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calliopes_pen) wrote2010-02-25 04:24 pm
calliopes_pen) wrote2010-02-25 04:24 pm
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Fannish Items of Interest--Plus Car News
I’m now researching lunatic asylums of the late 1800’s for my ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
dark_fest fanfic. Wikipedia turned up Colney Hatch Lunatic Asylum, which has the longest corridor ever, taking 5 hours to walk. So if Holmes tried to escape from there during the night, he would still be trying come morning, unless he went out a window. I’ve also started digging through Victorian Era related tags over at little_details. I haven’t found a list of everything done to people in asylums back in those days, but I’ve found a few things to reference.
David S. Goyer is reportedly going to be writing a new Superman movie, while Christopher Nolan directs.
There’s a list of people who screen tested to be Captain America. Personally, I think Nathan Fillion would work better. Even Mark Valley (who I don’t like due to his extreme blandness during his stint on Days of Our Lives) would be better.
Prompt claiming over atdark_fest closes tonight at 11 PM CST.
The date the new season of Doctor Who begins on BBC America? April 17th.
And in other news, it was the starter that was the car’s problem. It’s fixed as of now, and Dad refused to pay them or leave until the clock was plugged back in, free of charge. The repairman wouldn’t tell Mom what the problem was with the car, because she was a woman. And that’s about when Mom drove off in it, leaving Dad behind to pay (he had his own car to get back in, so wasn’t stranded--he understood). She says it drives and starts fine now. Would have been bad if it wasn’t doing fine, as she attempted to storm off in it.
dark_fest fanfic. Wikipedia turned up Colney Hatch Lunatic Asylum, which has the longest corridor ever, taking 5 hours to walk. So if Holmes tried to escape from there during the night, he would still be trying come morning, unless he went out a window. I’ve also started digging through Victorian Era related tags over at little_details. I haven’t found a list of everything done to people in asylums back in those days, but I’ve found a few things to reference. David S. Goyer is reportedly going to be writing a new Superman movie, while Christopher Nolan directs.
There’s a list of people who screen tested to be Captain America. Personally, I think Nathan Fillion would work better. Even Mark Valley (who I don’t like due to his extreme blandness during his stint on Days of Our Lives) would be better.
Prompt claiming over at
dark_fest closes tonight at 11 PM CST.The date the new season of Doctor Who begins on BBC America? April 17th.
And in other news, it was the starter that was the car’s problem. It’s fixed as of now, and Dad refused to pay them or leave until the clock was plugged back in, free of charge. The repairman wouldn’t tell Mom what the problem was with the car, because she was a woman. And that’s about when Mom drove off in it, leaving Dad behind to pay (he had his own car to get back in, so wasn’t stranded--he understood). She says it drives and starts fine now. Would have been bad if it wasn’t doing fine, as she attempted to storm off in it.