Because ain't no winter like a late Vermont winter
'cause a late Vermont winter don't stop.

( Winter not stopping, under the cut. )

Work. It was worklike, then it was bananas, then it was super-extra bananas with the full split and marshmallow sauce (Me: "That's it, I've had it. I am taking 12 full hours off!" Everyone sane: Um.)

( But I'm reading again now, so the likelihood of needing to bury people in the garden is decreasing. )

Trust little_tristan to bring something delightfully bookish and distracty to the table. I am entirely here for that this morning.

( All 55 under the cut: )

killedthekat's Bioshock Infinite vid, to Florence + the Machine's "No Light, No Light". CONTAINS ALL THE SPOILERS. ALL OF THEM. And they are glorious.

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So glorious.

Top Five Favorite Stories

Post a list of your top five favorite fics you've written, regardless of fandom or the reason you love them. This isn't about the BEST things you've written, but what you LOVE most. Then tag five other people to do the same. (I'm not going to tag anyone, but I'd love to see all my friends do this!)

Something Nice for ( Read more... )

#42: Jocks: True Stories of America's Gay Male Athletes by Dan Woog:

“There are a lot of bad things about athletics everywhere,” Patrick says. “Starting with Little League or Pop Warner, there’s this concept that to be a man is to be an athlete, to be an athlete is to be strong, and to be strong you have to have a certain attitude.” …Still, he ( Read more... )

(Books, man.)

I've become addicted to Library Journal's twitter feed, because of its high signal-to-noise ratio; they just want to tell you about books in wee little easily digestible chunks. I like that, I like that a lot. This morning for instance, they directed me to their calendar, which has been updated with new releases and links to more ( Read more... )

Despite all my dayjob's lovely attempts at making it otherwise, today is a good day. I have a great song stuck in my head ("Littlest Birds" by the Be-Good Tanyas), I am checking things off my to-do list at a fearful rate, I am running around without my splint, I have requested new books from ILL, and I am about to make a really good cup of tea ( Read more... )

This morning I was having a quick whipround etsy.com, trying to figure out what to get my sister-in-law for Xmas, and I saw this listing: Build Your Own SHEEP soap CHOOSE YOUR SCENT Shea or Goats MilkBut in my only mildy caffeinated state, I parsed BUILD YOUR OWN SHEEP and then stopped ( Read more... )

Two different things rocked my weekend: zombies and dinosaurs. Although not simultaneously, because that would probably have meant an injury to somebody.

First there were the zombies: vettha located a song called "Last Girl on Earth" by the Supreme Beings of Leisure. For someone with frequent Omega Girl fantasies, that is pure crack in audio form. It's ( Read more... )