So here's the deal. I know y'all think I've been AWOL. I have a good excuse, really I do. It's called the GMAT and the racket that's known as ETS. Where else can you possibly pay $190 for the test, $60 for various test preparation materials, $6 on gas - all to take a 3 1/2 hour test that is about as fun as standing in the rain? You also learn in the course of preparation for this test that no one in the world does the same things to English grammar and sentence structure that the GMAT does; you also know that no one, and I mean no one, reads lengthy discourses on the economic conditions of sub-equatorial African nations with a population less than 1 million, for fun. But you can pay to read these things (yes!) and what's even better, these interesting essays are stuck at the end of the test when your eyes are starting to blur so that all of the letters look the same on the screen so you might get Nigeria mixed up with New Mexico. Yes, it can happen. Anyway, just a minor little rant about this money-making operaton. ETS ought to be ashamed of themselves. Really.

Site of the day: speedle.com Go, have a fun time, laugh at the silly pictures. You'll enjoy it.

Fanfic of the day: In the Space of Seven Days by Jenn. NC-17. A great Tom in command story. This one will turn your insides upside down and then smack you around for good measure. More angst than you can shake a stick it.