I don't care that it's January. It's for the December Advent Amnesty. That's my story and I am sticking to it like superglue. (Part one of this fic can be found at my DW here or at the AO3 here.) AO3 version of this chapter is located here.

As always, speculation, questions, and comments most welcome, and yes, I will be finishing this! I have a ( Read more... )

Yeah, yeah, I know: I never post, I never write.... Both true, lately. Sorry. I think I'm finally recovering from this last half year, however. I'm writing original fic during the week, Southern Comfort on Fridays and more Southern Comfort or other fanfic on the weekend. So. Starting to do better.

Meanwhile, Escapade Con just had their 25th ( Read more... )

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A first-hand observer's report of the Pearl Harbor bombings was finally published today by the Washington Post; it was originally considered too graphic to print.  It's available here.  (The reporter who wrote this went on to be a wartime spy; at 97, she's still alive today and was featured in an early WP article on two former senior CIA women who ( Read more... )

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rarewomen is discussing eligibility for their fic exchange.  Sign ups are from Jan 1 - Jan 7 (i.e., they do NOT overlap Yuletide or the winter holidays) for "a winter fic exchange for rare women in big fandoms and rare women in small fandoms. Each participant will write a fic of at least 1000 words and receive the same."

I've put in a comment that most of ( Read more... )

Halloween, Ghostbusters, close enough, right? 
( Large but amusing and SFW image herein. )

Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product.

A little simplification would be the first step toward rational living, I think.

One should always sleep in all of one's guest beds, to make sure that they are comfortable.

There never has been security. No man has ever known what he would meet around the next corner; if life were predictable it ( Read more... )