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Swinging through to talk about vocal fry/Sherlock. (Sherlock? Really? And what? Vocal fry? Why yes ( Read more... )

I'm sick again. This blows. I was feeling sick last Monday before I went on tour, and I honestly don't think I completely kicked it last time around. I'm 95% sure I'm not going on tour this week, so I'm not terribly concerned about that ( Read more... )

Because everyone loves polls!

Please answer the following questions honestly, without googling anything or even thinking too hard about it. I want to know what you would actually say if you were speaking/writing these sentences, not what you can spit back up from style guides ( Read more... )

I'm supposed to be studying for a French composition, but I wanted to talk about something that showed up on my RSS feed today. (You know me: I look on my feed and I see a Language Log post titled "Strictly incorrect: pompous garbage from Simon Heffer" and what -- you expect me to refuse ( Read more... )

So I wrote fic. And I'm going to Scotland.

The two are only really connected because I recently discovered how hard it is to write things when you're supposed to be jetting off somewhere. People (ie, sisters) get these crazy ideas that you should pack more than 6 hours in advance and keep interrupting you to ask things like how many pairs of ( Read more... )

It's still the 29th of December somewhere, right?

Title: The (Un)Virgin Queen
Pairing: Ten/Elizabeth
Word Count: ~1500
Warnings: Some implications of sex, but nothing explicit. Spoilers only if you have been living under a rock and are unaware of the regeneration episodes. Featuring Ten as the Douche-tor.
Summary: To be perfectly honest, he wasn ( Read more... )

Look guys, I don't want to beat a dead horse with a stick, but this rampant misinformation campaign about the Canadian seal hunt has got to stop ( Read more... )

I ended up watching Day Five of Torchwood a day or so behind its airing date, and due to my desire to not be spoiled I steered clear of spoiler cuts and other such things, as is sensible to do in that sort of scenario. When I finally did join to internet, all I found was hate hate hate with the odd sprinkling of "this is Torchwood, why would I even ( Read more... )

Doctor Who fandom is basically good for two things: wank and lulz. Normally I don't care, but Fandom Secrets has turned me into an uncompromising jerk in regards to other people's feelings. So, the following is brought to you by Fandom Secrets.

Title: Handy
Pairing: Handy/Rose, post-Journey's End
Word Count: 1082
Rating: G
Summary: In which Rose ( Read more... )