Every day, there seems to be a new example of Barack Obama's Jim Jones-like grip on otherwise (semi) rational people. What began as a political phenomenon borne of a particularly charismatic figure has turned into a creepy and possibly malignant force. Obama is a man of undeniable intelligence and s...

So instead of posting, here's a meme I stole from  quaero_verum - Go to here - Enter the year you graduated from high school in the search function and get the list of 100 most popular songs of that year. - Bold the songs you like, strike through the ones you hate and underline your favorites. ...

Title: Crossing Bridges Author: yeyaness Pairing: Peterick [Patrick/Pete]; Pete/various. POV: Third, omniscient. Rating R to NC-17. Summary:All his life Patrick Stump has known of a higher power. He's never given it much thought though, too focused on his crappy Camaro and shit night-job at Wal*Mart...

Title - Welcome to Nothing Author - shorthorror Pairing - Jimmy Sullivan / Matt Sanders Rating - NC-17 Summary - Jimmy Sullivan has never found so much in so little. His struggles become someone else's struggles after an unexpected run-in. Now Jimmy doesn't have to suffer by himself. Disclaimer - Pu...

Author: yours truly, ExMaverick aka Jess Title: Ancient Wounds Rating: PG-13 Summary: Prequel to my vampire fic Deepest Shadow. Ville recounts the events of his mortal life growing up in the poverty of 20th century Finland, wrought with grief, sex, romance, passion and abuse leading into his birth t...

This the kind of music that probably sounds great when performed in a disused railway works in Glasgow, Test Dept's preferred kind of venue, with massed percussionists striking poses that have their drama amplified when projected as shadows by stark lighting. In our back bedroom, even with the volum...

Soldier in famous photo never defeated demons -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By ALLEN G. BREED and KEVIN MAURER, Associated Press Writers 2 hours, 15 minutes ago PINEHURST, N.C. - Officers had been to the white ranch house at 560 W. Longleaf many tim...

Which Joker's Wilder? The Smackdown .  This is a championship match, sure to incite and divide.  It's Gotham's defender's revered cinematic debut in Tim Burton and Sam Hamm's Batman versus the sequel to Christopher Nolan's & David Goyer's Batman Begins.   With the same hero a...

Harley-Davidson is one of Milwaukee’s iconic companies. Since 1903, the H-D headquarters have been located in Milwaukee. It’s only natural that Milwaukee would host Harley-Davidson’s first and only comprehensive museum. Sure, this isn’t a novel idea, but it definitely is about time. After tw...

People wouldn’t believe me if I say it, but it’s the whole truth, the entire truth, I swear by my morning hair and the fag dangling out of my mouth, but now as I watch CBS News, I’m slightly flummoxed by the dependency on credit cards for basic staples because, get this, I’ve never had a cre...