Ride 'Em, Jockey Jake!

Helen and Jake once again remind us that today is the day of the Kentucky Derby! Hooray!

This space will be filled with stuff later. For now, enjoy the picture.


LATE NEWS: Great Derby and Oaks races. Loved 'em.

Disco316, Brother Grimace, Dennis, Richard Lobinske, Nighthawk, and Skooma have done awesome work on DariaWiki. Join the fun! Latest page added: Splendora.

What is the population of Lawndale? This PPMB thread attempts to answer the question.

New Iron Chef: Finish the Story, Your Way!

The End of an Era

Thirty-nine years ago today, the disastrous Altamont free concert took place, and the age of peace and love came to an end. Jake Morgendorffer was there to see it. Terrible tragedy, but he did get his money back. [cough]

Another era (almost) ended on this day nine years ago, when the webmistress of Lawndale Commons, one of the famed fansites of the late 1990s, threw in the towel and decided to turn off the site. (It apparently went down a few years later in 2003, the webmistress having decided not to throw in the towel until much later, thank heavens.) An essay written about this incident notes that flame wars drove several of the webmasters of the time away. Interesting. More on Lawndale Commons later.

One hundred twenty-two years ago, a poet named Alfred Joyce Kilmer was born. We were treated to seeing a library named for him in Lawndale, in the Daria episode "See Jane Run." (There's a little in-joke about that library's name. The DariaWiki link explains it.)

The guy that everyone thinks of when they hear Luhrman speak was born fifty-three years ago today: Steven Wright. I love his stuff. Awesomely funny.

Still working on spiffing up the blog. Needs more cowbell. Need to think. Hmmm. Suggestions for perking it up?

Now 2,064 pages on DariaWiki. Now 1,052 members at the Daria Fan Club. Now 54,200+ hits on this blog.

Lorenzo Sauchelli's brand-new logo for the Daylight shared multiverse is online at PPMB. Thank you!


FF.net

• Call of Quinnthulhu, by Janarky (a.k.a. Dervish): A now-classic tale of horror and ugly pores.

SFMB

• Apocalyptic Daria: Brave New World, by Doggieboy (Part 5): “Where’s Diana?” (FF.net)

More fanfic listings on the way, later today.

Aisle of You

"Mart of Darkness" (the title taken from Heart of Darkness) premiered on MTV just eight years ago today. It is also worth pointing out that Daria appeared on the cover of TV Guide eleven years ago today, and on a surfboard too (seen here). Is there nothing this cartoon character cannot do? Other than get back on the air, I mean.

Breitasparrow has created a "quick manip" on PPMB, and it's pretty funny. Check it out.


FF.net

• Box to the Future, by Smileyfax (COMPLETE!): Somewhere in there is the real ending, but every bit of it is to die for. Thank you, Smileyfax!
• LATE ADD: Mart of the Dead, by Smileyfax (Part 1): It appears that Andrea might become the last woman in Lawndale, and the last man in Lawndale might be . . . oh, God. (Heh heh heh heh.)
  
• The Quiet Ones, by Smileyfax (COMPLETE!): A new (and better!) ending for "Speedtrapped."

PPMB

• Calling Calliope, by Dennis (Part 2): Tiffany knew Sandi was much more intelligent than she was, but she also knew the difference between intelligence and smarts, and in smarts, she beat Sandi hands down.
• Falling Into College 63: Broken Star, by Richard Lobinske (Part 7): Corporal Adler gets some help from on high. WAY up high.
• Stacy Rowe, Seeker (Part II), by jtranser (continued): Brittany and Kevin, together again (but not for long).