Does This Mean Jodie is a Bond Girl?

Mack's clearly enjoying the anniversary of Dr. No, the first James Bond movie, which was released on this day in 1962. Either that or he's come up with a very creative way to get away from Kevin.

Today is also World Teacher's Day, and I hope Mr. DeMartino in particular is having a good one. At the very least, I hope he doesn't have to put up with Kevin Thompson. Otherwise, would someone please get him his own jetpack?

Fanfic Update!

• Brittany - Esteem of the Transfer Student, by cfardell_Brenorenz29 (part 3): "Once they had ordered their pizza’s they found a booth. 'So, we were going to talk about ourselves?' Brittany asked."


• Danny Morgendorffer, by ST91 (part 52): "'Partypartyparty!' Quinn exclaimed as she, her brother and Heather walked towards the building where the party in question was taking place."


• Daria Ravenclaw: The Year of the Owl, by Meester_Lee (part 38): "Daria carefully stepped past the edge of the fireplace then stood up. 'Good, you made it,' said Anahita. who’d flooed in just before Daria."


• Daria's sexuality crisis, by tawog (COMPLETE!): "Daria was never one to get close with others."


• Mystery of Sherwood, by cfardell_Brenorenz29 (part 1): "It had been a week since Clara had joined Lady Vastra, Jenny and Strax in their Paternoster Row residence. She was still adjusting to being stuck over a century in her past. She heard a knock on the door. 'Come in.'"

Double-Oh Mack Daddy

Upchuck is going to be pissed that Mack got the James Bond alter ego over him, especially because he's known to be a big fan of the character. In fact, he might even know that today is the anniversary of Bond creator Ian Fleming's birth in 1908!

If you're not into spy novels, then you could celebrate National Hamburger Day instead. The traditional way would be to eat one, but you might follow Daria's example by sticking it in your boots because you love the squishy, squishy feeling around your toes.

Finally, today is the anniversary of the episode Life in the Past Lane in 2001. We got to meet Nathan for the first (and, fortunately, last) time and also see Daria acting especially unpleasant, even for her. Good thing for her that Nathan turned out to be a jerk after all, I guess.

Fanfic Update!

• Am I A Grownup Yet?, by jones2000 (part 8): "Trent was on-air, but Daria hoped desperately that if she called his cell enough times he would get the idea that something was wrong and answer already."


• Daria Ravenclaw: The Highland Years, by Meester_Lee (part 66): "Helen's cell phone rang while she was discussing a case with Mr. Scales, the leading counsel on an important case that looked like it was headed for trial. Now wasn't a good time to respond."


• Earl's Life Lottery (Odds and Ends), by LSM (part 1): "Life is stacked against you before you're even born. On the plus side, you are born the United States in 1981. However, the economic boom in Texas passes your parents, a white father and an African American mother, by."


• Erin Chambers, by OzFerret (part 24): "Erin waited for a taxi and tried to make sense of Michelle's behaviour. Michelle has not placed a lot of importance on Girl's Night Out before. I have missed a few, but no one had said they were compulsory. Is it her birthday? I didn't think so."


• Kevin's Obsession (Life After Thirty), by WildDogJJ (COMPLETE!): "Kevin, Jim, Chuck and Mack are seated on the front porch enjoying the early summer day while drinking beer. Kevin is also smoking a cigarette. He looks at Jim's house next door. Taking a drag on his smoke he marvels at how wonderful Jim's lawn looks." (Part 2) (Part 3)


• Lab Idiots, by A Lad Called Brodster (COMPLETE!): "We start a a fancy university. The door opens, and two people are thrown out. UNI-GUY: AND STAY OUT!"


• Lane Splitting, by welltemperedclavier (COMPLETE!): "Jane felt like she was floating off the ground when Friday arrived. She met Quinn at the Morgendorffer home, getting to say hi to Helen before she left for work." (Part 6) (Part 7)


• Skin Deep, by Kristen Bealer (part 1): "Daria scratched at her belly button, willing the newly-added navel ring to stop itching. She briefly considered just taking it out, but then shook her head and left it alone."


• Teaching is a work of heart, by Rémi (part 10): "Morgendorffer house. Daria and Quinn are having breakfast together. Daria is eying Quinn suspiciously. Daria (doubtful) : So, Jane invited you to come to her place today to see her paintings ?"


