It's so clean and easy to post to! And I get to have all my Ugly Betty fic in one place, with chapters and stuff! (Maybe I'll even try another fandom now that I have one place to post to!)

I've always liked this quote from Babylon 5, but I never expected to hear something so similar to it at a lecture on the origins of the universe by Dr. Nathan Aviezer of Bar-Ilan University, who attributed the quote to Professor Simon Mitton of Cambridge (England, not Massachusetts). In describing how the Big Bang ultimately lead to the origin of ( Read more... )

I don't know y'all's musical tastes that well, but just for grins, listen to Ryan Star's "Take a Ride" right before or after KT Tunstall's "Black Horse & the Cherry Tree." Same metaphor, very similar rhythms, and both came out within a year of each other on albums with very similar names: Eye of the Elephant and Eye to the Telescope. Pretty cool.

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For them as might be interested, I'm working on a multi-chapter Ugly Betty fanfic that goes AU for the last few episodes and continues past the finale. Please feel free to comment on Dreamwidth or here, as I haven't yet figured out how to sync the accounts.

Feel free to borrow! Just comment if you take one.

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Three months ago, I wrote my first piece of fanfiction in over ten years: a challenge response for Ugly Betty. It was hard, it was time-consuming, and it was so much fun. I haven't been this into a 'ship in a very, very long time, and if you're willing to listen, I will tell you why.

I've only been a conscious 'shipper for the last five years or so ( Read more... )

I'm working on a story for a science writing class on scientists' opinions of the way science is portrayed on TV, whether SF or not. Are there any scientists on LJ who'd be willing to grant me an interview via phone or email in the next week?

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