The home of some friends has suffered serious damage in Tuesday night's storm. A tree fell on their kids' room and came through the roof. A branch almost killed the father and the mother is bruised and scratched up from where the ceiling fell on her. She was holding the baby and thank god the baby is ok. The children are both fine ( Read more... )

Does anyone here watch Merlin?

I've only seen 1-4 of series 1, but ...

I'm totes crushing on Arthur;

Uther is a dick;

and I am 100% certain there is a crapton of slash fic about these guys b/c OMG there is a lot of UST all over the place in this show.

Have promised not to watch without Leslie. This makes it hard.

Poirot's "Royal Ruby" episode shows a faceted ruby - a HUGE one - and then a Prince says it's one of his father's most valuable posessions, a ruby from the reign of Ramses the Great.

Um. YEAH, right. WTF.

Dear God in heaven, it is cold. Guys, today at home it's 45F, which frankly is already cold for March in Georgia.

But I'm in Boston, where I kid you not, it is 13F degrees and will feel like -3F when I go outside.

That makes me want to cry.

OMG, you guys. I am in Boston, at the Radisson, at the recommendation of MrsRonWeasley, who I very much hope will let me buy her a drink at the bar while I'm here.

BUT IT IS SO COLD OMG. How do you guys stand it?

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Some really awesome fandom things are for sale at this charity auction, including a JAYNE hat for a BABY and a really awesome original Deadpool sketch. Check it out and spread the word.

http://community.livejournal.com/foresthouseeyes/

I have been named Associate Dean for the new College of Social Sciences, effective January 1! It's a big deal, and both exciting and terrifying.

http://dr-is-in.livejournal.com/343468.html

Looks like there's another family in need. Her husband passed away suddenly this week and the family could use some help paying for the funeral.

Signal boost and donate if you can.

Please help me spread the word to the DragonCon community - which won't let me post an announcement there ( Read more... )