VMars bitterness: Behold my icon of h8r-ness. It shall always and forever be my icon of h8. See, once upon a time I watched this really great show called Veronica Mars. Perhaps you've heard of it? It had a mystery, and clues, and it seemed as if it would have a logical ending to an excellent first s...

So, I’m looking around trying to find something I haven’t seen 12 times on other pages (it’s been a slow week for news items – you can only gush over the same 3 things at the big magazines for so long), and I find something from the long distance echo department (a boyhood euphemism for I sa...

Influential nun calls for 'non-violent resistance' against Vatican apostolic visitation   Mar. 4, 2009 (CWNews.com) - An influential American nun has called for "non-violent resistance" against a Vatican investigation of women's religious orders. In an email message to co...

Title: Surprising a PromiseAuthor: helsinkibabyFandom: FringePairing: Charlie/AstridRating: PGSpoilers: NoneWord Count: 606Notes: For the smallfandomflsh challenge #23 “promise�Summary: Astrid gets a surprise.Notes: Apparently, this would be where I take the word and turn it into a phrase that l...

FrontPageMagazine.com | Mark D. Tooley | Mar. 3, 2009 Activists at the World Social Forum (WSF), having gathered 130,000 anti-globalization activists to Belem, Brazil across 6 days early in February, enthusiastically decided that global taxation is the solution to the economic meltdown. Me...

Wow, what an episode of Lost! (5.7, if you're counting) ... in which we learn - 1. Our hope that Ben might not be bad is shattered ... at least, for the most part ... because Ben kills Locke! Now, maybe this is part of some more complex master plan, but it sure seems as if Ben doesn't want Locke to ...

The Edinburgh Fringe festival's first chief executive was named today and warned that the recession has raised serious concerns about funding, despite a recent £250,000 emergency loan from the city's council and other funders. Kath Mainland, currently the administrative director of the Edinburgh in...

I have fic. And whatever you are thinking when you see this, believe you me, I've already thought it. *goes to bang head off desk. repeatedly.* Title: Night-time SecretsAuthor: helsinkibabyFandom: FringePairing: Charlie/AstridRating: PGSpoilers: NoneWord Count: 505Notes: For the smallfandomflsh chal...

“Ability” February 10th, 2009 If there was ever any question about which J.J. Abrams show Fringe was trying to be, “Ability” sealed the deal. For those who didn’t have the pleasure of seeing Abrams’ second major foray into television, Alias, this episode played ou...

Spoilers for last night's "Fringe" coming up just as soon as I get my typewriter fixed... A lot of "Fringe" viewers have been clamoring for fewer Science Crime of the Week stories and more mythology-type arc episodes. "Ability" had mythology to spare, as the mysterious Mr. Jones returned, we found o...