HP fic rec, via Az-the-Elder

"Favorite Things", chaosdancer. Creepy Umbridge G-rated gen.

Fandom Meta-Question

When you have a character having intercourse with a real person of the same gender, is that character!slash, or RPS?

Namely, I ask this because ( ...WARNING: contains Dubya. )

I'm a bad influence on my father.

I told FatherSir the story about my Analysis & Design class, with the final exam being the role-playing game where we pretended to be designers and clients. In that, my chief accomplishment was to dissuade the clients from having the basketball-holding device tethered to the user by means of a 36" strap (John: slightly less than a meter) by invariably referring to it as a "thirty-six inch strap-on" when discussing it.

My father has been making references to that ever since, and driving Mama nuts.

On Rowling

Notice to all Potter fans: in case you weren't aware, JKR plays mind-games with her fans. It's her idea of fun. Deal with it.

Or, if you're like me -- enjoy it. Because you know she's fucking with us.

Bush flips off protestor

US citizens, exercising their right to free speech via banners. Bush, exercising his right to free speech via his middle finger. Via metaquotes.

More fic rec: "All Bets are Off"

"All Bets are Off", by Allegra. R+, Harry/Draco. Highly silly: SexGod!Harry bets with Draco that he can't keep it in his pants for a month. Wackiness ensues.

Children

digitalambience and his wife are evidently going to be parents. Um, congratulations...