• Touched by Mars, by welltemperedclavier (COMPLETE!): "The shadows of Nowruz flames danced on the curved metal wall. Or they appeared to, at least. They were the memories of holy fires, copied from the fire-capped temples of Ecbatana and replicated with holograms."


• Winter Blues (Atiya's Trash Thread), by atiyatortilla (part 1): "Daria peered into the depressing emptiness that was the Lane family fridge as her stomach grumbled in anger. Nothing edible would magically appear within the depths but she continued to stand there, allowing the cool chill to provide her some brief relief."

The Name is Daddy...Mack Daddy!

Mack's taking a little trip in honor of the late author Ian Fleming, who was born on this day in 1908. Fleming created the James Bond character and series, which undoubtedly influenced Daria's Melody Powers stories.

Today is also National Hamburger Day, so why not take the opportunity to down a few Cluster Burgers? If you don't care for the taste of greasy hamburgers, then you could always stick one in your boots and enjoy the squishy, squishy feeling around your toes.

Last but not least (depending on your opinion of the episode), today is the anniversary of the episode "Life in the Past Lane" in 2001. We met Nathan, who is one of the least popular characters on the show, but we also got to witness Stacy's moment of triumph over Sandi, who is so naive.

Fandom News!

• Offer your advice to anyone visiting your hometown or country.


• Discuss the results of the recent elections for the European Parliament.


• Kara Wild found a Daria shout out in a web video.

Double Oh Mack Daddy!

Today is probably a major holiday to Upchuck: the anniversary of Ian Fleming's birth in 1908. Fleming was the author who created the character of James Bond, whom Upchuck frequently tries (and fails) to emulate. Mack seems like a more suitable candidate, although I wouldn't want to be Kevin if Mack ever gets that license to kill.

It was also on this day in 2001 that the episode "Life in the Past Lane" first aired. We got to meet Nathan, although he turned out to be a jerk (poor Jane doesn't have the best track record, does she?). On the bright side, we also got to witness Stacy's Epic Win against Sandi.

Fanfic Update!

• ARC Ch.6 Drowned in a cappuccino, by ST91 (parts 8 and 9): "Daria stood hesitantly in front of her aunt, and behind her Jane and Andrea waited to see what would happen." (Part 9)


• B (IC: Brittany at Great Prairie State), by PrecambrianStudios (COMPLETE!): "'Go team!' squeaked Brittany from the top of the cheerleader pyramid."


• Brittany In A Sorority (IC: Brittany at Great Prairie State), by Shiva (COMPLETE!): "'Wow Jaslenne! You always find the cutest guys! How do you do it?' Brittany asked her fellow sorority sister while smoothing out her pajama top."


• Darius Taylor, by Shiva (part 9): "Elsie glanced around her brother's shoulder and commented, 'Wow, your Dad still looks like he has a bug up his ass about something...' Darius sighed, 'Yeah, I noticed.'"


• Death Comes to Lawndale, by PrecambrianStudios (COMPLETE!): "She laid there, screaming and crying. Everything was gone. Her entire family. Many of her friends."


• Depths of Shallowness, by SacredDust (COMPLETE!): "'Your college is SO not cute, Daria.' Those were the first words out of her mouth when she visited me at Raft. Not hi, not I missed you, not it's good to see you again. But that was Quinn."


• Dylan, by J-D (part 21a): "'So you and your parents decided to accept the invitation to Grove Hills?' Dylan raised an eyebrow at Rod. 'Yes, but how did you know?' 'Word's out about the keg party Kris Brocklethwaite's throwing while his parents are out of town.'"


• The Finer Things on Earth (Iron Chef: Random Love Triangle Challenge!), by SacredDust (COMPLETE!): "Love can strike anyone. No matter the time, the place, or the circumstances, its power is undeniable."


• His and Hers (Scenes No Daria Fan-Fic Should Have: MY EYES THEY BURN!!), by Smijey (COMPLETE!): "Mr. DeMartino eyed Ms. Barch as she ate her salad in the teacher's lounge. Alone. 'Your loss, Timothy,' he chuckled to himself as he walked over and slipped into the chair on the opposite side of the table."


• If Looks Could Kill, by SacredDust (part 2): "Quinn burst into tears. The doctor put a hand on her shoulder and she recoiled, squirming towards the end of the couch. 'It's okay, Quinn. Let it all out,' he said softly. And she thought guys her age were easy to fool."


