( Spoilery for new ep of True Blood - The Good, The Bad, and The Nekkid )

1. The vampire double standard:
I don't mean treating the horrific crimes of vampires as acceptable (it's not easy to get right, but it's possible), but the double standard applied to the crimes of Obvious Romantic Lead Vampire vs. The Inevitable Sexy Evil With Possible Heart of Gold Vamp. Just because the ORLV happens to be not murdering humans at ( Read more... )

I never thought I'd say this, but I'm sick and tired of seeing naked women on TV ( Read more... )

I'm having trouble with this season of Fringe. I think that, other than the Pacey Peter thing, it's that the characters that are supposed to be the same people I grew to give a shit about are now different. And they're not different in ways that I can predict or understand. And they're not alternate universe, groovy What If characters, whose ( Read more... )

I love Wikipedia. It's not perfect, but I love what it stands for, and I love what it's trying to achieve. I'm also very interested in issues surrounding intellectual property, copyright laws, users' rights, public domain, and the tremendously powerful lobby that is set on retaining the rights to our entire culture in perpetuity, so the decision to ( Read more... )

So, I finished the Southern Vamp series yesterday. It's weird, because even though I thoroughly enjoyed most of it, I'm finding it difficult to maintain my enthusiasm for the series after reading the latest installment ( Read more... )

For some reason, when I'm feeling really bad physically, I read. Since I've been feeling shitty this past week, I read the Kate Daniels books by Ilona Andrews (Magic Bites+Burns+Strikes+Bleeds+Slays ( Read more... )

Gakked from lea724This list is the NPR Audience Picks of the 100 Best Beach Books Ever (Beach Book? These people are insane! -R.B ( Read more... )

I normally can't stand singing competitions, but I'm finding The Voice surprisingly enjoyable. I'm also dangerously close to developing crushes on both Beverly McClellan and the country singer judge/mentor whose name escapes me (I never heard of him before the show).

I've been meaning to mention, about the Bones season finale, ( spoilers for Bones finale, obviously )

This is the first such quiz that correctly places my origins in the West, as opposed to the mid-west. It's hard to tell where I'm from by my accent, but still, the only flawless USian accent I've ever had was my original Californian one, as opposed to the more unplaceable mongrel accent I've developed over the years. I think I only ever met one ( Read more... )