Kanji character blocks.

Jewel Box pattern

Seussical Sunday Sweets
Look at the last cake. IT'S HANGING FROM THE CEILING!!

The nineteen rules governing literary art in domain of romantic fiction
Originally by Mark Twain, updated for the noughties by beatrice_otter

Hack your way out of writer's block

On 'borrowing' from cultures not your own.

Wendell Berry: ( Read more... )

Anyone want a Hello Kitty Chandelier? (With tentacles!!!)

In a more snarky vein: The Nice Pregnant Lady's Guide To Not Offending Polite Society.

And another SBTB caption contest: This is the flaming ass your man's flaming ass could look like...

Actually, my brain just took that subject line to dirty, dirty places...

I blame the Arthur/Gwen fic-fest thingamabobsiedoobywhacker taking place.

Right. *coughs*

So, anyway: Star Wars meets Disney: Sith Princesses.

(Can you imagine Gwen as a Sith Lord? Or Teyla? HAH. Or Vala! *giggles*)

...I don't think I have appropriate tags for this post.

Chocolate Research Facility

I shouldn't post this, given people's dietary considerations, but it's rather funny to watch the screen slowly vanish under a sliding morass of what is, presumably, chocolate.

Dear Matthew Johns,

DIAF. KTHXBAI.

The links may be triggery for some people - they relate to gang-banging in football culture, and sexual situations with questionable consent.

It's been pretty big news here in Australia, and by 'pretty big', I mean, ( cut for possible triggery )

Chinese University Quarantine After Cholera Outbreak

The translated blog of the girl is here, and this was brought to my attention by lilyayl who had it brought to her attention by an io9 article.

Faith, Certainty, and the Presidency of George W. Bush

The final paragraphs stood out to me:

''Faith can cut in so many ways,'' he [Jim Wallis] said. ''If you're penitent and not triumphal, it can move us to repentance and accountability and help us reach for something higher than ourselves. That can be a powerful thing, a thing that moves us ( Read more... )

gunhilda linked to a lovely piece by an American Muslim: Spending Seven Septembers Hijacking My Religion Back. She also has some thoughts here.

allisnow has a picspam: We Remember, Always.

The LJ Writer's Block has a 'Remembering 9/11' theme, which jalara has answered in her LJ.

liz_marcs has a beautiful, thoughtful post on Pearl Harbor and 9/11 and the ABC/Disney's Path to 9 ( Read more... )

Dear Sydney Weather ( Read more... )

About to head off to Disneyland. A few things to keep people entertained tonight.

An entry in Something Awful's 'Modernised Art II' photoshop challenge: Napoleon and Harley

Sting In The Tale - the "Atlanta Nights" challenge. See how far you get before you can't read any more! Then go here and find out why this was written ( Read more... )