After making eight kinds of cookies, three types of candy, two varieties of cakes...

... books. First up: three very different paranormal romances: Doyle, Marissa. BEWITCHING SEASON. Persephone Leland and her twin sister Penelope are respectively terrified and thrilled about their upcoming debut ... self-doubting heroine. Best element by far was the charming interactions of the devoted Leland family members, especially the twins' irrepressible younger brother Charles. I'll skip the ...

Mini-book review - Sunnyside

... pointless. Sunnyside follows three characters over the course of 1916 to 1919. Leland Wheeler is a young, handsome lighthouse keeper who wants to be a film ...s a big one - one of the core narratives is completely superfluous. Although Leland and Chaplain only meet once, their characters thematically mirror each other in satisfying ways. Leland wants to be an actor, but ends up a soldier; Chaplain ...

Dingus Khan, scourge of the living room

... TO GO OWT Rat : No. Leland : WANT TO GO OWWWWWT Rat ... Hell no. Leland : IS HALLWAY OF MYSTERY Rat : Is hallway of ...me," is what it is. Leland : OMG WANT TO SEEEE Rat...mail; I will carry you with me. Leland : PURR PURR PURR...You're in the hallway. Leland : OH NOES Rat : You're...fine. You're with me. Leland : OH NOES Rat : Dumbass, you...dammit, we're home already, STFU! Leland : WANT TO GO OWT...

... amused as she headed toward him. "You realize you're spouting nonsense, right? Let me guess. You're afraid to frak me because you think it's violating some kind of barrier, right? Some kind of Leland-esqe ethical code? 'Don't touch women?'" She rolled her eyes. "Well, yes," muttered Lee, surprised and a bit angered at her comparative insight. "But.." "Well, Lee," He shivered at her saying his ...

Fic: "Insanity Underrated" (BSG, Kara/Lee, 18/?)

...—” She extracted a pen and a pad of paper and started scribbling. “‘Today, at approximately oh-nine-hundred hours, Leland Joseph Adama told Kara Thrace —’” “Don’t call me that!” He glanced furtively around, obviously afraid someone would hear. “‘LELAND JOSEPH ADAMA,’” Kara barreled on at the top of her lungs, “‘TOLD KARA THRACE THAT — SHE — WAS —...

THE ACT-I-VATE EXPERIENCE DOCUMENTARY

... future of the industry,” says Seth. The ACT-I-VATE experience features interviews with and art by such comics luminaries as Dean Haspiel, Nick Bertozzi, Mike Cavallaro, Simon Fraser, Tim Hamilton, Leland Purvis, Molly Crabapple, Kevin, Coldon, Dan Goldman, Josh Neufeld and many more. The film has already premiered at the Baltimore Comic Convention and Brooklyn’s King Con, SPX in San Francisco, ...

Kitties of Win

... look. The sad thing is how hard it is to find pictures of Tao WITH her face where she doesn't look all sweet and innocent. STAY IN CHARACTER PLZ K THANKS! On THAT note, SD Tao reminds me of Leland from Dr.Tran. I'm thinking I need to remake this with Tao somehow: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9O6EeEkkvrk Come on down where you can slam your own penis in the door of your ICE CARZ! WE CAN ...

Companion: Eodor (ch19)

...’s jaw dropped as the man casually lifted a hand and swatted Kier’s temple. “Don’t think because you’re a high and mighty general I can’t still pummel your backside, Lord Kier. Lord Leland assured me his permission was permanent.” Kier shook his head with mock incredulity at his servant's antics, but Adrian could feel the sudden, inexplicable comfort that had settled into the lord’s usually wary ...

Companion: Eodor (ch19)

...’s jaw dropped as the man casually lifted a hand and swatted Kier’s temple. “Don’t think because you’re a high and mighty general I can’t still pummel your backside, Lord Kier. Lord Leland assured me his permission was permanent.” Kier shook his head with mock incredulity at his servant's antics, but Adrian could feel the sudden, inexplicable comfort that had settled into the lord’s usually wary ...

My picks for best graphic novels of '09

... to wait a decade for each new book of his! ACT-I-VATE Primer — Beautifully produced anthology featuring some of my favorite cartoonists: Dean Haspiel, Michel Fiffe, Mike Dawson, Nick Bertozzi, Tim Hamilton, Leland Purvis, Joe Infurnari, and Simon Fraser, just to name a few. Cleverly, each of the stories in the book is a print-only example of the ongoing free stories on the ACT-I-VATE website...