Tra-la. It’s a link dump!
Sorry about last week, everybody. I was sick most of the week, and it really kept me from doing a lot. (Before anyone offers their sage advice, it’s all been stress-related. If you can figure out a way to reduce my stress that doesn’t rely on the failed arts of yoga and meditation, I’m all ears.)
Because I was gone last week, you get a mingling of last week’s links and this week’s links. You even get a cool quote!
Let’s get started!
- ColourLovers’ Interview with the Pantone Color of the Year- I loved this. I read it thrice! The writing style here is serious, yet playful, and it makes me think about my own writing and my chronic inability to put down the academic and inject the sarcasm.
- Make Your Own Tiara- Doesn’t look too hard. I’ve been thinking about acquiring a tiara for a while after someone loaned me one because she felt I was going through a rough patch (When am I not?) I could totally make this.
- Dr. Who Producers Won’t Listen to the Fans- I was still watching Smallville when the storylines started reflecting the fan fiction. It was amusing, but ultimately drove me away from the series. Now, I’m reading the fan-inspired Yu-Gi-Oh GX manga, and I almost put down the first volume halfway through. The fandom can come up with good ideas occasionally, but a show/manga should never feel they have to sacrifice their own work to appease the fandom.
- Was Gene Roddenberry an Anti-Robot Bigot?- What? No attacks on JMS? We’re just going to go after someone who created one of the coolest shows in sci-fi? (And why isn’t Romy a part of this conversation?)
And now for what has to be the best quote ever!
- The ability to delude yourself may be an important survival tool.- Jane Wagner (Source)
