rike_tikki_tavi, my cookies and sundry treats have arrived! Yum! Thank you!

( Beneath the cut is a bit about work stuff, succumbing to a new fandom (in a non-spoilery way), and HOLY SHIT I MOVE TO CHICAGO IN FIVE DAYS )

For me, as an archaeologist, context is everything. Even when not excavating, you'll find I offer to the best of my ability a context for everything from meta about a fanmix to my cheerfully geeky take on random fannish things, and even in my cracked-out entries on science and history. I make this point and provide these links at the outset of ( Read more... )

The blues looks for Heaven on Earth, not a reward in Heaven. The blues says, 'I'm gonna do it now! I'm gonna get high and get laid and I'm gonna play music!'

--Paul Rishell, American bluesman and all-around badass ( Read more... )

( And now that I've looked over the post, I've realized just how damned long it is. Me...wordy. GO FIG. )

( Okay, if THIS is where they go with Jo? I say we keep the hell out her. God, yes. )

ETA the Second that I've rewritten my original piece to eliminate direct comments from the person with whom I was originally discussing Jo. Other than that, my remarks and my opinions stand.

Y'all have been rocking my world with the discussions going on here. Thank you for giving me the chance to shape up my thoughts on these things. ( What follows is something that's caught my attention in replying and I thought I'd run it by those of you who've watched through the most recent ep. )

I've spent much of the day in bed with a nasty headache and having my ever-literal dreams. (My place of work as a school for violent children that now had to share the back half of the building with a prison, complete with guards and a death row. When I tell you there is no mystery to my mind's inner workings, I DO NOT LIE.)
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With a certain wariness, I'm going to offer my opinion on the matter of the certain changes introduced in this season of SPN. For the record, I have not yet read anything anyone else has written about this because I wanted to think it through on my own first. I'll be sashaying on through what my friends have to say now that I've taken the time to ( Read more... )

( flailing and spoiler for IMToD )

ETA pictures here and additional resouces to support this cracked-out theory here.A few folks have asked me about the Dean-as-Mithras connection I've mentioned. Be warned, O Gentle Readers, this is purely Crack!Research. Will this spoil you for anything upcoming this season? Nope, although it's vaguely spoilerly for "In My Time of Dying." ( Read more... )