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[spatz]

First of all, I haven't been getting some of my comments and replies - has anyone else had this problem?

The first season of Avatar: The Last Airbender is streaming on Netflix, if any of ya'll haven't had the chance to watch it yet. I really can't stress how much I love this show - it's this wonderful, epic, delightful thing that spends three seasons telling exactly the story it set out to tell, and doing so many things right along the way - awesome characters that are both heroic and still children, kickass female characters, incredible world-building and continuity, beautiful animation.

Animator Vs Animation: An utterly hilarious and creative Flash animation, in which a stick figure and cursor do epic battle in Paintshop Pro. Laugh-out-loud funny, and make sure to turn the sound on.

I've been craving good Holmes/Watson/Mary fic since I saw Sherlock Holmes, and I finally found some I like. recessional on Dreamwidth has been writing prompt table responses and her Mary is most excellent, and the balance of the three in the relationship is pitch-perfect.

Is there HTML code to link to DW users from LJ? I feel like I've seen it somewhere, but I can't recall how to do it.

Speaking of Sherlock Holmes, I've been reading a book about Victorian London, which, hilariously, starts with a chapter called "Smells", describing the sewage situation in the mid-1800s. There's a map of the sewer system used to drain and upgrade the old lines, and I was tickled pink to see that if a boat was heading downstream from the Houses of Parliament, there is in fact a major sewer line crossing the river's edge just past the bridge, port side, approximately 100 yards. See?

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[rahaeli.livejournal.com]

Is there HTML code to link to DW users from LJ? I feel like I've seen it somewhere, but I can't recall how to do it.

Yup! If you load a DW user's profile, there's "link to this user" code in the last section that you can just copy and paste.

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[thespatz.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I feel all warm and enlightened ;)

[calathea.livejournal.com]

When I saw SH in the cinema, there was an audible eeeugh noise from the audience when he jumped in the Thames. You wouldn't jump in it *now*, the mere though of jumping in it in the mid-19th century is absolutely revolting.

[thespatz.livejournal.com]

At least it was the *late* 19th century? I was vastly amused that the smell got so bad in 1858 it was called "The Great Stink", which precipitated the new sewer system. But, yeah. EWW.