lydaclunas has written a truly excellent, well-reasoned and thought-provoking essay about adult virginity which I think deserves much more attention than it's received so far. Here's a brief excerpt:
Why do adult virgins get such a raw deal? Judging a person based on their status as a virgin is reducing them to but one experience (not even a character trait ( Read more... )

Clearly, lizbee has written the last word in HP fic and no further stories need to be written.

*chortles once more over the second-last line*

Okay, I had no idea horses were even CAPABLE of doing this kind of footwork. Seriously, you need to watch this -- and watch all of it, because just when you think you've seen everything, it gets better:

Incredible Dressage Video (6 min.)

I'm not even into horses and this blew my mind. Thanks to Brian Scott over in rec.arts.sf.composition for the

I heard this performance on CBC Radio last Saturday and although I'd never heard of Andy Stochansky before, this song completely wrecked me. I've been waiting for it to come up on the CBC site ever since so I could share the link:

One DayIt's a beautiful arrangement with the chamber ensemble, and Stochansky sings it with raw earnestness. The words ( Read more... )

Six minutes and forty seconds. You can spare that, right? Because of the twenty episodes I've seen so far, this one is my favorite:

Or go here if the embedding isn't working for you.

To the wonderful cesario, best doll maker in the universe (and writer of brilliant fic) -- may you enjoy the very best of birthdays, however you may choose to spend it.

But if you are looking for something new to read and get insanely hooked on enjoy, I highly recommend ursulav's delightful Elf vs. Orc. Which has an awful working title, especiallly as it really isn't "vs." at all, it's more an "and" sort of thing based on this picture and this picture among others, but... oh, never mind me, just go read it. Trust me.

I am not entirely sure how I got hooked on Inverloch, considering that the cute little kiddy elves at the beginning would ordinarily have put me right off, and the story's hero is a Person of Fur, which would ordinarily make me go *yawn*. However, I'm glad I stuck with it through the first chapter, because then things really started getting ( Read more... )

dichroic has written a delightful short HP/Sherlock Holmes crossover fic which I think will entertain quite a few people on my f-list...

Firstly, cryptile has made me weep with laughter, first thing in the morning even.

Secondly, in the wake of all the fandom angst over the end of Doomsday and how sad it is that the Doctor has lost his Wun Twoo Wuv, I feel the need to share this comment I posted in nostalgia_lj's journal yesterday:
...the one and only time in canon we have seen the Doctor ( Read more... )