I think a big part of my childhood belief that all Canadians were calm and cool and awesomely relaxed is because Canadian air is calm and cool and awesomely relaxed, and every time Canadia sends us some, Ohio collectively smiles at the sky in gratitude. There are no sweeter words in summer than "Canadian high" -- comfortable temperatures! low ( Read more... )

Okay, this is seriously cool -- a stick figure flash animation of the video for Fatboy Slim's Weapon of Choice. The stick figure inexplicably manages to look Walken-esque. It's awesome. (You can see the original here.)

Also, miggy linked to this awesome archive of '50s and '60s filmstrips and educational films -- you can watch (or download) things ( Read more... )

Three quick recs (even though I stole two of them from mandysbitch and swmbo):

You don't know there's a trampoline in the room, you're not gonna dust the ceiling for prints - angelgazing
SVU, Elliot/Olivia, PG
He is promises broken like seashells, sharp enough to cut through the thick, fleshy parts of her, the places where it's all skin and muscle and nerves so it bleeds ( Read more... )

NATURE DOCUMENTARY V.O.: In the hot and dry August wasteland of fandom, parched by a dearth of new source material and starving for the September premieres, a seemingly innocent comment can touch off a multifandom meltdown, as fandom turns on its own for sustenance. Journey with us as we explore the secret world of... THE GREAT FEEDBACK DEBATE. ( Read more... )

When awakened at 3:07 a.m. by the sound of a helicopter buzzing your building and the light from the search-light-y thing at the front momentarily illuminating your apartment, your groggy brain immediately produces which of the following thoughts ( Read more... )

I am totally in love with Stuff On My Cat, which aptly has as its tagline "stuff + cats = awesome." Because what fun is it to have a cat if you don't occasionally take advantage of the fact that their brains are so small? And cats love having stuff stacked on top of them! Really!

My favorites are the cat with four rolls of toilet paper on top ( Read more... )

Awesomely funny H/D fanart: Malfoy's Milkshake.

Later, skaters. :)

Godspeed, Scotty. You will be missed.

(Jumping on briefly to say that EMPIRE IS THE GAYEST SHOW EVER OMG.)

(It's not good, but oh, is it FUN. And also VERY VERY GAY.)

(For example: nearly every time Octavius and Antony talk there is a bed in the background. Also they're, y'know, wet and mostly naked in this picture.)

OH MY GOD THIS SHOW IS SO AWESOME.