Or am I biased? I'm on your side in this, everything has its value but learning from media is fun and feels less prescriptive!


anyone reading the Dido books should not miss lionpyh’s post-series fic Now, in the meanwhile, with hearts raised on high, which is one of the best fics I’ve ever read in any fandom ever as well as being an immensely satisfying conclusion.

lionpyh is one of my most admired writers on ao3 (the entire site, not for a fandom), so I'm happy to see them recced! good taste. I wonder if you've seen this interview about their writing process? http://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/non-fiction/articles/that-obsessive-recursiveness-an-interview-with-leo-mandel/

There’s a fancy coffee shop chain in Japan which uses city airport codes for its shop names, like NGS Coffee in Nagasaki and so on; the problem is that they’re based in Fukuoka, and so the company overall is known as FUK Coffee. omg, LOL. the last time I was in Japan with my partner we were having fun going around specialty coffee shops (Japan's coffee culture is top notch) and this just tickles me.