...maybe I should just post here. Ya think? It's so crazy it just might work

I need to take another swing at Nights at the Circus. It fell victim to an unfortunate tendency I have to quit while I am ahead. I will read a book right up until the point where I am completely happy with it, then quit. I'm completely happy with it! We are at the ( Read more... )

WisCon got me all inspired to start ficcing again and the piece I need to work on is not on this computer. Well, bugger.

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I just sent my boss a request for my quarterly review. It's been a stressful few months, so to lighten the load of the additional hay bale I just strapped to her camel, I sent it in the form of a cat macro.


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Shopping, cooking, and NASCAR. All I need to do is pick up the knitting needles and it would be back four years. I was supposed to play Halo with Ann today, but she had a Surprise Visit from family friends she detests. And I don't mean them calling from the airport, I mean, they were going to just show up at the door. The only reason Ann had ( Read more... )

I was watching African American Lives 2 on PBS, and it was extraordinary to watch the faces of the participants when then were shown pictures of the slaveowners to whose name they carried as their own. As subtle and visible as wind over a field of grass, as they looked into the stern-faced portraits, and then another gust blowing over them when ( Read more... )

I did a search for "geoduck porn" and got nothing but food geek stuff. I find it ironic that the first failure of rule 34 I have ever been able to find happens to involve the Jon Holmes of the bivalve world.

So, finally detached the last remaining tie I had to The Escapist, ironically, right at the year anniversary. It's always consumed a lot of time, but it gave me a lot of fun in return. Now, however, it's just turned into a big time and energy suck ( Read more... )

After some discontent with the website that has been my primary hangout for the past year, I have returned and am trying to bring them back with me. To this end, I created the_escaped. You might see some strange people showing up in these parts. With any luck.

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