Why Am I In This Handbasket?

It's been a good week for cool stuff but I realized that I had stuff in email, chat, and tumblr that wasn't making it's way here so have some linkspam: 

Sorry there's no cut but for some reason when I put in the cut it made the middle third of the post disappear entirely and I couldn't figure out how to fix the html.

Click here to see my Tumblr main page and scroll through this first batch or use the following individual links:

Oracle addresses the DC Comics Reboot

Supergirl's new costume.

Youko and Kuronue Poker Face by Yon-Kitty

Beefcake!

I "Liked" this:

The Batman is generally a solitary creature

Cute Thor

Other stuff not posted elsewhere:

Viachristinam33  on chat and The Onion  Al Qaeda on US Infrastructure

Hiei cosplay

Kuronue cosplay

Zardra's "Punk Faery" at DA

Great Quote:

After Alfred's literary hero, Jeeves, the most famous butler in fiction is probably Stevens in Remains of the Day. Alfred remembered fondly that book's account of an unflappable butler serving in India, who interrupts his master's tea to report a rabid tiger has entered the house and rests beneath the dining room table. The butler calmly asks permission to use a particular weapon, after which the guests hear three gunshots. The butler returns to refresh the teapot and reports "Dinner will be served at the usual time, milord, and I am pleased to say there will be no discernable traces of the recent occurrence by that time."

Perhaps it was the gift for dignified understatement that put Alfred more in mind of Stevens than Jeeves at this particular moment. Or perhaps it was that Stevens' duties brought him into contact with Nazis and Nazi collaborators, while the worst Jeeves had to contend with were chaps called Tuppy Glossop and Gussie Finknottle.

"There is a matter in the library requiring your attention, sir," Alfred announced soberly. Bruce turned from his place where Signora Rinaldi was measuring counter space for a demonstration on olive pressing, and Alfred continued. "Your immediate attention, sir."

Assuming this was yet another of the endless preparations for the festival, Bruce entered the library with a distracted air, totally unprepared for the sight that would greet him. The transition to Batman was instantaneous as his brain registered it - the Joker! - sitting in an easy chair - feet up on an endtable - balancing a leather-bound volume of Emily Dickenson poems on his chin.

From Cat Tales #15 Something Old by Chris Dee. The entire series can be found here.

Fanfiction Downloader has updated and now does more formats. Also, works better with the latest FF.Net site update.

Elizabeth Warren trounces class warfare meme (Video)

Draw a stickman and have adventures! 

25 Historically Important Photos. Includes the first color photograph but also a couple of disturbing images of hanging and war.

A Moment of WTF: Found this in a summary at FF.Net: 
 "I need OC's for my fanfic Family Means Everything, I will only except 10 characters related to the Marvel characters so get your character in fast."
Rage inducing look at the DC Reboot's redesign of Starfire and what they're saying to women.

And to get you in a better mood: 
When the Lights Come On Again byseanchai & elspethdixonThanks so muchjojo_kun for helping me find this!
Summary: Aliens have invaded earth, and the Avengers are scattered. While Steve leads the resistance, Tony once again finds himself playing captive scientist. In the midst of a violent alien regime, separated by seemingly insurmountable boundaries, Steve and Tony have nothing to keep themselves going but each other.

Steve and Tony are separated for most of this but there's a nice fluffy pay off at the end. Really great characterizations and a gripping story. Better than a lot of canon stuff.

In addition to helping me find stories Jojo has been busy doing Steve/Tony art. Yum! 

Kiss the Sky

Room with a View (NSFW)

If you missed it there have been several bits from the text game Improbable Island posted to weepingcock this week. Not because they are bad but because they were such excellent mocking of the exact sorts of things WC exists to mock.

I made the mistake yesterday morning of thinking that I would find it and bookmark it and go check it out this weekend and ended up getting sucked into the opening sequence and being 30 minutes late for work. I then spent my entire lunch break playing it. Plus some time last night.

WARNING: IMPROBABLE ISLAND IS ADDICTIVE
Do not attempt to go there for the first time unless you have several hours to explore.

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Yes, Ren did it and now I am so let's all hope that Ren doesn't decide it's cool to jump off a bridge or something.

I've set the thing to post  here once a day (I think). I haven't had a lot to post that was worth an entire blog post other than fanfic recs and I'm holding off on doing those until I finish fixing the tags on the old entries so I'm sure I'm not reposting something. I do think of lots of short things during the day that I usually bug Christina with on IM that would be good for Tweets and several of those might make a good post so I"m trying it out.

First auto post of Tweets should pop up here at 7 Eastern time. Just siged up so I haven't done anything but one testing Tweet so far.

Before you click on this link make sure you have a tissue.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2011740342_electronboy30m.html

The Seattle branch of the Make a Wish foundation allowed a kid with cancer to be a superhero for the day. Be sure to check out the link to the pictures.

Link from Patty at Weird Universe.

I may be the last person on the internet to see this but just in case: 

Remember the laptop I ordered last week? Well, I got an email that day saying that there was a short hold on the order while my credit card info was verified and I should be hearing from them within 48 hours and I didn't need to do anything or contact anybody in the meantime.

And you thought YOUR fandom was weird.

NOT work or kid safe.

 

http://www.unicornmuseum.org/index.html

A tongue in cheek response to the Creation Museum in Kentucky. They plan to erect a billboard advertising their fake museum near the real one. Be sure to take a minute to vote on the design.

I find myself wanting a real Unicorn Museum, not one that pretends that Unicorns are real but something that celebrates fantasy where you could go look at exhibits along the lines of those old Gnome and Faerie books or see a collection of fantasy art. I would love to view "The Gnome Experience" or attend a "DIY Chimera Workshop".