Sports

Interesting post about who would inherit the titles Armstrong won - http://philmophlegm.livejournal.com/250263.html?style=mine#cutid1

The writer is a lot kinder than I would have been, as I've said, there's never been a case of doping where the team weren't involved, but I like their version because it gets Andrei Kivilev a yellow jersey. This is a very good thing.

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Rugby League: Wembley already has football statues, so they held a poll to choose who should be on the rugby league one. The response was so overwhelming that there's going to be a group statue - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-league/19356693 It's a good group, who'd make the nucleus of one heck of a rugby team.

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Also sports-related http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-league/19412168 People, including rugby league players and cyclists, being awesome and helping fund-raising for Duchenne muscular dystrophy. I may have to be nice to Bradley Wiggins for a while.

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Two memes, pinched variously from andrastewhite and musesfool

Name a fictional character and I'll tell you three reasons I wouldn't want to date them.

and/or

Pick a number from the list and I'll answer it in the comments.

1 - Your current OTP
2 - A pairing you initially didn't consider but someone changed your mind
3 - A pairing you have never liked and probably never will
4 - A pairing you wish you liked but just can’t
5 - Have you added anything stupid/cracky/hilarious to your fandom, if so, what
6 - What’s the longest you’ve ever been in a fandom
7 - Do you remember your first OTP, if so who was in it
8 - Do you prefer characters from real action series or animated series
9 - Has the internet caused you to stop liking any fandoms, if so, which and why
10 - Name a fandom you didn't care/think about until you saw it all over tumblr/your social network sites
11 - How do you feel about the other people in your current fandom
12 - Your favorite fanartist/author gives you one request, what do you ask for
13 - Your favorite fanart or fanartist
14 - Your favorite fanfiction or fanauthor
15 - Choose a song at random, which OTP does it remind you of
16 - Invent a random AU for any fandom (we always need more ideas)
17 - A ship you’ve abandoned and why
18 - A pairing you ship that you don't think anyone else ships
19 - Show us an example of your personal headcanon
20 - Do you remember what your first fanwork was?
21 - Self-rec: What's your favorite fanwork you've created?
22 - Are you one of those fans who can’t watch anything without shipping
23 - 5 favorite characters from 5 different fandoms
24 - 3 OTPs from 3 different fandoms
25 - A fandom you’re in but have no ships from
26 - Just ramble about something fan-related, go go go

The AU meme fics are still being worked on. I am mildly stuck on a few.