As things so often do, a table has appeared in a corner of a frequently-visited room of the mansion. This table is covered in toast and the necessary accoutrements, courtesy of the Toast Marketing Board ( Read more... )

In a pile on a table, and scattered about elsewhere in the Mansion, are fliers. Well, they're more like pieces of paper with writing on them. Handwritten writing. In fact, if one were to gather up all of said fliers, he or she would probably be able to place them in the order in which they were written, merely by using the deterioration of the ( Read more... )

Any day now the Mansion will be blanketed in snow and festooned with icicles, right on schedule; but for the moment, the lawns are still bare, the wind brisk but not bitter, the air bracing. Conveniently, because something seems to be going on ( Read more... )

"Are there any women being oppressed here?"

"Don't be afraid to speak up!"

She enters simply, but even so, it is enough to take one's breath away -- she is the woman who set the standard for all beauty, hers is the face that launched a thousand ships, beauty's unit is named in honor of her, and she clearly knows it. She practically glows and there's the slightest of smiles tugging at her lips as she introduces herself."I ( Read more... )

*delurketh v. v. briefly to post a notice, written in a v. v. pompously fancy script ( Read more... )

If anyone's noticed, someone's been tampering with the calendars. Time's always been iffy, hereabouts, but today (the term, at this rate, being relative) it's even more out-of-synch than usual. Whoever did this, he's pleased with himself ( Read more... )

Is anyone here concerned about what their fiance, husband, wife, girlfriend or boyfriend is up to? Do you worry about them cheating on you or flirting so incessantly with other people that it could possibly lead to more? Do they actually do these things and if so what do you do about it ( Read more... )

Hey! Hey. *sheepish grin* I was wondering, I know it's sort of silly, but--well. It's so hot and all, and it's pretty dangerous right now to do a lot of hard work, so I was wondering if a bunch of people could maybe come help me dig potatoes. Because then, see, we could each do one or two, and no one would get all overheated or sick or anything. ( Read more... )

If someone were to walk up to you at random and ask for a 'pearl of wisdom', what would you tell them?