On the issue of international availability of the Blizzard Authenticators, as reported by MMO-Champion, this came from a blue post:
“We’re also aware that non-U.S.-based players on our North American realms were unable to purchase the Blizzard Authenticator from the online store when it was available. This was due to shipping-related issues with our store for [...]

I just wanted to recommend an excellent post from Anna at Too Many Annas: Herding Cats. It discusses what to do if you’re suddenly faced with having to play healing lead with little experience in the job.
It’s an excellent summary of the steps to go through when preparing to act as a healing strategist, and [...]

Update: This post has been revised and updated here.
This one’s going around the blogosphere lately, so here’s my quick guide to raiding consumables for holy paladins. (Bellwether covered the same issue for resto druids, and Big Bear Butt for feral tanks; I’m sure there will be more coming soon.)
Two things to note:

I’m recommending consumables that [...]

For those of you well-aware that I’m a tabardaholic, here’s the latest to grace my collection!

This means, of course, that we succeeded in getting Ahune down on the first attempt, this time around. Group makeup was: bear druid, holy paladin, prot paladin (the alt of one of the frost mages from last time), fire mage [...]