Discovered today:

[Fire. Almost.]-The chicken balls from the local grocery store deli Chinese food counter (aka the second best place in town for Chinese food) can be had for 50% off in the cold section of the deli and reheated at home, but they are really oily ( Read more... )

The government's weather website says, right now:
Snowfall warning for [CaffieneKitty's Location] issued

10 to 15 cm of snow expected on Christmas day.
For the non-metric, that's 4-6 inches. I guess this is what I get for picking "White Christmas" to sing at you this yearOf course it might not show up at all, but still. I'm not sure if this area ( Read more... )

I have the best of intentions, I do. I also have several Christmas/holiday/winter fics started, (some started years ago,) based in Supernatural, Torchwood, and now Sherlock, that I keep intending to finish in time for Christmas Eve. One day, I'll finish something, post it on time, and either everyone will either drop dead from shock or no one will ( Read more... )

...Or a least they like my Sherlock stuff.

-chocolateteacup has written (after asking permission) a Victorian-era side to my story " Echoes", called " Whispers" which is quite nifty, and works well as a companion piece.

-Mediva of Diary.ru has translated " The Improbably Horrible One" into Russian. Words still cannot express how awesome I think it is that people ( Read more... )

( a poem about weather, nothing great )

At work today, I did some paper-shuffling for a local Karate school and two things made me raise an eyebrow...

-If you have enrolled your son in Karate classes to boost his self-confidence, you may want to consider not registering him by the nickname of "Rat-Boy ( Read more... )

( cut for mundane blithering, left unlocked for lurkers )

Everyone at the office thought the weather reports were joking, since it's normally a balmy 6-10 degrees Celcius (43 - 50 F) this time of year, and we're at sea level...


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It's been snowing since midnight last night. Currently on the deck (which is a bit sheltered) 13 inches.

( Here, have a picture. )

( Experiment in hydrostatic shock. )