would still be Holmes, and their dynamic ( Read more... ) -
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Took my 7 y.o. niece, whose parents are not into fan culture really at all, to CONvergence today. She got to learn about raptors, see the inside of the House of Toast (because that's who got me in), eat some rice from the ConSuite, buy a little fimo kitty in the dealer room, and make some stuff out of pipe cleaners. She liked the costumes - some ( Read more... )