So Brooke found a cheap Nook on eBay and bought it for me. I don't know when it will get here, but I'm looking forward to it. I'm already in the process of converting some of the stuff I want to read, into PDF format for the Nook. And I'm looking for interesting free sample books ( Read more... )

“I live close to the Canuckistan/Merkan border. People I know make the dangerous trip across the 49th Parallel to do things in the states (usually for a quick visit). They have told me stories about the events on the other side of the horrible 49th Parallel. First off… Merkans do not actually have food in their country. They have this weird ( Read more... )

My parents sent me over $160!!! And I'd like to thank erithianopius for an extremely generous donation! *HUGS* I should be able to get my bills done this month, now! At least, the ones that are overdue anyway.

Crossposted from http://fayanora.dreamwidth.org

Last night I had a dream that I visited unico-love in person at her house (even though, while I know what she looks like, I have never been to her house. Not even sure where she lives.) She was showing me a picture she'd drawn of some of her stuffed animals. Which, knowing her, I can picture her doing that.

Via kengrSubject: A filk on an inch of rain in 8 hours ( Read more... )

"There is this misbegotten notion that transmen and women are about playing dress-up and fooling people. But to be trans is to feel the truth so acutely you can't fake it. It is to be so consumed with the truth of who you are that you are willing to risk everything to inhabit it. To refuse to be what other people have decided you are-this is an act ( Read more... )

@paper_hand (christinathena), @alittlethought, and I had an interesting conversation on Twitter. Parts of it will show up in my LoudTwitter shipment, but only parts. So here's the whole thing, courtesy of christinathenafayanora: Google gets hit with 3 anti-trust complaints. http://is.gd/9e7w4 Not surprising, given that they've ( Read more... )

What I want for the holiday season ( Read more... )

ysabetwordsmith started a fascinating poem some time back about two alien species in a form of symbiosis inspired by a similar symbiosis of two similar Earth organisms. It's a long poem, but definitely worth the read, and has been funded in bits and pieces for weeks. The poem is now fully funded, so you can read it here. The background of the poem is here.

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