Features on Pluto are being named after non-Western myths and characters from Western fantasy novels.

A large splotch that resembles a whale was named Cthulhu, a deity from a H. P. Lovecraft story. Other splotch names included Meng-Po, the goddess of forgetfulness in Chinese mythology; Balrog, a creature in J. R. R. Tolkien’s “Lord of the Rings ( Read more... )

Post copypasted from Tumblr b/c I'm just that excited.OMFG I’m so excited! New Horizons flew by Pluto about 2.5 hours ago. It’s going to remain pointed at Pluto for another 5 hours or so to get as much data as possible, and then the craft is going to slew around and spit back all the images and other data to Earth, and then it’s going to take ( Read more... )

Just finished marthoning Political Animals. Jesus fuck is that good. Seriously, a drama about politics and a dysfunctional family that I not only enjoyed, but which brought tears to my eyes in the finale?! OMFG. Ungh. And it’s remarkably feminist too, spoilers on why and on other stuff below.

( Feminism and spoilers )

Watching Mad Max 1 - this’s at least my second time, though it’s been so long I really don’t remember anything, except that I reread the Wikipedia page recently. It’s so interesting seeing the difference in pacing. The movie is a lot of driving, some racing, but not much of gun fights on moving vehicles with blowtorches.

( Spoilers obvs, but mostly cut for length )

Still haven't written that A2 review, and may never do so, but I saw Mad Max: Fury Road (henceforth, MM4) on Wednesday and there's a few thoughts floating around in my head. Lots of spoilers behind the cut tags.

( Themes that didn't stand out )

Below is a list of the films I've seen in the theater during 2015, put into categories of how much I liked them.

( List and discussion )

In case you haven't heard, it's no longer the Food Pyramid, it's now My Plate (and has been for a few years now). I found myself back on that site b/c I was curious if potatoes counted as veggies (yes, in the subset of starchy veggies), and came across this two week list of recipes. Posting here to share and to remind myself next time I need food ( Read more... )

I’m looking for a free web or program service that’ll let me make a timeline. I will want a simple image out of it in the end, not a fancy interactive thing. Anyone got suggestions?

Originally posted on Dreamwidth.
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I'm so excited, today after a couple puffs from my rescue inhaler an hour earlier, I was able to walk home really fast and get short of breath from exercise / lung capacity, rather than short of breath from asthma. Eeee! (Yeah, I'm even more out of shape than I usually am, since I've been walking at a little old lady's pace since the Hunt b/c to ( Read more... )

I saw Lucy yesterday afternoon, and I have lots of thoughts, muchly spoilerific.

( 10% of the brain myth (non-spoilery) )