- Time posts its picks for 100 best novels since 1923 (the year the magazine started publishing). Some interesting and unexpected choices (Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret, Snow Crash, Possession, Watchmen -- which I still haven't read, hm).
- Wired article on Wikipedia and free speech.
- Speaking of Wikipedia: how trustworthy is it? The Answers to Common Objections page has a lot to say about this. I like the section that points out errors in more traditional sources. This is fun: news outlets and others taking articles from The Onion too seriously.
- And a quote from Russell Baker (from review of a book by Nicholson Baker, author and frequent librarian critic, a man about whom I could construct an entire rant if I were so inclined, but not today):
...[L]ibrarians are among the world's most civilized people (who else does such priceless work so cheerfully for such rotten pay?)
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Okay, so DA Kiss Battle, y/n?
The Dragon Age Kiss Battle got so little participation the last time I ran one, in 2015, that I didn't do it last year, and no one asked where it…
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New Fic: Wardens of Ivalice Part 2: The Rising Mist
Title: The Rising Mist Fandom: Dragon Age and Final Fantasy XII Rating: Teen (moderate DA-typical violence) Wordcount: 26,903 Characters: Ashe,…
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Flashfic: 15 Characters
Back in July, I took 15 Characters prompts on Tumblr, and wrote three stories, which I am just now getting around to cross-posting. Enjoy the…
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