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* He won't be missed. "The 14 Most Fecking Stupid Things Tony Abbott Has Done:" http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/03/17/tony-abbott-gaffes_n_6884382.html
* "Syrian refugees desperate as they're met with closed borders:"
* Hungary is cracking down violently on desperate war refugees trying to cross through to get to safety in Germany. Croatia, which is not in the EU, is now getting a massive influx of refugees trying to find another route to Germany. Croatia is implementing their emergency response plans to help them, but it is not a rich country or a large one and there is some worry about their ability to cope in the longer term.
* 8 are dead and 2 million displaced by the 8.3 earthquake in Chile. As terrible as it is that any have died, last time it was more than 500. It sounds like the improved earthquake preparedness drills and warning system saved a lot of lives. they are still checking the smaller villages, so things are still developing.
* There has been a coup in Burkina Faso.
* "All In Exclusive with Ahmed Mohamed:"
* "The Day Ferguson Cops Were Caught in a Bloody Lie:" http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/08/15/the-day-ferguson-cops-were-caught-in-a-bloody-lie.html
* "Paleo People Were Making Flour 32,000 Years Ago:" http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2015/09/14/440292003/paleo-people-were-making-flour-32-000-years-ago?utm_source=tumblr.com
* "Newly declassified CIA presidential briefs offer new insight on JFK, Johnson:"
* "#IStandWithAhmed - Ahmed Mohamed's Controversial Arrest:"
Get More: Comedy Central,Funny Videos,Funny TV Shows
* What have I been up to? I've been struggling with some fairly brutal pain even by my standards. I've also continued to work on the complicated nitpicky bits of cleaning that needed doing. I've started work on Black sails XV, but it's hard to concentrate with the pain at this level. I still have hopes of getting it up soon, but not right now.
* "Why Sansa Really Kneeled: how sexism shaped Sansa Stark’s arc long ago:" http://gotgifsandmusings.tumblr.com/post/119391541235/why-sansa-really-kneeled-how-sexism-shaped-sansa
* "Unabashed Book Snobbery 2: GoT’s 10 Most OOC Characters:" http://gotgifsandmusings.tumblr.com/post/118980213691/unabashed-book-snobbery-2-gots-10-most-ooc
* "Anaïs Mitchell & Jefferson Hamer - "Tam Lin (Child 39)":"
* "Heather Dale - Mordred's Lullaby :"
* Ebay: 6 Lots, one no bid:
Quintessence of Dust 2014 (Only Lovers Left Alive): (Company says: The passing: beeswax and smoke, yellowed paper and well-worn leather books, droplets of spilled ink, faded incense, blood-tinged salty tears, and the metal of the knife that skewers that illiterate zombie philistine’s portrait.). 3/4 Full.
Lindworm 2012 (LE, DragonCon, Event Exclusive): (Company says: Smoky green leather smeared with crushed grasses and wild herbs). 3/4 Full.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/BPAL-Quintessence-of-Dust-2014-Only-Lovers-Lindworm-2012-LE-DragonCon-/301739204845?
THE GILMAN HOUSE HOTEL 2010 (LE, Lupercalia): (Company Says: Musty, dilapidated furnishings, peeling paint, swamp gas, and decay.) 1/2 Full.
MOUSE CiIRCUS 2012 (Neil Gaiman, Coraline): (Company Says: A toodle oodle of pink cotton candy noses, vanilla spun sugar fur, scattered kernels of popcorn, and a touch of polished golden wood.) 1/2 Full.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/-/301739211523?
A Moment in Time 2014 (LE, BPTP): (Company says: A tranquil scent, illuminated by joy and warm with the serenity of love: bourbon vanilla and soft sandalwood with tiare, white fig, sweet benzoin, guiac wood, French lavender, and a touch of warm patchouli.). Just above top of label.
The Ninth Cage 2011 (The Last Unicorn): (Company says: A claustrophobic blend of iron and oak.). Just below top of label.
Port-Au-Prince 2011 (Wanderlust): (Company says: Dark, decadent and incomparably exotic: the rich scent of buttered rum flavored with almond, bay, clove and sassafras.). 3/4 Full.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/-/301739220678?
Haute Macabre 2013 (Retail Exclusive Oils): (Company says: Oak leaf, bourbon vanilla, almond husk, and black leather accord darkened by a 13-year aged black patchouli.). At label.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/-/301739230206?
A Low Candle-Lit Room 2013 (LE, Yules): (Company says: Candle wax and waxen "skin," rotting leather and reeking damp wood, and the ashes of a yawning, cold fireplace.). 3/4 Full.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/-/301739234032?
TARANTULA FASCINATOR 2013 (LE, Liliths): (Company says:Done and done: fuzzy cacao-drenched hazelnut with hay absolute, black pepper, and nutmeg, laced with stripes of wild plum and white sandalwood.). 3/4 Full.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/-/301739237669?
* Organizations helping with the refugee crisis: http://captainofalltheships.tumblr.com/post/128790538169/an-updated-list-of-organizations-to-donate-to-help
* A list of LGBTQA Charities to donate money to instead of seeing the racist Stonewall Movie that decided to portray a black trans woman activist as a cis white man. http://awkward0w1.tumblr.com/post/126399233673
* Want Game of Thrones without the creepy? We desperately need new players. We are very inclusive. "Game of Bones MUSH:" gobmush.wikidot.com
This entry was originally posted at http://gwydion.dreamwidth.org/558407.html. Please comment there using OpenID.
