I actually like steampuck but even I think that's a bit much. I prefer it so much more when it's historical with just a little weird, rather than weird with just a little bit of historical.

That sounds like an incredibly delicious cake. Tea flavored anything is a win by me.

I would like to make an addition to the "annoying things about the mason jar trend" is going to a restaurant and getting my water in a mason jar instead of a glass. Why!? It's not preserved water, I just saw you pour it, I'm not going to put a lid back on it and save it, WHY IS IT IN A JAR?!

I believe the word for all of this is "milquetoast"

Look. I get how this is ham-fisted. I don't get how it's "segregation." PAX has already included a multitude of diversity related panels in their programming. They're not going to eliminate that programming and pretend this one lounge area counts for all of it. That's not how cons work.

Lindy, have I told you recently that you're my favorite? Because you are my favorite.

TMI time, I am so paranoid about pregnancy I've got THE MAN fiddling with my hormones, and have for years thanks to super fun period issues, AND I requested that my long-term BF pull out. I know this study isn't really about my kind of situation, seeing as for us, the pulling out is entirely secondary.

Haitian Voodoo witch doctor Santa sounds pretty fantastic.

I know exactly what you mean. It's super rude and I don't blame them for wanting her to take it down, but I can't help it. I snicker a little every time I picture it.

It's pretty ghastly that everything I know about Hanukkah I had to learn either on my own or from the one Jewish friend I had in high school. Meanwhile, every kid of every religion would be able to tell you what Christmas is about just by sheer, relentless exposure. Terrible.

Mother of god. How exhausting it must be to continue to exist in such a constant state of pointless indignation. You know what feels great? Giving far fewer fucks how other people want to celebrate (or not celebrate) during winter. I have enough to worry about without the added stress of a fictional war against…

It's so confusing, and kind of disturbing the more I look at it. So much yikes.

It's a shame because without the shitty descriptions and gross, inappropriate use of the naked photos, the designs really are pretty neat. I'm just waiting to see them posted on tumblr out of context with a bunch of grabby-hands gifs.

A related pet peeve of mine, people who take video at live concerts, especially when we're all in seats that aren't particularly great. It's going to look terrible, sound worse, and you're watching the performance via a 2x3 illuminated box. Why? Why do people do this? Just watch the concert. I have never once…

I legitimately thought it was Gwen Stefani for about three seconds.

I actually liked this, despite not expecting to (I have been known to be a bit a boring prude about sex in film - not outraged, but generally something I avoid). But I remember it took an overall more joyful and frank approach to sex, as opposed to "OOOH SCANDAL SO DIRTY" like this film is trying so hard to be.

A friend of mine went to a con and got a photo with Peter Dinklage. He was dressed as Robb and had a stuffed wolf with him, which Dinklage was biting at in the photo. Why all the biting, Dinklage?!

Let us not forget this magnificence!

For a while my boyfriend was having dreams where people were trying really hard to come between us for no particularly good reason, and even though he knew it was silly, he did the extra-clingy thing too. Definitely not gendered, and not even all that weird if you think about how strongly we can feel emotions while…

Oh my god, I actually love these because they remind me of the wings on this book cover, which was a favorite when I read it in middle school.