Here are a few things that came across my various reading lists which I thought might be of interest to you all:

-- Shelter from the storm. By now everyone's probably heard about the cataclysmic destruction that Typhoon Haiyan (aka Yolanda) has wreaked on the Philippines. If not, Shakesville has a roundup of news links;
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All of us go down to the dust; yet even at the grave we make our song: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.

--from the Book of Common Prayer, the Burial of the Dead.

As is the case with so many others on my flist, it's hard to know what to say at this moment. How do I describe the effect that Madeleine L'Engle's work, her writing, her very life had on ( Read more... )

It's not over, not anywhere near close, but the past twenty-four hours or so have been very illuminating. Many people elsewhere have said a number of very well-thought out things, and so I won't spend the time repeating them here; check out fandomtossed, metafandom, and fandom_lawyers, along with the still-rising fandom_counts for details if you've been under a rock and have missed this ( Read more... )