I love Castle, and Alexis is one of my favorites on the show. Interview with Molly Quinn

This super adorable picture came up on my facebook this morning: a combat medic holds two puppies he found at an observation post in Afghanistan. ( Puppy Carry )

Daily linkage post! Things that make me happy + please votes:

I read an awesome vampire!AU the other day:
No One Bites Back As Hard by witchling
GK || Walt/Ray(/Brad if you squint) || Hard R (blood play) || ~5k words
Some times Ray suggests that Walt should audition for “Twinklight” - pretty much without fail he gets punched for it, which is like domestic ( Read more... )

kerrikins made an awesome post that yall should all take a look at: DDoS Attacks Round Up

And rhombal wrote an article for Red Card Homophobia that yall can find/read here: Blame it All on an Uneven Pitch: Thoughts About Sexism and Homophobia in Football. It's an excellent read, even if you aren't into football (I'm admittedly not; I usually just shake my head ( Read more... )

*sigh* I don't even know what to say about our government today. Instead, how about some links that have been sent my way today from various sources?

DOD Prepares for Potential US Government Shutdown

No Death Benefits for Military During Shutdown

How the Government Shutdown will Affect the VA?

Government Shutdown Threatened Over Planned ( Read more... )

1. Ugh, government. With the US Government Shutdown looming, I guess I shouldn't be complaining so much about my own petty issues, right? Amy's freaking out right now, since she was planning on working up until the end of May but has been having problems and was out of work all week this week and is going back to the doctor tomorrow and may just ( Read more... )

Linkage:

ProjectMMH.org is a website that serves as a resource for information about the Meet Me Halfway project and the issue of foster youth who "age out" of the foster care system and face serious life problems such as homelessness and poverty. ProjectMMH.org also organizes the Meet Me Halfway Street Teams, a national network of volunteers who ( Read more... )

Ugh. I am made of so much fail these days, you guys. I don't even know where to start. The worst part is, I didn't even realize how much I was failing, because it didn't dawn on me that I was actually in a depressive state because I'm not actually to the point of feeling suicidal. And on what fucking scale of normal does that equate? Blah.

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I am failing at LJ right now. Actually, I'm failing at life, the internet, and everything right now, so I guess it's par for the course. But I have a list of things I wanted to post about, so I'm going to try and knock that out, then go tackle my inbox and comments, then my flist, then work on fic. Sound like a plan ( Read more... )

Alright, I'll quit my bitching.

Miracles in Japan: Four-Month Old Baby, 70-Year Old Woman Found Alive

Navy Images from Earthquake/Tsunami Relief

The workers who remained at the Fukushima Daiichi plant are pretty much heroes in my book.

As seen over at strangecreature's LJ, snakewhissperer's awesome baby brother is cycling over 500km from Luton, England all the way to ( Read more... )

Good morning! Happy Friday ( Read more... )