So, yes. The Dark Knight? Two-and-a-half-hour continual geekgasm. I thought "This is awesome" an average of once every five minutes. I talked out loud in the theater (which I almost never do, especially when going by myself), mostly things like "HOLY CRAP!" and "OH MAN!" and "SAVE HIM, BATMAN, SAVE HIM". I laughed and choked and gasped in shock ( ( Read more... )

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I've been putting off posting this, but time enough now, huh? My dear Astara, the best pet mouse I have ever had, and that any has ever had, passed away June 21 sometime in the small hours of the morning. If I remember correctly, she was born April 11, 2006, so she was two years, two months, and ten days old. Good run for a mouse, really, since ( Read more... )

I think this is really cool.

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After I saw this, I tried tickling some of my mice, but they didn't respond quite in the same way. That's okay, though. For one thing, mice are teeny, and it's really hard to tickle something that's only as long as your finger. I ended up just rubbing very quickly. For another thing, mice and rats are different, though ( Read more... )

I'm putting this here because they are named after SGA characters. That's the only reason. It has nothing to do with writing, but I suppose it is a measure of my fannishness. (Also, I named a mouse Shiny when I was heavily into Firefly. But she is. Shiny, I mean ( Read more... )