Hee.  Several months ago, in a thread in sga_flashfic that evidently no longer exists, betsanne used this icon, and I adored it and asked if I could modify it for my own purposes.  And she said Hey, I didn't make it, and I don't remember where I got it from, so knock yourself out.  So, finally, I did!  [giggle]

darththalia sent me Copperplate, and i love her!, and i redid the icon, with a better crop, and it is even better than it was before.  yays.

yesterday's ombudsman column included a bit where a reader wrote in to say it's Just Wrong that the post doesn't customarily transliterate the 'al' (or 'el') part of Arabic surnames -- and she brought it to the attention of the news division and they're revisiting the issue and making some changes.  go, reader ( Read more... )

so i was taking a break avoiding my work.  (it's getting dangerous, the avoidance.  i hate myself.)  and pearl_o had screencaps from the vault.  and look at the look on frannie's face!  and i don't have copperplate gothic, and even the similar fonts the 'free' font sites showed me wanted money, so i used the demo and took a screencap instead (or else the ( Read more... )

really, someone should stop me.

this is me, checking off a box next to another Deadly Sin.

i've got already Envy (green) and Wrath (red); and this is (obviously) Pride (violet).  this here site tells me that the remaining sins' colors are light blue (Sloth), orange (Gluttony), blue (Lust), and yellow (Greed).  aside from the fact that (a) none of these seems familiar to me in a ( Read more... )

doesn't need explaining, does it?

so i met the choir lady and sang a bit, and she was glad i had contacted her! if i'd asked to join her alto section, she said, she'd have had to turn me away, or if i'd said i wanted to sing soprano, but i'd never really sung much in a choir before, she'd have suggested i wait until next term -- but with the christmas carol services and whatnot ( Read more... )

yasser arafat is dead.

i've got no real thoughts on that at the moment.

also: non-G IP. hug a veteran today.

i have been carrying this in my wallet since september 30. was saying to cmshaw how i wished i could icon it -- and then i remembered i have a digital camera. who needs a scanner?