I learned to swim 'cause he said you could fly

[sovay]

spatch has been sending me various cheering links, like a coconut octopus being offered a new home, Peter Falk's self-portraits as Columbo, and Potter Puppet Pals' "The Mysterious Ticking Noise." I appreciate all of these things.

a_reasonable_man went to hear Anaïs Mitchell and came back with the self-named debut single of her new folk group, "Bonny Light Horseman." It's having to share space right now with the rest of the new music, but it's on rotation.

I feel everyone on my friendlist should know that Conjunctions is now reading for Grendel's Kin: The Monsters Issue.

I don't understand how I missed the existence of anything called "the New Thalassology."

Comments

[asakiyume]

It was because of him and his sister that I joined LJ, back in 2006. I wanted to be able to leave a comment on his sister's LJ. I thought they were both MAD CREATIVE. (And... they were!)

[sovay]

It was because of him and his sister that I joined LJ, back in 2006.

I didn't know that! That's a good reason.

[moon_custafer]

Wow – looking up wiki articles on animutation, etc, pulled up a scholarly paper, “Colin Mochrie vs. Jesus H. Christ: Messages About Masculinities and Fame in Online Video Conversations” by Lori Kendall, University of Illinois. Dating from 2007, it looks almost naively optimistic in the post-Gamergate era, but still a worthwhile read: https://www.ideals.illinois.edu/bitstream/handle/2142/705/colinieee.pdf

[sovay]

Dating from 2007, it looks almost naively optimistic in the post-Gamergate era

The internet at large also functioned quite differently in the founding years of animutation, but I'm still going to read it! Thanks.

[rosefox]

I have never even heard of animutation. Wow wow wow.