Fic Recs and question about condom use in the 1970s

I've read several Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy fics in a row where the guys pull out condoms and lube and it's jolted me right out of the action each time.

Condom use by gay men in the 1970s? Y/N?

Also, what is the likelihood of having official "lube" around?

Also, I just got to the end of a fic that I had (apart from the condom use) really quite enjoyed, to find this author's note: Seriously, I've read and re-read this so many times I'm actually, physically sick of it. If it still doesn't quite work, then I'll just have to admit defeat XD I guess your fics are a bit like your children: sometimes you love them, sometimes you can't stand them, and sometimes you wish they were never born

And it kinda put me off. I mean, if YOU don't like your fic, why should I?



( FIC RECS )

From Get Up.

Check out the video the mining industry never expected you to see


This week mining billionaire Gina Rinehart became the largest shareholder in Fairfax, having already bought a stake in Channel Ten. But this new video reveals this move is bigger than one woman’s ambition – it’s part of a coordinated and very deliberate strategy, with climate skeptic ‘Lord’ Monkton seen here advising a room full of mining executives on how the industry must gain control of Australia’s media.

Leverage FTW

Watching Leverage. Leverage is awesome.

Sophie - Harrison, you've pulled a hundred successful cons.
Harrison - yeah, stereotypes! Nigerian princes, Saudi billionaires, British people...no offence.

Ha, we just had an awesome supporting character being incidentally gay.

Also, I ship Parker/Hardison SO HARD. If I weren't on the iPad right now I'd be forced to spend the rest of the night making an epic picspam of how adorable they are together but instead I will just nostalgically link to a pimp picspam I did years ago http://sarren.livejournal.com/420027.html#cutid1


oh, ha, now they've infiltrated a company pretending to be efficiency experts except there's a documentary crew filming at the same time. This is GOLD.