I think I'll accept the Daily Delights of December challenge set down by mimimanderly and post one thing that delights me every day this month. Heaven knows I am not in a space where I am easily delighted. Work is stressing me greatly. I have a long report due Friday after next, and there's a mountain of work yet to be done. But walking around in a state of ( Read more... )

Each train station along my route to work features a little artwork. This guy never fails to make me smile, especially on a beautiful autumn day like this.

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Well, I'm not yet at work on a Thursday. There's a heater repair man in the house right now, cleaning out the coils or whatever, getting the heater ready for winter. His name is Javier, and he doesn't drink caffeine, so that kills my excuse for making another half-pot of coffee on this chilly morning ( Read more... )

If you didn't get a chance to read the 2015 hp_halloween entries, I really encourage you to do so. I just love HP Halloween. This year's 200-word drabble entries were by turns funny, angsty, and downright scary. Sometimes you wouldn't know what to expect of an entry until you were already like 150 words in and you would have a sinking feeling your favorite ( Read more... )

A big wave to the flist! I'm here to prove to akatnamedeaster that there are still a few flisters hanging around LJ these days. I do admit I have been lurking instead of posting, though ( Read more... )

Google Chat has a new sketch feature. I hovered my mouse over the text box and saw a pencil, and then I sketched, and this happened:

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The sidebar on my livejournal Friends Feed includes blog posts from sites that pay to advertise there. So far, the only blog that has ever shown up is Oh No They Didn't!, a gossip site. Once in a while I see something click-worthy.( Read more... )

Went out to dinner last night with my daughter and her boyfriend. We went to some Italian franchise that's become really popular. Their gimmick is, certain meals on the menu include a second portion that is already boxed and ready to take home. You order your "today" meal and your "tomorrow" meal in one transaction. It's clever. Some of us couldn't ( Read more... )

Halloween is my favorite, favorite holiday. And now tamlane has set up an open, unmoderated collection on AO3 for Halloween-themed Harry Potter prompts and fanworks. You can leave a prompt (or 50), or take one and run with  it. The only rule is, it has to be somehow related to Halloween and the Harry Potterverse. Click here to check it out!


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The HP Interhouse Promptfest has begun! Prompts are open for claiming until September 7. And people, there are well over 300 prompts to choose from. Seriously. Go and have a look. I didn't contribute any prompts, but lots of them look intriguing. I'm not sure how I'll pick a favorite!