• I Loathe a Pay-Per-View, by SacredDust (part 5): "Quinn: 'OKAY!! So I AM worried about it. She says she doesn't want to team with me and stuff. My own flesh and blood, Daria, my own flesh and blood...but you know what? Fine! Who needs you anyway? I'm sure there are lots of cuter, more popular people who would be happy to wrestle with me. I'll just find one of them instead!'"


• Left 4 Daria, by Charles RB (part 2): "'Thanks-' She stopped to fire two at another zombie. '-Jane.' 'Don't' BLAM 'mention' BLAM 'it.'"


• The Mageborn Cynic Chapter 4, by peetz5050 (part 3): "Another colonel leaned forward with a look of contempt on his face. 'Listen to me Lieutenant Morgendorffer, just because you put on a uniform with your Father's insignia doesn't make you... you... my... I... aaaiiiiiiieeeee!!!!!!!!'"


• Mine, by Vukodlak (part 3): "Daria was pacing back and forth in her room debating whether or not to tell him."


• Of All The People That Won't Be Missed, by LongSnakeMoan (part 4): "'What the hell happened in Texas and why are you going back? I thought we were going to Georgia.' 'Some shit's come up. I have to go and take care of it.'"


• Quinn's Code 08: Alternapalooza, by cfardell_Brenorenz29 (part 2): "At Cindy's place. Kristen and her brother, Keith, arrived. 'You're ready for Alternapalooza?' Keith asked. 'Of course,' Quinn said. 'Let's go,' Cindy said."


• Rude Awakening Ep 13: The Hiring Game, by DIsaac (part 5): "KEVIN: Dude! What is up with with you? Since you punched me... MACK: By the way, sorry about that. I was totally in the wrong when I did that. KEVIN: Thanks, but ever since that dinner I have a feeling that there is something wrong with this relationship and we need to talk."


• Tom Sloane, Lax Bro, by Shiva (part 5): "Ok, so the school day sucked worse than usual, the profs seemed attuned to the fact that an awesome BRO-tastic weekend awaited me and my bros, so they saddled us with enough work and ugly glares/words/etc to make even Fugly Daria blanch."


• Unnamed story (The 1001 Humiliations of Quinn Morgendorffer), by Shiva (COMPLETE!): "The last few weeks had been so wonderful, Quinn had gotten her Hogwarts letter from a beautiful snow white owl and had been introduced to the world of Magic by Professor Sprout. Even though she was a bit dirty, she was so nice and showed her all sorts of magic, plus it had been funny to learn that Daria didn't have any magic."


• Unnamed story (Scenes No Daria Fan-Fic Should Have: MY EYES THEY BURN!!), by BrownEyedBagel (COMPLETE!): "Daria: 'Quinn...what are you going to do with that potato gun?'"


• Unnamed story (Scenes No Daria Fan-Fic Should Have: MY EYES THEY BURN!!), by LongSnakeMoan (COMPLETE!): "Sandi watched with satisfaction as Quinn happily ate the non fat, non dairy, gluten free cupcakes with special topping that she'd made for her last night."


• Unnamed story (Scenes No Daria Fan-Fic Should Have: MY EYES THEY BURN!!), by Shiva (COMPLETE!): "'I hate my job.' Daria said into the mirror after her makeup team finished putting on her face."


• Unnamed story (Scenes No Daria Fan-Fic Should Have: MY EYES THEY BURN!!), by Shiva (COMPLETE!): "Daria brushed some of her iron grey hair away from her face and contemplated her next words, the sentences appearing on the screen in front of her."


• Unnamed story (Scenes No Daria Fan-Fic Should Have: MY EYES THEY BURN!!), by Silver (COMPLETE!): "It sounded like someone sliding keys across piano strings. Or guitar strings, perhaps."


• Unnamed story (Scenes No Daria Fan-Fic Should Have: MY EYES THEY BURN!!), by Silver (COMPLETE!): "Brittany was infuriated. So Daria wasn't really trying to steal Kevin from her. That was fine, but Kevin's refusal to pay attention to anything but the Pigskin Channel on the Morgendorffer family television."


• Unnamed story (Scenes No Daria Fan-Fic Should Have: MY EYES THEY BURN!!), by Silver (COMPLETE!): "'It's very nice of you all to get me a chair. It shows how understanding you're all being about these pay cuts to help increase the security budget.'"


