Happy International Women's Day! We need it now more than ever. On the one hand, I am excited to see women getting together and showing our effect on issues like boycotting companies that advertise on the Rush Limbaugh show. On the other hand, I am deeply saddened that recent politics have been so violently targeted at sabotaging rights we fought ( Read more... )

So now I can post my Yuletide reveal without being so oafish. This was my first time participating, and I had a great time. I wrote Secrets, a Mad Men/ Pan Am crossover for Gorgeous Nerd (who seems not to be on LJ). It was really fun sorting out the timeline and working in the details. And I received a superb gift that I know know is from ( Read more... )

We've been chilling in New Jersey, pet-sitting for friends and watching all their Mad Men DVDs and generally ignoring our own lives to loll around where our own chores and errands won't call to us. So this morning we walked over to the nearby Episcopal church for Christmas morning service. (I grew up going to church on Christmas morning, and ( Read more... )

I haven't really figured out the general name for these. What I'm looking for is the gloves with the fingertips that can be used with touchscreen devices. Some seem to have conductive fibers knit right into the glove, while others have little conductive studs. Most common seems to be fingertip patches of the conductive material ( Read more... )

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Yep, Gingerbread madness in my workplace. Secret planning meetings! Throwdowns in the hallways! Bulging bags of secret ingredients!

Our theme this year is Candyland. We were originally going to do something on The Nutcracker, but we couldn't find all the proper pieces.

I've now learned more than you'd ever imagine wanting to know about the ( Read more... )

Little did I imagine the flurry that would grace my inbox!

Many thanks to Cordelia_v, titti, ziasudra_fic, aubrem, midnitemaraud_r, and ravurian for the holiday cheer.

What a lovely LJ gift. Happy holidays to you, too!

Time to tout one of my favorite holiday events: Crafts at the Cathedral. The crafts fair will run this Friday night and all day Saturday and Sunday in Synod Hall at the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, Amsterdam Ave. at 110th Street in New York City ( Read more... )

Our big Valentine meal is actually happening today. We are attempting Beef Wellington. More on that later. (We had quite a decent dinner last night with butcher-prepped bracciole, roasted beets, and the sauteed beet greens.) But thinking about this holiday cooking made me realize that I never recorded the recipe I dreamed up for a Greek-style ( Read more... )