This Dreamwidth post and an internal link to a post about immunizations and the diseases they fight are really interesting, and excellent resources for those of us who are doing pre-industrialized world building or post-apocalyptic worlds. Plagues in your Postapocalypse or Learn to be Terrified of Pertussis . And Why We Immunize . *linked with permission*
...am not particularly a fan!—but good grief. Girls don't have cooties. It will not make your dick fall off to watch a movie for and about girls. Seriously. recessional : Plagues in Your Postapocalypse, or: Learn to be Terrified of Pertussis Because the plain fact is, in history, people died a lot more. Especially children, pregnant women, the elderly and the poor. In history, diseases ...
recessional: Plagues in your Postapocalypse: - Disease is a huge part of any landscape except maybe our own. Disease in a landscape that used to look like our own should be even more shocking. - (tags: writing ) thelana : The Genius Wranglers: A Rant - Personally, I think the appeal of those relationships has very little to do with people yearning for an old fashioned woman ...
... it comes to Penny and I love all the different directions that fandom takes her. One of my favorite things in this fandom is Sheldon having to be in a subordinate role to Penny in some way (postapocalypse, a trivia contest, straight-up day to day social interactions) but pretty much any way these two are together works for me. I do have more than a passing fondness for the whole pretending-to-be-...
Недавно в сильный туман попал в промзону ЧАЭС. Окружающий пейзаж в увядших тонах живо вызывал постапокалиптические ассоциации. Мачты ЛЭП вполне походили на башни ретрансляторы из "Обитаемого острова" А встретивший нас на подходе к городу Припять тепловоз напомнил эпизод из фильма "Сталкер"
... of my priorities... and it's not like he's payed for any of the, like, 10 hours at LEAST I've already invested in his piece. And I'm already working out of my comfort zone -- guns and ammo and postapocalypse when I'm used to organic stuff, trees and nature 'n crap. And he's been SO PICKY with the sketch! My god. It's obvious he's got this exact mental image going in his head, and because he was ...
...day go unremarked upon. HAPPY BIRTHDAY puppetmaker40 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Seems a lot of other people saw it as a major day, what with Beatles box sets and video games coming out and ragdolls-versus-the-postapocalypse hitting movie theaters. (My sister is scheduled to get a Beatles box set from her husband, because he is Just That Awesome.) I got to see her just a few days ago because she...
... story from The Books of Blood anthology and probably not for the reason you think. I look forward to seeing Inglourious Basterds on the Hugo nominations for best dramatic presentation, long form. Card: High Priestess. Trailers: * The Road - The Cormac McCarthy postapocalypse SF novel. October 16. * Law Abiding Citizen - Previously discussed. * Rob Zombie's Halloween II - August 28. Umm...