• Unnamed story (Scenes No Daria Fan-Fic Should Have: MY EYES THEY BURN!!), by SinisterExaggerator (COMPLETE!): "Daria couldn't believe she heard Mystik Spiral's new sound."


• Untitled Quinn/Daria Bonding Moment (Scenes No Daria Fan-Fic Should Have: MY EYES THEY BURN!!), by Shiva (COMPLETE!): "'Hey, you were right Quinn,' Daria said gleefully as Tom gasped his last breaths, 'Killing people is fun!'"


• Victor Morgendorffer, by Shiva (part 15): "'So Sport, any big plans this week?' Victor shrugged while hiding his surprise at the sudden parental interest in his life, 'Nothing really, probably just go to school and hang with the Deviants. The usual.' 'The Deviants?' Jake asked while scratching his head. 'Aw hell,' Victor thought while mentally face palming. It was time for damage control."


• 'What Memorial Day Means To Me,' by Quinn Morgendorffer, by SacredDust (COMPLETE!): "Memorial Day is a day for memorializing. Because, can you have a holiday about memories if you DON'T remember them? I don't think so!"

Double Oh Seven And Two Triple Zero!

Happy birthday to Roger Moore, who was born on this day in 1927. Moore is best known as one of the actors who played James Bond in the film series, but the name itself may also be familiar to many in Daria fandom. (Coughs nonchalantly.)

Another fun tidbit for today: this, according to my stats, is the 2,000th post on this blog. Woo hoo! To celebrate, let's have another fanfic update:

• All Washed Up (Iron Chef: Today's challenge ingredient is...), by RX-87 (COMPLETE!): "'Jane, meet Lovecraft,' she said, nonchalantly, then turned to address the thing behind the glass, 'Lovecraft, this is Jane.' she turned back to me, 'Lovecraft's a Mimic Octopus. They change color and contort their bodies into various shapes to fool potential predators or prey. They're pretty unique in the animal kingdom. Lots of animals mimic others, but they're the only ones that can disguise themselves as more than one kind. Neat, huh?'"


• The Author as a Lesbian, Season 2, by DeacBlue (parts 9 and 10): "Daria and Jane looked at each other, then Daria went into her purse and pulled out her cell phone. Quickly walking away from the stage before the next number started, she dialed her mom's cell number. 'Mom? Yes, it's me. Listen, you need to come down to the Zon, right now. Why?' Daria shook her head, then noticed the band about to play their next song. 'Because Trent's band is playing...this!' And with that, she held her hand up and pointed her phone in the direction of the stage." (Part 10)


• The Boys And The Girls Are Doing It (Iron Chef: Daria's First Time), by Brother Grimace (COMPLETE!): "Okay, then, girl - let's see just how much of this you can really handle. The muscles on the left side of Daria's face twitched; sounds Jane had never heard before somehow seeped out of her best friend as her head began to jerk wildly, her hair snapping back and forth."


• Daria is Raven's Apprentice, by project pegasus: "Raven: Good. Now, I’ll divide the rest of us into groups of two. Each group will fan out through the maze, hopefully driving Beast Boy to the exit. With any luck, we’ll all converge together near the exit and overpower Beast Boy together. But if he attacks before then, use your wrist communicators and send out an SOS. The rest of us will come to your aid. Staci: But what if we can’t find each other through the maze? Raven: I know that each of you can handle yourselves. Otherwise I wouldn’t send you out there. Biden and Robin will comprise one group. Starfire will be with me, and Daria and Staci ... (looks over to see Daria pickpocket Staci). On second thought, Daria, you’re with me. Starfire will accompany Staci. Let’s move out."


• The Inevitable Places You Must Go (Iron Chef: Quantum Daria), by OverlordMikey (part 1): "She sat up, this was probably one of her teenaged versions as she was in her old room. She stood up and felt odd; her body was heavier. Let me guess, I’m fat? She looked into the mirror; at first she saw herself as she was, but then a new image took hold and she was shocked at what she saw. I’m a man..."


• In My World, by 45Ranger (parts 1 and 2): "Daria heard the scream and immediately identified it as Quinn. She shoved all her books in her locker and slammed it shut, fear gripping her heart. From the volume, Daria knew her sister was in serious trouble and she started running." (Part 2)


• Is It Ours Yet?, by RX-87 (part 7): "'Well,' Kokopelli attempted to explain, 'You see, the thing of it is...' 'Hey, shut it,' Dung Beetle admonished the thin man, 'If you spill the beans now, who knows what the kids'll do?' 'Perhaps...' Kokopelli said, unconcerned, 'At any rate, the fact of the matter is that this machine's unbridled destructive power is rather difficult to control and minimizing collateral damage to somebody else's world is of little concern to me. My priority is defeating that thing.'"


