The Daily Snitch: Sunday, November 15, 2009
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- Archive: Potions and Snitches, the Snape and Harry gen archive, has been updated for the weekend
- Hot Art: Imperio: Postlude by Anonymous (Draco/Rosmerta, NC-17/NWS, warnings: underage in some ordinances (Draco is 16), non-con, cross-gen)
- Hot Rec: A Tale of Seasons by Anonymous (Neville, Bellatrix, R, warning: torture)
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If you have more art or fic that you will like to see posted, please leave a comment here. Please use the format requested in the call-up post.
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We are looking for art, fiction, communities and resources that features Alastor Moody, either one will be enough, (meta will go on the regular editions). The work can be posted on any journaling system (LJ, IJ, Inksome, JournalFen, etc) or website. Please, we are looking for people to pimp their work and their friends' work. So don't be shy. Leave a link in this post, and it will appear on our new Special Edition.
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Links must be submitted with the following format:
Please state if Art or Fic.
As usual, the
daily_snitch does not link to locked posts.You can find our previous editions at Live Journal, InsaneJournal, JournalFen and Dreamwidth
Dear Yuletide Writer:
This is not my letter. I am traveling tomorrow and have a lot of last minute family stuff before I go, so I expect to be able to post my letter tomorrow. For now, I just really hope you like one of the things I included in my requests, and if not, hopefully what I post tomorrow will be more inspirational.
Thanks and hugs and friendliness in advance....
- Heidi
This is not my letter. I am traveling tomorrow and have a lot of last minute family stuff before I go, so I expect to be able to post my letter tomorrow. For now, I just really hope you like one of the things I included in my requests, and if not, hopefully what I post tomorrow will be more inspirational.
Thanks and hugs and friendliness in advance....
- Heidi
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It has been so long since I've curled up with a good book and just lost myself in it. I've had some good reads, but with the real world forcing me to keep one eye on the clock. Which interferes with the whole "lost in book world" thing. But this time I made plans. Knowing I was about to dive into the latest Robert Jordan, knowing that the reviews were positive, I delayed reading until I had the time to let the real world go and just read.
It was lovely. :)
Which is beyond awesome all things considered. The Wheel of Time series has been through some serious drama. It was already long and getting longer. The last two books, while not series-destroying-bad, were a slog. There was a sense that Jordan had lost control of the plot and the series was going stumble on forever. And then he died. With a new author hired to finish the series, I was afraid that the ending we were going to get would be rushed and unsatisfying.
I'm pleased to say, I don't think that's going to happen. The Gathering Storm was a lovely read. The characters were familiar and vibrant, the plot twists were exciting and fulfilling, and I had a hard time putting the book down for silly things like eating, sleeping and bathing. In other words, it was just like reading a Jordan book. For the most part.
( Spoilers to follow )
It was lovely. :)
Which is beyond awesome all things considered. The Wheel of Time series has been through some serious drama. It was already long and getting longer. The last two books, while not series-destroying-bad, were a slog. There was a sense that Jordan had lost control of the plot and the series was going stumble on forever. And then he died. With a new author hired to finish the series, I was afraid that the ending we were going to get would be rushed and unsatisfying.
I'm pleased to say, I don't think that's going to happen. The Gathering Storm was a lovely read. The characters were familiar and vibrant, the plot twists were exciting and fulfilling, and I had a hard time putting the book down for silly things like eating, sleeping and bathing. In other words, it was just like reading a Jordan book. For the most part.
( Spoilers to follow )
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The Romans only had symbols for numbers up to a thousand, so how did they cope with really big numbers- a million for instance? Surely they didn't write MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM......? This was keeping me awake last night.
I looked up the answer this morning. You put a bar across the top of a number and that shows you've multiplied it by a thousand. So a million is M with a bar across the top.
Like so....
Simplicity itself!
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O.K. So what's the name of this show?
It's called Whack-O.
And what's that all about?
It refers to the leading character's penchant for hitting small boys.
So he's a child abuser?
That's right. And a crook and a booze-hound. He goes round swishing a cane and telling boys to bend over. That's his schtick. The public are going to love him.
Brilliant. Sounds like great family entertainment. We'll put it out at tea-time.
It's called Whack-O.
And what's that all about?
It refers to the leading character's penchant for hitting small boys.
So he's a child abuser?
That's right. And a crook and a booze-hound. He goes round swishing a cane and telling boys to bend over. That's his schtick. The public are going to love him.
Brilliant. Sounds like great family entertainment. We'll put it out at tea-time.
Mr Pettigrew turned up in my dreams the other night. I forget what he was doing there. Mr Pettigrew was the wimpish, dithery stooge in the Jimmy Edwards sit-com, Whack-O- which ran from 1956 to 61. I used to love Whack-O. I have no idea at this distance in time whether it was any good- and there's no way of refreshing my memory because the BBC has wiped the tapes.
I did some research. Mr Pettigrew was played by Arthur Howard. Howard (born Steiner) was the brother of the film star Leslie Howard and the father of the Shakespearean actor Alan Howard. He was a busy actor, routinely cast in supporting roles as vicars, schoolmasters and civil servants. He was in Passport to Pimlico. He was in Moonraker. In 1961 he spent a week in prison for "soliciting for immoral purposes". He died in 1995.
His performance as Pettigrew survives in the spin-off feature film Bottoms Up- which I haven't seen. When the show was briefly revived in the early 70s (those tapes still exist) Howard had been replaced in the role by Julian Orchard.
