Channeling (or not).

I've seen a couple of people linking to the Salon article reporting the rumors that during last week's debate, Bush was being fed lines by a prompter.

Now Mark Lieberman of languagelog (which has had several recent entries discussing the speech patterns of the candidates) analyzes the evidence in what seems to me to be a scientific and unbiased way.

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On to a less bizarre subject. I'm very happy with the ficlets I received for the first lines meme. You guys are great!

fernwithy wrote Buffy fic.

atdelphi wrote Peter/Filch.

fabu wrote PotC fic.

_hannelore wrote Ron & Neville.

thepiratequeen wrote Neville & Harry.

gracefulfool wrote Hermione & Ron.

malograntum wrote Percy & Wormtail.

keladryb wrote Toby/Danny (West Wing).

gaeta wrote Peter/Remus and attempted to outdo me in the squick department. What say you, did she succeed? *g*


Is it just me, or have memes been unusually entertaining lately? More fun and participatory, less random waste of time.

Channeling (or not).

I've seen a couple of people linking to the Salon article reporting the rumors that during last week's debate, Bush was being fed lines by a prompter.

Now Mark Lieberman of languagelog (which has had several recent entries discussing the speech patterns of the candidates) analyzes the evidence in what seems to me to be a scientific and unbiased way.

---

On to a less bizarre subject. I'm very happy with the ficlets I received for the first lines meme. You guys are great!

fernwithy wrote Buffy fic.

atdelphi wrote Peter/Filch.

fabu wrote PotC fic.

_hannelore wrote Ron & Neville.

thepiratequeen wrote Neville & Harry.

gracefulfool wrote Hermione & Ron.

malograntum wrote Percy & Wormtail.

keladryb wrote Toby/Danny (West Wing).

gaeta wrote Peter/Remus and attempted to outdo me in the squick department. What say you, did she succeed? *g*


Is it just me, or have memes been unusually entertaining lately? More fun and participatory, less random waste of time.