• Leapsters (Iron Chef: Quantum Daria), by InvisibleDan (part 1): "'You know, Darius, we haven't known each other a long time but I feel a connection to you. It's strange, it's like I've known you a long time.' 'That's nice. Shouldn't we go back to these notes.' Daria was starting to feel uncomfortable. AlterJane was sitting very close, and she noticed that her new friend smelled really good. Not just in a nice way, but differently. It was causing a reaction inside her that she was unsure of. 'We can look at those later. Can I ask you to do something?' 'What?' 'Take your glasses off. Just for a second. I want to see your eyes, how they really are.' 'Um...'"


• Legends of the Metal: The Drowning Doom Triumphant!, by Ixmythot (part 1): "The Killmasters, Quinn, Stacy, Sandi, and Tiffany nodded in agreement. 'She's right, you know? This has trap written all over it.' Tom sighed, looking over the collected group. 'I know it does, but we have to see this though! Just because the road is a little bumpy doesn't mean we can stop now. We're almost there, we can stop Daria, I just know it!'"


• LLH Mini - Timely Circumstances, by RLobinske (part 3): "When Daria returned, she said, 'I'm going to block certain things out of my mind and not think of them. Ever. Now, what are we going to do?' The Doctor said, 'Figure out why you have this link with River Song.' 'Sure, no problem,' Daria said. 'Do you have any idea of where to start?' 'As a matter of fact, yes I do.'"


• Miles to Go Before I Sleep, by Chris Tucker (part 1): "Movement near the gate caught her eye. The binoculars were to her eyes in a second. Yes. It was him. No doubt in her mind. The tinted window on the passenger side of the car silently slid down. She raised the pistol as she turned towards the opened window. The thumb safety clicked into the FIRE position. She breathed normally and sighted down the length of the pistol. She breathed in and out, in and..."


• Octopus (Iron Chef: Today's challenge ingredient is...), by respite (COMPLETE!): "'Poor Columbia. Is the war propaganda poster business so dried up that's she's reduced to hentai to earn a buck?' Jane nearly dropped her glue gun as she jumped three inches off of her chair. 'Jesus, Morgendorffer. Warn a girl if you’re going to sneak up on her like that. And don’t you have to get packed? I thought the Bs were on the road this weekend.'"


• So Totally Not Cthulhu, by Lord Yellowtail (COMPLETE!): "Reality was long periods of training and twisting the circumstances to your best advantage, then a flashbulb’s worth of motion as you rushed to lay your opponents out before they spilt your intestines onto the floor and bashed your skull to paste. Assuming they didn’t like to play with their food before they ate it. By chance or serendipity, most of the JSA were women, so it was something they had to take into account. Question couldn’t kill them, so she couldn’t match their speed, ferocity, and brutal efficiency. She had to surpass it."


• Unnamed story (IC : Legion of Lawndale Super Villains), by NightGoblyn (COMPLETE!): "Trent reached out and took his sister’s hand. 'You’re always my little sister, Janey. I picked you to be my sister, and that makes you special.' Jane stared down at Trent's hand for a moment, as a smile slowly spread across her face. 'I am, aren't I?' 'What?' 'Special.' Jane stood, pulling away from Trent. She lashed out with one fist, and the kitchen table exploded into shrapnel. Trent cried out in pain as the jagged wooded spikes buried themselves in his body. 'I'm finally the special one. The one with power. And now everyone is going to pay.'"


• Unnamed story (Iron Chef: Occupy Lawndale), by Charles RB (COMPLETE!): "'How long are you intending to stay camped out here?' asked Angier Sloane. 'Because we kinda need the garden for a dinner party.'"


• Unnamed story (Iron Chef: Occupy Lawndale), by respite (COMPLETE!): "Daria and Jane sat in their usual booth at the Pizza King, Daria's face buried in the paper, Jane's in a slice of Sausage-o-rama. 'Jane, here's the answer, right here. I knew the Lawndale Sun Op-Eds were good for something.'"


