In Space, No One Can Hear You Scream When You Pluck Your Eyebrows

Joycean Daria fanfic writers, rejoyce! Today is Bloomsday, when all the events in the novel Ulysses take place.

Mmm, okay, no response there. We'll move on to our other ginormous event in history today, the space flight of Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman in space, who went aloft 46 years ago. We even have a Space Quinn image (with space cell phone) to celebrate. Oops, forgot the relevant sound bite!

New Iron Chef: Father's Day!

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• Action Stories 3: Two Knights Defense, by NightGoblyn (Parts 1, 2, and 3): “Let’s say I’m an alien, and you’re you.” “Jane, are you about to tell me that women really are from Venus?” Quinn asked. “Because I think I’d already know if we were.” [The author is writing faster than I can post here. When I did this post, only Part 1 was finished. You go, dude.]
  

Viva Mack!

Why the MTV artists decided to have Mack Mackenzie pose as the Communist revolutionary Che Guevara, I have no idea. Today would have been Che's 80th birthday, but that didn't work out (bang). Know what? I bet if Daria poked through the attic she'd find an old Che poster from the late 1960s that her dad used to own. You know Helen and Jake must have worshiped Che while they were at Middleton College, for a little while anyway. What do you think Daria would think of that?

More importantly, today is the 166th anniversary of the day Alfred, Lord Tennyson published a book called Poems, among which was the poem "Ulysses," which served as one of the inspirations for this fanfic.

Fanfic writer JJXB is looking for beta readers. Got time? Drop him a note. More news later. Peace out, yo!

LATE ADD: The first alt.lawndale.creators fanworks interviews have been posted to both PPMB and SFMB. (I was mentally addled recently and forgot the latter.) You can read about Kristen Bealer and her work here or here, and Christ Oliver and his work here or here. Enjoy! And more interviews are coming!

LATER ADD: Want to watch the birth of a new Daria fansite? Check it out!