* "Syrian refugees desperate as they're met with closed borders:"
* Hungary is cracking down violently on desperate war refugees trying to cross through to get to safety in Germany. Croatia, which is not in the EU, is now getting a massive influx of refugees trying to find another route to Germany. Croatia is implementing their emergency response plans to help them, but it is not a rich country or a large one and there is some worry about their ability to cope in the longer term.
* 8 are dead and 2 million displaced by the 8.3 earthquake in Chile. As terrible as it is that any have died, last time it was more than 500. It sounds like the improved earthquake preparedness drills and warning system saved a lot of lives. they are still checking the smaller villages, so things are still developing.
* There has been a coup in Burkina Faso.
* "All In Exclusive with Ahmed Mohamed:"
* "The Day Ferguson Cops Were Caught in a Bloody Lie:" http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/08/15/the-day-ferguson-cops-were-caught-in-a-bloody-lie.html
* "Paleo People Were Making Flour 32,000 Years Ago:" http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2015/09/14/440292003/paleo-people-were-making-flour-32-000-years-ago?utm_source=tumblr.com
* "Newly declassified CIA presidential briefs offer new insight on JFK, Johnson:"
* "#IStandWithAhmed - Ahmed Mohamed's Controversial Arrest:"
Get More: Comedy Central,Funny Videos,Funny TV Shows
* What have I been up to? I've been struggling with some fairly brutal pain even by my standards. I've also continued to work on the complicated nitpicky bits of cleaning that needed doing. I've started work on Black sails XV, but it's hard to concentrate with the pain at this level. I still have hopes of getting it up soon, but not right now.
* "Why Sansa Really Kneeled: how sexism shaped Sansa Stark’s arc long ago:" http://gotgifsandmusings.tumblr.com/post/119391541235/why-sansa-really-kneeled-how-sexism-shaped-sansa
* "Unabashed Book Snobbery 2: GoT’s 10 Most OOC Characters:" http://gotgifsandmusings.tumblr.com/post/118980213691/unabashed-book-snobbery-2-gots-10-most-ooc
* "Anaïs Mitchell & Jefferson Hamer - "Tam Lin (Child 39)":"
Click to view* "Heather Dale - Mordred's Lullaby :"
* Ebay: 6 Lots, one no bid:
Quintessence of Dust 2014 (Only Lovers Left Alive): (Company says: The passing: beeswax and smoke, yellowed paper and well-worn leather books, droplets of spilled ink, faded incense, blood-tinged salty tears, and the metal of the knife that skewers that illiterate zombie philistine’s portrait.). 3/4 Full.
Lindworm 2012 (LE, DragonCon, Event Exclusive): (Company says: Smoky green leather smeared with crushed grasses and wild herbs). 3/4 Full.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/BPAL-Quintessence-of-Dust-2014-Only-Lovers-Lindworm-2012-LE-DragonCon-/301739204845?
THE GILMAN HOUSE HOTEL 2010 (LE, Lupercalia): (Company Says: Musty, dilapidated furnishings, peeling paint, swamp gas, and decay.) 1/2 Full.
MOUSE CiIRCUS 2012 (Neil Gaiman, Coraline): (Company Says: A toodle oodle of pink cotton candy noses, vanilla spun sugar fur, scattered kernels of popcorn, and a touch of polished golden wood.) 1/2 Full.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/-/301739211523?
A Moment in Time 2014 (LE, BPTP): (Company says: A tranquil scent, illuminated by joy and warm with the serenity of love: bourbon vanilla and soft sandalwood with tiare, white fig, sweet benzoin, guiac wood, French lavender, and a touch of warm patchouli.). Just above top of label.
The Ninth Cage 2011 (The Last Unicorn): (Company says: A claustrophobic blend of iron and oak.). Just below top of label.
Port-Au-Prince 2011 (Wanderlust): (Company says: Dark, decadent and incomparably exotic: the rich scent of buttered rum flavored with almond, bay, clove and sassafras.). 3/4 Full.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/-/301739220678?
Haute Macabre 2013 (Retail Exclusive Oils): (Company says: Oak leaf, bourbon vanilla, almond husk, and black leather accord darkened by a 13-year aged black patchouli.). At label.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/-/301739230206?
A Low Candle-Lit Room 2013 (LE, Yules): (Company says: Candle wax and waxen "skin," rotting leather and reeking damp wood, and the ashes of a yawning, cold fireplace.). 3/4 Full.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/-/301739234032?
TARANTULA FASCINATOR 2013 (LE, Liliths): (Company says:Done and done: fuzzy cacao-drenched hazelnut with hay absolute, black pepper, and nutmeg, laced with stripes of wild plum and white sandalwood.). 3/4 Full.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/-/301739237669?
* Organizations helping with the refugee crisis: http://captainofalltheships.tumblr.com/post/128790538169/an-updated-list-of-organizations-to-donate-to-help
* A list of LGBTQA Charities to donate money to instead of seeing the racist Stonewall Movie that decided to portray a black trans woman activist as a cis white man. http://awkward0w1.tumblr.com/post/126399233673
* Want Game of Thrones without the creepy? We desperately need new players. We are very inclusive. "Game of Bones MUSH:" gobmush.wikidot.com
This entry was originally posted at http://gwydion.dreamwidth.org/558407.html. Please comment there using OpenID.