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..."Gosh, I hope snapecase runs again."

And what do I see today? It's a go!
::does happy dance::

"4.7 million fanfics are now Hugo winners, thanks to AO3 and the transformative culture that built it..."

You guys, THIS IS SO AMAZING!!!!! Best part: Every fanfic writer in the audience was asked to stand and jointly accept the award :)

More here and here, and there is also an NPR piece. I am as happy as a very happy thing, also I may have ( Read more... )

The Arizona Senate yesterday opted to open their session not with a prayer, but with an invocation from a member of a local secular humanist group. It's short -- only 2 minutes -- but it brought tears to my eyes. Compassion and reason have both been so scarce lately ( Read more... )

Reveals are up for hoggywartyxmas and sshg_giftfest, so I can now cop to being the author of the following:

Ding Dong Merrily on High ( LJ) (AO3) - written for pyttan for hoggywartyxmas. The Hogwarts ghosts want to spread a little holiday cheer. Things do not go as planned.

The Joy of Cooking ( LJ) (AO3) - written for madeleone for sshg_giftfest. A git and a swot walk into a cookery class. Warning: Contains ( Read more... )

sshg_giftfest and hoggywartyxmas are both posting, with spectacular gifts for all. (Lots of them this year involving books and libraries, woo hoo!) What better way to spend a quiet Christmas Eve? Go ye and revel :)

And apparently cat wrapping is a thing -- who knew? Here are two of my favorites:

Cat wrapping, with in-cat commentary:

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How to wrap an Australian cat ( Read more... )

If you haven't yet met Lucas the Spider, you are seriously missing out. I don't care how bad your day has been, this little guy is guaranteed to cheer you up. Be sure to turn up the volume, his voice is as cute as his little fuzzy face :)

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Made this last night. It is a marbled chocolate peanut butter cake, and yes, it is DELISH. A bit drier than I like -- I made it with gluten-free flour, which in cookies requires a few minutes more baking, so I did the same thing with the cake but I think it was unnecessary. Also, the chocolate glaze called for corn syrup, which I didn't have and ( Read more... )

Forget the candy and costumes -- give me vintage horror movies ( Read more... )

I might have bought this. Because Galaga and Amidar and Make Trax and Qix and Dig Dug and Burger Time. And Ms. Pac Man.

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