Lots of cool stuff online tonight!

So, it's a linkspam post. Yay?

The Last Muggle has finally finished reading the whole Harry Potter series. I've linked to the last of her 'Finished!' posts; there are ten, plus an epilogue and prologue. I've absolutely adored reading her blog. It reminds me so much of what it felt like to read the series for the first time, when everything was so fresh and desperate and mysterious.

I love Scalzi's post about what he would do if he had the power to rewrite the US constitution.

I also love grrm's post in response the passing of the US healthcare bill:

'I find it telling that virtually ALL the posters from Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the UK, France, Italy, Spain, and other countries that have a single payer national health care service LIKE their national health plan, and would NOT trade it for the American model. Meanwhile, here in the US, we are clearly split right down the middle. (Probably along the usual Blue State/ Red State lines, I suspect). Speaking for myself, I would gladly trade our present health care system -- even with the Obama fixes -- for a Canadian or Australian model. I'd do it tomorrow, without hesitation. So would millions of other Americans.

Now I ask you: if there are two restaurants, one where 99% of the customers are satisfied and happy, and one where half the customers are happy and the other half profoundly unhappy with the food and service, which would you rather eat at? '

Quite.

This post by the Intern made me fall off my chair laughing, while this interview with her was very informative.

The last link, which I hesitate to put in with all these other links to wonderful things, is to one of my own blog posts. It's about my favourite fictional couples. I'd love it if people would comment about their own, as I've noticed a weird trend with mine: they're ALL (with one or two exceptions) from YA books. Why? I don't really know. Perhaps I find adult romantic relationships boring? (That's a terrifying thought.)

Lots of cool stuff online tonight!

So, it's a linkspam post. Yay?

The Last Muggle has finally finished reading the whole Harry Potter series. I've linked to the last of her 'Finished!' posts; there are ten, plus an epilogue and prologue. I've absolutely adored reading her blog. It reminds me so much of what it felt like to read the series for the first time, when everything was so fresh and desperate and mysterious.

I love Scalzi's post about what he would do if he had the power to rewrite the US constitution.

I also love grrm's post in response the passing of the US healthcare bill:

'I find it telling that virtually ALL the posters from Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the UK, France, Italy, Spain, and other countries that have a single payer national health care service LIKE their national health plan, and would NOT trade it for the American model. Meanwhile, here in the US, we are clearly split right down the middle. (Probably along the usual Blue State/ Red State lines, I suspect). Speaking for myself, I would gladly trade our present health care system -- even with the Obama fixes -- for a Canadian or Australian model. I'd do it tomorrow, without hesitation. So would millions of other Americans.

Now I ask you: if there are two restaurants, one where 99% of the customers are satisfied and happy, and one where half the customers are happy and the other half profoundly unhappy with the food and service, which would you rather eat at? '

Quite.

This post by the Intern made me fall off my chair laughing, while this interview with her was very informative.

The last link, which I hesitate to put in with all these other links to wonderful things, is to one of my own blog posts. It's about my favourite fictional couples. I'd love it if people would comment about their own, as I've noticed a weird trend with mine: they're ALL (with one or two exceptions) from YA books. Why? I don't really know. Perhaps I find adult romantic relationships boring? (That's a terrifying thought.)