Three nifty things.

First off, Tor is offering free digital books and wallpapers if you sign up for their mailing list. I mention this not only because it is just plain cool, but because Cherie Priest, aka cmpriest, has a novel available: Four and Twenty Blackbirds is her first book, and you can get it, totally free. It is a really great read, and a ( Read more... )

This is at the very last minute, but I want to make you aware of a Very Cool Thing.

shadesong has a brilliant and talented daughter who wants to go to the Awesomest Camp EverNo, seriously. Did YOUR summer camp offer classes in stop-motion animation, pillaging for plunder, cryptozoology, Norse myth puppet theater, advanced pond scum analysis, and how to be ( Read more... )

First, nighthellcat posts about Melvin Grady. No, it's not likely you've heard his name, which is sort of the sad part. Melvin was beaten to death for his tax refund, and, adding insult to injury, his family cannot really afford to bury him.

This kind of thing just . . . really bothers me. If you can spare even a little, Hellcat is taking donations here. ( Read more... )

Hey!

Pimping eBay BPAL sales for bat_cheva, who

5 ml bottles of:

Blue Moon
Lady Luck Blues
Gibbous Moon
The Phoenix Forum-Only!
Libra 2007

All have been clean-tested or clean-decanted only, and kept climate-controlled. Go, look, bid!

I may bid on The Phoenix myself. Have to test out my decant again.

I've been making you look at a lot of pretty stuff lately, I know, but you guys have to see this.

For the past several weeks, I've been watching harmanhay make this dress. Painstakingly. She worked from a 17th century pattern, with a passing nod to Kiera Knightley's dress from the first Pirates movie, but I think this one is prettier ( Read more... )

Fuuuuuuuuck!

From bpal_excathedra, emphasis mine:

BPAL & BPTP will be at Dark Delicacies in Burbank, CA on Saturday, February 10th for a mutual Valentine’s Day event! We’ll be there from 3-5pm, and will have the whole of the Lupercalia, Carnaval Diabolique, and the Eight Heroines in tow, as well as an exclusive scent that we created for Dark Delicacies. Much of ( Read more... )

This is my only Christmas icon. I need a slightly less cranky one.

But anyway, in the spirit of the season, I give you . . . links!

I have so many talented people on my f-list that I have to pimp just a few of them. Take a minute, please, and check out what these folks are sellin'. Might be you'll find a nice gift for someone on your nice (or ( Read more... )

Author, editor, educator, and all-around amazing woman Susie Bright is offering a truly fantastic deal. Donate five bucks to help her keep her blog going, get a Clits Up! button and a copy of Best American Erotica 2006. She'll sign books, too ( Read more... )

I'm pimping a great fucking band.

Brave.I've been a fan of theirs for a couple of years now, and they are simply amazing. I really can't describe what they're like . . . not folk, not metal, incredibly layered and beautiful music ( Read more... )