I am organizing a fan-fest and bake sale to raise money for dental surgery for thdancingferret's cat, Dante, who has basically been starving because he can't eat. The Fest posts on DW and on LJ are flocked, so comment here if you're not already on my list and want to be added.

UPDATE: In less than 24 hours, we've raised enough for the downpayment ( Read more... )

In case you haven't heard, LJ has now made geolocation via IP address much, much easier. I would even call it "intrusive", because if I turn on IP logging (to have available as insurance, basically) then it tells me, legibly, where the person is writing from whether I want (need) to know that info at the moment or not. And frankly, they're using a ( Read more... )

The LJ situation is, of course, very worrying.

If you have DW invite codes to offer, I suggest putting them up at -- very rapid service.

And in the immortal words of
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It's a good day to think about getting a Dreamwidth account, so this entry is unlocked. I've got a passel of codes. Comments here are screened, so drop your email in a comment (even anonymously) and I'll send you a code, then delete the comment. head on over to
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I hope my NZ friends and their families are OK; report in here if you can. If anyone hears from suzycat in particular, please mention it here. I feel rather queasy with worry about her -- her place took some damage in the last earthquake ...

DEAR 2011 YOU CAN STOP ANY TIME, REALLY.

update: suzycat has been spotted on Facebook, she's OK though her place ( Read more... )

I have a poll up and unlocked at DW about IE's use of its cache. Pop over and vote, please!

FINAL UPDATE: VICTORY! The story has been taken down. Thanks to everyone who reported the story and/or left a comment.
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JayJay133 at fanfiction.net has started posting Leslie Fish's "Shelter" there, in chapters -- without authorization, though she does indicate that it's not her own work. Who do we smack? I don't have a FFN login, and ( Read more... )

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As most of you know, I have two children. The Future of Fandom is 16; the Distant Future of Fandom is 9. Both were born in a stand-alone birthing center (now closed due to the suckitude of insurance companies) run by midwives, not MDs, and with very little in the way of medication: what is generally called "natural childbirth ( Read more... )