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AlphaGate is now on AO3
The wonderful volunteers at OTW (Open Doors Committee) have completed the import of over 3,000 of the AlphaGate works to the AO3. Please visit our new 'home' here: https://archiveofourown.org/collections/thealphagate
If you are an author and have any questions, feel ( Read more... ) -
Our sister site TheAlphaGate is moving to the AO3
Our sister site, the fanfiction archive TheAlphaGate, is going to be imported into the Archive of Our Own, in order to preserve it. For all the details, please read our blog post at Solutions Blog. Thank you!
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Babysitting Day 1
In an act of unimaginable selflessness, I agreed to fly to a different town to babysit my 10- and 14-year-old nephews for 15 days while my sister and her husband, their lucky parents, make their first-ever trip to Europe ( Read more... ) -
Breaking Bad actress writes NYTimes OpEd about hatred of her character
Wow, this is quite interesting:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/24/opinion/i-have-a-character-issue.html?smid=pl-share
It's by Anna Gunn, who plays Skyler White on Breaking Bad. She talks about the massive on-line hatred against her ( Read more... ) -
Naked and Afraid?
There was a fun hallway conversation at work today about the new reality show "Naked and Afraid", which is just as the title implies -- 1 woman, 1 man, strangers to each other and experienced in survival, living for 21 days in a wilderness with nothing, not even clothes. Well, they each get 1 tool, but seriously... how about walking across an ( Read more... ) -
A month of journaling
Is this thing on? I think it's been nearly 2 years since I posted to my own journal, how pitiful. astolat and cesperanza are encouraging a retro journaling challenge. So I can blame them for adding boring electrons to the universe. What a relief ( Read more... ) -
Arctic Blast is streaming on Netflix!
Maybe everyone already knew, but Michael Shanks's Arctic Blast is streaming on Netflix. It's not on DVD yet, but you can watch it instantly, which really is even better. Watching it now, and it's not as bad as Michael has joked, eg calling it "Arctic Ass Blast" and the like. The production values are way better than a typical Syfy Saturday movie, ( Read more... ) -
(Untitled)
Has everyone heard already about the Marie Claire blogger fiasco? Their "dating" blogger Maura Kelly (no idea who she is) posted a diatribe against fat people on TV, including the gem that she can't stand to see a heavy person walk across a room, much less make out with someone. Nice eh? Well, 2400 comments, one non-apology, and countless news ( Read more... ) -
Amazing analysis/review of SGU
As linked over on TWOP, there's a quite amazing new analysis and review of Stargate Universe and how it compares to SG-1 and SGA, over here. It really resonated with me at least, only in way more intelligent and literary prose than I could ever have put in writing. Here's a key point to me, when comparing SGU to SG-1 and SGA:
The question one must ( Read more... ) -
A fan went to David Hewlett's house??
Based on his twitters tonight, it seems some fan(s) showed up at his house unannounced today, before he and Jane went to the movies. He said this:
My FRIENDS don't drop by the house unannounced SO NOT the thing for fans to do! Yikes!
Then when someone suggested he get a moat, he said:
big dog works too!
I hope David didn't even answer the door, and ( Read more... )