Linkblogging

[brigdh]

I've been away! And so have basically not checked LJ all week. Feel free to tell me what I missed! But here are some of the awesome things I did see:

1. The History of the Arthurian Legends in Ten Easy Steps (with Recommended Reading) - wonderful essay on how the King Arthur story has changed over time. Mostly directed at Merlin (the BBC show) fandom, but great reading for anyone interested in the topic.
2. Silent Star Wars - the end of the Empire Strikes Back down as a black and white movie. Really cool.
3. Fuck Yeah Mermaids. Because they're awesome, that's why.
4. Exogamy in Victorian Britain
5. Super creepy radio recordings of dead astronauts! (Okay, probably not. But still super creepy)

Comments

[rm.livejournal.com]

#4 is amazing!

[wordsofastory.livejournal.com]

I know! Isn't it bizarre but fantastic?

[cellophane_ria.livejournal.com]

The felt and wool plushy mermaid is really the fiercest.

[lady-ganesh.livejournal.com]

I've seen #4 before but it remains awesome. And wow, those recordings are creepy, and the linked site about lost cosmonauts even creepier.

[stardragonca.livejournal.com]

I can hear Queen Victoria cackling maniacally.

[stardragonca.livejournal.com]

Some modern Chinese author, whom I am unable to identify offhand, has pre-WWII people explaining that the Europeans are the descendants of the Virgin Mary, who choose to live in separate countries because they can't get along.
When I figure out which author it is, I will be reading him or her again soon.

Exogamy in Victorian Britain

[stardragonca.livejournal.com]

Matt Treyvaud uses the Beat word 'dig' correctly. You don't see that very often.

[wordsofastory.livejournal.com]

It is! I love that website so much.

[wordsofastory.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's pretty old. I just like to have more than 4 things to post, hee.

ISN'T IT??? Especially the breathing one. That sends chills down my spine.

[wordsofastory.livejournal.com]

Ha, that's pretty awesome.

[lady-ganesh.livejournal.com]

lol, yeah, I do the same thing. Plus there's always people who didn't see it the first time it was blogged, I'm not even sure I saw it on LJ.

The pictures too, man. The people who are just not there and who never existed, no, really.