I love it when actual history gives me the rare kind of triangle I like instead of loathe: E. M. Forster shared a policeman with the man's wife for thirty years. Am not surprised this only started to work better once Forster developed a relationship of its own with May (the wife) as well and came to befriend her as a person, instead of just seeing ( Read more... )

We just got our second presidential resignation in two years. As opposed to Köhler, who did what is called in fannish terms a flounce, Wulff by now seriously had to go, because while our presidents are like the Queen in that they have little to no actual authority, they are supposed to represent the country in a dignified manner and be something ( Read more... )