• Unnamed story (Iron Chef: Occupy Lawndale), by Staren (COMPLETE!): "Daria and Jane stood transfixed at the strange sight. Jodie was across the hall, her back to them. What made the sight strange though, was her head half buried in the dent she had put into the door of her locker using her face."


• Un-sureness, by roguebert (part 2): "Taking stock, 'Get a grip, Lane. You can either...' When that line of thought stopped abruptly, she made another attempt, 'If you try to get up, you’re just going to wake her up and then what? She gets embarrassed and goes home in the rain? No, you’re not doing that. You’re going to lay here and go back to sleep and tomorrow will be tomorrow.' Making up her mind, she thought, 'Right. Sleep.'"


• Unnamed story (Iron Chef: A Roll of the Die), by Roentgen (parts 1 and 2): "'Wait!' Stacy cried, the lone voice of rationality. 'I - I have a fair way to solve this.' There was silence. Stacy wasn't one to speak out. 'Go on,' Daria said. 'Uh...let's use of one these dice thingies. Daria will be #1.' '- a-HEM!' 'Sorry! Sandi will be #1,' Stacy said. 'Quinn #2, Tiffany #3, and me #4. Then Daria will be #5 and Jane will be #6. I'll just roll the dice, and whatever number it lands on has to get the pizza.'" (Part 2)

The Name is Daddy...Mack Daddy!

Happy birthday to the late Ian Fleming, born on this day in 1908 and creator of the character James Bond. Although Mack is pictured as the British spy, Upchuck is the character on Daria known to be a fan. Also, Daria's Melody Powers character was most likely influenced at least in part by Fleming's novels.

Today is also the anniversary of the birth of the Dionne quintuplets, born in 1934 and the first set of quintuplets to survive past infancy. The Angst Guy wrote about a much scarier set of quintuplets in Quinnts Episode #101: Extremesters--five different Quinns!

Fandom News!

• Derek shares some space news, both good and bad.


• Do you mentally account for anachronistic elements in Daria episodes? If so, how?


• An interesting study about the possible relationship between lead and crime.


• Three new Iron Chefs in the Creative Writing forum: Silver's Daria the Test Subject, GlitterShrooms's Evil Jodie?, and Vukodlak's The Gift.

New Hope for the Wretched?

Punk rock singer and Mohawk-wearer Wendy O. Williams (of the Plasmatics) was born this day 61 years ago. One of the wildest rock stars of the punk scene, Ms. Williams was also a movie and stage actress, macrobiotic cook, gypsy dancer, animal rehabilitator, and health food activist. (The title for this entry comes from one of the Plasmatics' record albums.)

Why the MTV artists decided to use Sandi Griffin as the model for W.O.W.'s alter ego (at right) is beyond me, but Sandi carries it off rather well, except for wearing her light blue blouse instead of the two strips of electrical tape that Ms. Williams wore on stage. Sandi has her limits, I suppose. Sandi's pose appears to be a modification of Ms. Williams' appearance in a 1982 press photo.

Writer, journalist, and former WW2 commando Ian Fleming was born 102 years ago today. He is best known for creating the action hero James Bond, whom Mack Mackenzie honors in his From Russia with Love jet pack outfit (at left). Lt. Cmdr. Fleming planned and took part in Operation Goldeneye during the war, and the name was later used for one of the more recent Bond films.

The Dionne Quintuplets, the only batch of five identical twin sisters to ever survive to adulthood, appeared on this world 76 years ago today. They had a rather unhappy life, I am sorry to report. They later formed part of the background inspiration for this Daria fanfic.

Finally, we also remember math genius Alan Turing, who submitted a paper for publication 74 years ago that changed the world, as it eventually led to the invention of modern computers. The paper was called "On Computable Numbers, with an Application to the Entscheidungsproblem," and I have no idea what it was about. I don't think even Daria would know. Click the link to read it, and good luck. (Turing and Ian Fleming, by the way, knew each other well. Small planet we have, isn't it?)

BRAKING N0OoZ!

• The Daria Shrine has updated! Hooray!
  

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• Finn Morgendorffer 47: Hell is Homecoming, by HolyGrail2007 (Part 6): The day before the Homecoming Parade was the day they announced the Homecoming King and Queen. They did it in homeroom, so, unfortunately, Finn had to stomach it with Timothy O’Neill. The man had always been a bit splotchy-eyed from crying ever since Barch was arrested.
  
