Ever since LJ announced that paid users would be able to edit their comments, I knew it was going to be what finally pushed me over the edge into getting a paid account (taking forever to pick that sixth icon made me realise I didn't need tons more icons, as nice as it would be to have them). It just took until now to get over the procrastination. ( Read more... )

it's been snowing for the past six hours. constantly, sideways. and when i say "sideways," i do mean it's nearly perfectly horizontal. and i do mean the whole time.

i'm getting vertigo just looking out my living room window.

4p update: it's now shifted to something akin to rain...but it's still horizontal.

as reported by CNN and MSNBC. (the date will actually be listed as the 19th, because it was 1:30a "tomorrow" at his time of death.) i find it interesting that CNN files it under "showbiz/books," while MSNBC has it under "technology&science/space."

like both ladyeuthanasia and lauracory, my first book by him was childhood's end, read when i was still very much a child ( Read more... )

So. Either thanks or halfhearted curses to daki, I have finally discovered Bunny: The Book of Random. This despite seeing Bunny scattered across my FL (in people's icons, mostly) for a while now ( Read more... )

He passed away on Tuesday. Lotsa comments on my FL, I wasn't sure what I wanted to say, so I ended up saying nothing. There have been some nice tributes out there. Think I'll just link to a few of those...

John Kovalic (who draws "Dork Tower") did this one.

Then there's the thing Penny Arcade did.

But I think my favorite came from xkcd.

gakked from violachic, ( this does not surprise me in the slightest )

i saw this for ten dollars in the big evil brick-and-mortar electronics store while shopping for mom, and i just had to get it because...well...
OMGWTFBBQ

the scary part?
he's serious. not campy or over the top not "modernized" not nuthin', just a guy singing christmas songs straight up.

the really scary part ( Read more... )

"Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed." -- G.K. Chesterton

Transformers in IMAX is made of win.

i saw a "coming attractions" poster this weekend, while at the theater to see transformers in IMAX, and i practically bounced out of my skin:
yes, mister todd! yes, mister todd! yes all around!

and sondheim is very much involved in it's production, which means they just might get it right.