I did some research. Mr Pettigrew was played by Arthur Howard. Howard (born Steiner) was the brother of the film star Leslie Howard and the father of the Shakespearean actor Alan Howard. He was a busy actor, routinely cast in supporting roles as vicars, schoolmasters and civil servants. He was in Passport to Pimlico. He was in Moonraker. In 1961 he spent a week in prison for "soliciting for immoral purposes". He died in 1995.
His performance as Pettigrew survives in the spin-off feature film Bottoms Up- which I haven't seen. When the show was briefly revived in the early 70s (those tapes still exist) Howard had been replaced in the role by Julian Orchard.
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Poll #1484573 Random question of the day
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 74
Also, Yuletide sign-ups close soon, SHOW is on tonight and I've played three songs from last night's GLEE at least a dozen times each today.
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 74
Does anyone do phone posts anymore?
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Yes, I still regularly see phone posts on my flist
3 (4.1%)
I do sometimes still see phone posts. 25 (34.2%)
I do phone posts but nobody else on my flist does them regularly 0 (0.0%)
I do phone posts regularly 0 (0.0%)
I do phone posts occasionally 6 (8.2%)
I've hardly ever made phone posts in the first place 39 (53.4%)
Something else that I will explain in a comment 4 (5.5%)
You know, I never really noticed that there seem to be fewer than there used to be. 28 (38.4%)
Huh, my flist seems to have more phone posts than ever before. 0 (0.0%)
I haven't been on LJ since 2002, and do not know of these phone posts. 0 (0.0%)
200 icon spaces? Seriously?
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Seriously. I mean, if you have a permanent account. 31 (43.7%)
Wow, I remember when it was a huge deal to have TEN. 60 (84.5%)
I also remember when extra space for my emails in my Google account was about $75 for 20 gigs! 10 (14.1%)
Hey, that's nothing. I remember when Netword Solutions charged $75 for a domain name, and you had to get two years at once. 14 (19.7%)
And when unlimited dial-up via AOL cost almost twenty bucks. For 9600 baud. 30 (42.3%)
Also, Yuletide sign-ups close soon, SHOW is on tonight and I've played three songs from last night's GLEE at least a dozen times each today.
Which is the most disgusting- Gordon Brown or the Sun? That's a tough one. And I guess there's only one way to find out..... FIIIIIGHT!
But surprisingly when it happened it was no contest. The Sun won hands down. Its exploitation of a bereaved mother's anger for political gain was sick-making. And in the process it managed to expose Brown's rarely seen human side. So he takes the trouble to sit down and write letters of condolence in his own hand? How decent and old-fashioned of him. And he makes mistakes- well don't we all? Or did he? His handwriting is so atrocious (again an endearing trait) that it's very hard to tell.
Gordon Brown will be gone soon. We won't miss him. But the Sun will continue to pollute the national discourse with its hypocrisy, jingoism and cynical populism for God knows how long.....
But surprisingly when it happened it was no contest. The Sun won hands down. Its exploitation of a bereaved mother's anger for political gain was sick-making. And in the process it managed to expose Brown's rarely seen human side. So he takes the trouble to sit down and write letters of condolence in his own hand? How decent and old-fashioned of him. And he makes mistakes- well don't we all? Or did he? His handwriting is so atrocious (again an endearing trait) that it's very hard to tell.
Gordon Brown will be gone soon. We won't miss him. But the Sun will continue to pollute the national discourse with its hypocrisy, jingoism and cynical populism for God knows how long.....
Oh, Glee! I don't know what I loved most about this episode ( because there were so many moments and songs! )
Don't the previews for next week look adorable! But I'll be in LA and probably won't see it until I fly home the next day as we're going out with friends from college on Wednesday night. But even so, I am so, so, so glad to have GLEE back!
And not just because a full season run for GLEE means that Fox has cut back its order to Past Lives from 14ish episodes to SIX, which is fantastic because that show is truly one of the worst things I have ever seen in my life. I ranted about it a bit when I saw the pilot at comic con, and I wish it were better because the cast members were all lovely but ( spoilers for the pilot ) I'm sorry, after an hour of focus on the details of what happened, and her really tragic and nightmare-inducing murder, I am glad that the show is not going to make it beyond six episodes.
Sorry, I'm in month five of having occasional nightmares based on that episode so it makes me a bit ranty. If you have any Kids In Peril triggers, do not watch the show or even read summaries of the first episode. Spare yourself what I put myself through. And yes, I know I put this bit outside a cut tag, because I think it's important that people know before any of the PR for the show begins.
Hell, Fox, why are you even going to air those six episodes instead of more, oh I dunno, Dollhouse. Which, yes, has its issues but they don't involve murdered kids.
Don't the previews for next week look adorable! But I'll be in LA and probably won't see it until I fly home the next day as we're going out with friends from college on Wednesday night. But even so, I am so, so, so glad to have GLEE back!
And not just because a full season run for GLEE means that Fox has cut back its order to Past Lives from 14ish episodes to SIX, which is fantastic because that show is truly one of the worst things I have ever seen in my life. I ranted about it a bit when I saw the pilot at comic con, and I wish it were better because the cast members were all lovely but ( spoilers for the pilot ) I'm sorry, after an hour of focus on the details of what happened, and her really tragic and nightmare-inducing murder, I am glad that the show is not going to make it beyond six episodes.
Sorry, I'm in month five of having occasional nightmares based on that episode so it makes me a bit ranty. If you have any Kids In Peril triggers, do not watch the show or even read summaries of the first episode. Spare yourself what I put myself through. And yes, I know I put this bit outside a cut tag, because I think it's important that people know before any of the PR for the show begins.
Hell, Fox, why are you even going to air those six episodes instead of more, oh I dunno, Dollhouse. Which, yes, has its issues but they don't involve murdered kids.
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