"I was born Baptist..."

"...but have since converted to hedonism. " From a Salon blog.

Unsurprisingly, this resonated with me (modulo the pot -- you know why I'm not into pot -- and I wish it were longer and more in depth). I too remember the astonishing discovery that fun can be good for you.

The springtime has been warming up my blood lately (topic for another post) so it was a pleasant coincidence to find this little essay about the joys of life and bursting out of narrow strictures.

Some links for You

So I want to thank everyone who dropped me a comment or a line or a book in the mail (*blows kisses*) on Monday. And I had a brief pile of links to post, so.

Questioning Fandom: Recast That Character!

The Neuroscience of Your Brain on Fiction

"Lenny Kravitz is wearing gold eyeliner. Your argument is invalid." (Made by blcwriter)

The Commander in Chief and The Communications Officer! *squeee* (With thanks to caitri)

Awesometastically hilarious Podfic of my "Comparative Physiology" (STXI, Kirk/Pike, pervy insectoid aliens) by tehchou

kayliemalinza posted some nifty ficlets lately, including but not limited to Mystique and Logan inna tree (XMFC), Pickpocketing Games (Sherlock Holmes AU that I want to read 50K more words of), Mulder buys Scully a BFF necklace (X-Files) and "part of the fic where Jim gets turned into a cat." (STXI).

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