• General Semantics, Private Angst, by Gwrtheyrn (Part 26): On a squishy carpet in Re'lax, dead Daria sleeps, dreaming....
• Into the Fray, by Minx (Part 11): “Whoa, easy there, Rambo,” Sam chuckled as he lurched forward from the pressure. “We both know you’re not going to shoot me.” “What makes you so sure?” Trent said through gritted teeth.
• Legion of Lawndale Heroes Special: Tokusatsu Team Up! by LSauchelli (continued): Daria and Green carefully eyed the older Daria as they walked to the wish-granting Artifact. Green was doing everything in his power not to try to pummel the Planeswalker. Daria had to keep a constant mental reminder that if he even tried, Urza would probably kill him without breaking a sweat.
  
• Robert, by OverlordMikey (preview): "I swear, Robert, mother and father would turn over in their graves if they knew how you let yourself be used by those shameless little hussies from that Fashion Club."
  
• Sister, by OverlordMikey (COMPLETE!): Jane arrived home and noticed Penny getting ready to leave. "Hey, Penny." "In a hurry—got a plane to catch." "Yeah, I just wanted to say..." Jane mumbled the last part. "What?" Penny asked.
• Tales of the Ringbearers: Bad Apple, by Doggieboy (preview 2): "We've got a problem."
• Unnamed story (Scenes That Should Be: Breakfast of Zombie Champions), by Doggieboy (COMPLETE!): "Your money," one of the men said. "We're broke," Daria said, her voice seemingly small. Both pistols aimed at her and one of the gunmen said, "Too bad."
• Unnamed story (Write-Off Challenge 3, Round 3), by LSauchelli (COMPLETE!): Jane knocked on the door to the red-brick house and was surprised when almost immediately it appeared to open itself. She almost jumped back when a green-faced Quinn Morgendorffer motioned her to come inside.
  

Thirteen

In Richard Lobinske's Falling into College series, Daria Morgendorffer met Jane Lane on October 14th, 1996. Happy 13th anniversary!

This is World Standards Day, whose website is not up to standard, at least using Firefox. (Can you spot the errors in the heading?)

And one of the actors who played James Bond turns 82 today. You go, dude.

Haven't figured out what else to add. Got any ideas? Put them in Comments. thx

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• Anti-Trope, by Pinkminx (Part 2): “I’m here to see the principal,” he said. The woman raised a questioning eyebrow and waited for him to continue. “I’m a new student.” He added, having a feeling he’d be using this line more than once during the course of the day.
• Fat Man's Grave, by TAG and Brother Grimace (Part 3): To stand in the entrance to Daria’s Inner Sanctum and gaze upon its eccentric splendor took my breath away. It was a teenage girl’s bedroom, but you wouldn’t have known it. It was a place where the color pink shriveled up and died.
  
• Our Time Now, by Charliefox2012 (Part 3): “Just trying to bring you out of your mood. You’re no fun once you’ve gotten irritated,” Jane said. “I’m fun?” Daria asked feigning surprise. “You know what I mean,” Jane deadpanned. “Meaning you won’t get any,” Daria said, raising an eyebrow.
• Unnamed story (Iron Chef: Stacy's Mom, Where Are You?), by Roentgen (COMPLETE!): Quinn showed up at Stacy's door and tapped her fashionable tennis shoes impatiently. C'mon, Stacy, if I miss a second of Boys 'r' Guys, I'm going to yank out your pigtails. [You are not going to believe this crossover. TAG]
  

Time Flies When You Don't Have A Clue

It's Saturday morning and I realized that it's been five years since I started "The Last Summer", setting Daria on a new path after "Is It College Yet?" that's grown far beyond what I had anticipated.



She's probably grumbling, "Okay, if it's been five years, why am I still in college?"

"The name's Bond. Mack Bond."

Ian Fleming, creator of James Bond, 007, was born this day 100 years ago. Mack leads the celebration with a drink (shaken, not stirred) and a jet pack rather unlike the one Bond used in From Russia with Love. Mr. Fleming also created Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, which no one cares about.

Ranger Thorne offers three different outfits for a superhero Quinn. See which one you prefer.

Brother Grimace wants to know: Is Jake Morgendorffer really that bad? Post your opinion ASAP.

Szcz put forth some possibilities about the enigma wrapped in a mystery that is Grandma Barksdale. Were the Barksdale girls adopted? See what you think.

More later. Will try to write more on that Doc Holliday story.