Some LJs worth readinghttp://derspatchel.livejournal.com/ - The infamous Spatch, creator of too much stuff to list -- but the one I knew before I knew him was
Pick Up the Phone Booth and Die, discussed by Wikipedia at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pick_up_the_phone_booth_and_die. Spatch writes essays about darn near everything. His associated website is
http://www.spatch.net/, but beware of broken links.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/spatch is his photo website, and much less broken.
http://lex-of-green.livejournal.com/ - Lex is special. She sees the world from a different angle... an angle that requires her to do things like ask "Hey, um… Nice Old Man #1? Is there a stick bug in my hair? Because I had one earlier, but I lost it on my face and now I can’t find it." Virtually everything she posts includes a quote of that caliber. No website.
http://naamah-darling.livejournal.com/ - Naamah writes erotica, philosophy, and BPAL reviews, among many other things. She had the name before the Kushiel series came out. She also paints boxes, which is much cooler than it sounds. I commissioned a gorgeous box from her once as a gift for
lumi21 and we were both thrilled by the results -- see
http://www.morningstarhall.com/images/boxes/firebirds04.jpg. Her associated website, unsurprisingly, is
http://www.morningstarhall.com/.
http://ursulav.livejournal.com/ - Ursula Vernon... artist, writer, gamer, birdwatcher, divorcee, and other good things. I preach the yay of Ursula fairly often and inflict links on people routinely, so I'll just point you straight to
http://www.metalandmagic.com/.
Other places worth exploring that were created by people I knowhttp://www.mesart.com/kaylithin - The porcelain masks of Jennifer Meyer (
kaylithin). I particularly adore her "peakat" mask, but it's way out of my price range.
http://gpalmer.freeshell.org/ - The paintings and illustrations of Grace Palmer (
gracedpalmer). Includes a wind-up armadillo, which is neat.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/abmann/ - Will's photo site (
angrybunnyman). Mostly portraits, some including mild bondage. Probably not work-safe if you dig very far. Unless your workplace is way more blase than mine.
http://ww2.wizards.com/DreamBlade/Articles.aspx - Sadly, this site doesn't allow me to pick out just the articles of Sam Black (
vicalis), but check out his articles anyway if you have an interest in Dreamblade, because he's the top player in the world. Seriously. Literally. (Weirdly, he isn't on Wikipedia. I lack momentum, so I'm not putting him there, but someone should.)
http://www.ladyfoxsoaps.com/ - All-natural soaps made from totally safe ingredients by
ladyfox. Fox will do personal scent blends on request, too, which is neat.
http://www.soundclick.com/mossdog - This one belongs to
hermitgeecko -- it's my music site. Feel free to poke around as much as you like. I welcome reviews and feedback.
http://100in100b.livejournal.com/ - An old project...
conanmagruder and I wrote 100 stories in 100 days. There's some absolute dreck there, but there's some good stuff also.
http://bevan-ravenswing.deviantart.com/gallery/ - A bit of poetry and some photography by Bevan. I'm not sure how much time he spends here these days, but he was a very active commenter as well on deviantart for a while, and willing to respond to anyone who wanted feedback.
Did I forget anyone or anything else who deserves plugging? Drop me a comment, and I'll look into it. Cheers!
...now I'm going to go kick dinner into shape. Stupid head cold.