"A judge has ruled that the vast majority of Arthur Conan Doyle‘s Sherlock Holmes stories are now in the public domain in the US, which means (among other things) that you can make money off your Johnlock fic without Conan Doyle’s heirs swooping down on you with blazing swords, ready to exact financial vengeance. It’s go time..."

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I Am A: Neutral Good Human Wizard (6th Level)

Ability Scores:
Strength-10
Dexterity-12
Constitution-13
Intelligence-15
Wisdom-11
Charisma-11

Alignment: Neutral Good A neutral good character does the best that a good person can do. He is devoted to helping others. He works with kings and magistrates but does not feel beholden to them. Neutral good ( Read more... )

He is here, the subject of a VERY funny web cartoonI happen to think that I am in fact witty enough to attract a Mr Darcy, as demonstrated by the fact that Mr Psmith is MUCH more Darcy than Wickham, with not a trace of Collins ( Read more... )

...to hear from Clarion, so meanwhile I distract myself with voting for the best sci-fi tv ever and videos like "Harry Potter in 99 (Musical) Seconds":

All kinds of fun things that fall under the general rubric of "nerdy" today :)

1) Soon-to-be world's first African-American female chess master is only seventeen. You rock, Rochelle Ballantyne! Here's hoping that budget cuts don't kill your chess program ( Read more... )

I give you Thor, delivering bad news. Heeeeeee...

Wow, how much fun is this?? http://www.dolldivine.com/deluxe-pin-up-maker.php
Thank you, droxy (I think -- although if I waste another hour playing with it the word "thank" may mutate into something else LOL!)

Now if I could just find where to buy all the pieces:


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A random list of stuff that made me go "Oooooh..." today:

The US highway system as a subway map

Goldilocks Reviews the Sunshine Mary Jane Pump on Zappos

The program for the Pop Culture Association conference in Boston, with four panels on Buffy, eight on fairy tales, fourteen on fan culture (including "Girls, Geeks and Politics: Gender, Race and ( Read more... )

1) See Avatar. I saw it last night and it ROCKS. I had heard the special effects were amazing, the story ho-hum. I'm here to tell you the special effects are indeed amazing but the story is not at all ho-hum. I actually got choked up at not one, not two, but THREE separate scenes. Yes, if you boil it down far enough it does map superficially ( Read more... )