something fun to do this afternoon.

Today is the last day of voting in Apartment Therapy's Fall Colors Contest. Voting closes in under 2 hours.

Here is the East Coast group.

Here is the West Coast group.

In each group, you can look at more pics of the entries by clicking on their titles.

I personally wish that you would vote for Tod and Corie Marie on the east coast and Jon on the West Coast. Kate's blue bathroom is super-boring and I think the major reason it's doing well is that she has very little in it, and a very expensive sink (as per the comments on Ky's apartment being "well-styled rather than well-decorated"). I don't really like Tod and Corie Marie's color scheme, but the room looks wonderful and was done on an extremely tight budget. But how YOU vote is really up to you! :D

Since there are a lot of windows or tabs to open, I have not set these links to open in new windows the way I often do. Caveat lector.

ETA - East Coast voting is finished! Tod and Corie Marie won by 1 vote! :) There is a run-off next week, so please check AT again, if you're interested.

I just realized that West Coast voting will be open until 2PM Pacific Time - meaning 5PM EST. Kate is still currently winning by a large margin, so please drop by and vote for Jon!

There's nothing wrong with plate mail!

The Fantasy Novelists' Exam (via Bookslut).

Happy to say that the only one of these I am guilty of is a character with a four-syllable name, but it's not an exotic one. (Heck, my own middle name is an unexotic four-syllable name.)

(Also from Bookslut, a collection of entertainingly bad lines from SF/fantasy/horror writers.)

Further geek news: George Takei is the gay!. Congrats to Mr Sulu on his coming out.

And, via BoingBoing - Secrets of Disney's Haunted Mansion ride! :D

ETA - You've seen the site before, but coming back (also via BoingBoing) for Halloween is: the Print 'N Fold Necronomicon!