In case you were in need of a new way to explain what the word "chutzpah" means, I'm here to help ( Read more... )

I've got a brief break from work and my goal for the day is to finish my Blood Ties/Atlantis gen crossover fic. It's going to be, oh, about 6000 words and it's in need of a beta, since I've been working on it so long there could be all kinds of improbable things in there :) The story is mostly Blood Ties, so I need someone who knows that show. If ( Read more... )

And I've posted my Yuletide fic :) I posted fic number 30, so I'm pleased with myself. The story isn't perfect, and given less stressful times, there are some other things I might have done with it, but on the whole I think my recipient will enjoy it and so will some other people and that's pretty much what Yuletide is all about ( Read more... )

Y'know how people lj-cut posts with triggery warnings when they're going to talk about rape or child sexual abuse or eating disorders? I think I'd like the news sites to start giving me warnings before they talk about dead children. ::shudders:: 'Cause apparently reading news articles about dead kids freaks me out and I'd like that to stop ( Read more... )

I recently bought a book I've had my eye on for a while, Parenting Beyond Belief: On Raising Ethical, Caring Kids Without Religion, which is a series of essays by all kinds of people, including Richard Dawkins and Penn Jillette ::swoons::. It's not quite as good a book as I'd hoped, as many of the essays are more personal recollection and less ( Read more... )