I miss the glory days of fandom_wank and bad_penny. Many a happy hour was spent on Journal Fen back in the day!

It's not illegal, no, but it's poor form and frowned upon within fandom. If you're going to crib from other sources, especially to the extent that CC did, at least provide credit! When called on the carpet, Cla(i)re defended her actions, calling her (often verbatim) copied passages "homages" or saying that she had…

Exactly. Not a dime!!

It's a crazy long story — basically, CC was internet-famous for a series of Harry Potter fanfictions that were wildly popular. Then it began to be apparent that huge swaths of them were lifted from a variety of published novels, TV shows, etc. For an exhaustive account, see http://www.journalfen.net/community/bad_….

Great for Clare for being conscious of the Bechdel test. But I can't tolerate anything of hers since she remains totally unapologetic for her plagiarism. And the fact that she is now profiting (a lot!!) as a pretty obvious result of said plagiarism is maddening.

My all-time is 642, but I play CONSTANTLY and have for weeks. My average score for a typical game is closer to 400-450.

A million times agreed, for all the reasons you list. I am slightly claustrophobic and easily overheat, so big spoon it is. Plus, bonus access to easy touching of all parts of your little spoon (sexy or otherwise)! It's so awkward to reach backward as little spoon.

I was going to ask about battery use — seems like an app that start automatically whenever you move would be pretty power-intensive! Does Fjuul use significantly less?

DAMN. Seven years. That's quite a stretch, even for a tabloid...

Ugh, I noticed that too. Only the rock-hardest of bodies can be sexually appealing, doncha know.

Don't worry, it's a gag image from Arrested Development. Not too far from some excited would-be parents, though...

Really??! I'm on sertraline too and hardly ever remember my dreams unless they are serious nightmares. I better work harder at this!

I get these regularly, and they always involve me CHEWING my teeth out. As in, I'm eating something, and I can feel my teeth begin to splinter and crack and come apart and I keep chewing until they've been ground totally out of my gums. Every time, I wake up shuddering from disgust and panic.

I came here to post this exact .gif but you've beaten me to it. Sweet, sweet Evans ass.

Apple-Wives Club high five! I'm the same way. I can't imagine the shit he puts up with and it's probably for the best that I work a secluded desk job where the worst I have to deal with are snarky emails from accounting.

And this is at the Grove store in LA, aka one of the busiest and highest-volume Apple stores in the US. Expecting to just stroll in and have everyone flock to help her was ridiculous.

Plenty of parents have terribly stressful children and still somehow manage not to take out their frustration on helpless service employees. Part of being an adult is dealing with stress appropriately, and screaming at staff is not appropriate.

People like this drive my husband CRAZY (he's a Genius), since he often has to play the role of the employee this woman is screaming at. "Ma'am, I understand that you just walked in here and want someone to solve your problem immediately. But we're understaffed and running behind and there are lots of people RIGHT…

Ugh, this is frustrating. The Vatican/Pope Francis did not promise a plenary indulgence for following him on Twitter, and that's putting aside all of the conditions that generally apply for an indulgence. James Martin (the Colbert Report chaplain, for those familiar) breaks it down beautifully here: http://religion.b…

This gif brings back all sorts of feelings that I thought I had put behind me.