My library

A number of people have been kind enough to write stories for me lately, and I wanted to make sure I didn't lose any of them so I'm collecting the links here.

gabrielladusult wrote Quidditch Captain's Dilemma (Charlie, Bill, Fred, George, G, Gen)

ankaret wrote Charlie Weasley is Not Impressed. (Charlie, G, Gen)
She also wrote Family Ties (Next gen, G, Gen)
and We don't go up on that balcony (Next gen, implied Ann/Draco, G, gen)
and Charlie's tattoos. (Charlie, Rosmerta, G, gen)

stmargarets wrote Handling Dragons (Charlie/OC, G)
and the earlier part of the same story Skipping to the End, and part two. (Charlie/OC, R)
These were not technically for me, but stmargarets wrote two other Charlie/Kathleen stories here and here.

kelleypen wrote some Charlie-goodness for me in our secret Santa exchange. (Charlie/OC, G)

peverell wrote Big Brother for my birthday last year. (Charlie, Bill, G, Gen)
She also wrote Just Another Day, and Part Two, though I'm still waiting hopefully for part Three. (Charlie/OC, PG)

rhetoretician wrote Morning Coffee. (Peter/Harriet Wimsey, G)

I think that's it, though I've a horrible feeling I've missed someone. Please let me know!

The internet has got another think coming

Among the many things that frequently cause me anything from minor irritation to outright fury on the internet is the misuse of the expression 'If you think that, you've got another think coming' replacing the second 'think' with the meaningless 'thing.' What other thing is coming?

Language Log quotes from the OED to determine the original expression:

...the OED explicitly agrees about the direction of development

to have another thing coming [arising from misapprehension of to have another think coming ...]

Sadly, it also gives the statistics of internet usage:

Google has 146,000 hits for "another thing coming", most of which are not the Judas Priest song, vs. 49,300 for "another think coming", which I'm pretty sure is the original expression. (Arnold Zwicky observed thing's internet victory back in June of 2004 -- though the totals were much smaller then, 21,400 to 5,830.)

But, with your help, we needn't let the internet keep winning! Turn the tide! I dare you. If we all make sure we use the correct expression, 'another think coming', in an LJ post sometime in the next couple of days, and pass this on to your flists and other friends, then I bet we can reverse the Google hits in no time at all.