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And Now For Something Completely Different
Firstly, thank you to everyone for the birthday wishes. I am *positive* I have failed to thank someone individually because... I'm trying to mangle a KKBB quote here and I can't quite make it work, so basically: I suck at things, but I appreciate it greatly and am grateful. Yes ::squishes you all ( Read more... ) -
Writing Bollocks
Trying to come up with something for the pulped_fictions 'Someone Else's Sandbox' challenge, and everything is either too long or too porny (which is not to say that I wouldn't provide you lovely people with porn, but there's a difference between 'porn' and 'using Mr. Fantastic to fill your fisting/stretching kink square ( Read more... ) -
History Thing 008 - Fine and Dandy
(This one is incredibly lazy of me, because I know this particular History Thing by heart. Also: bet you thought I'd forgotten these!)
Okay, so, hands up those of you who've heard of Beau Brummell!
... now, put your hand down if you've heard about him from me.
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I watch crap for attractive actors
So I watched What's Your Number? because I just really like Chris Evans' adorable little face, okay?
Protip: Don't make my mistake.
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I am not dead yet [I can dance and I can sing!] ... [not really]
I mean, I guess I kind of *can* dance and my pitch and tone aren't so bad but I haven't got a great voice, exactly. But, anyway, Stuff That Has Happened, in brief:
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I am a *whirlwind* of productivity
Okay, so, since I like giving things away: I am giving away ARC copies of Winding Road to anyone who signs up for one before Sunday-ish. Hint: when you fill in the form, the only thing that's actually important is a working email address because I cannot magic books to people. As much as it would be cool if I could ( Read more... ) -
History Thing 008 - Doctor in The House
Hello and welcome to another edition of: History Things! This time, we're going straight-up anecdote from my very own personal grandma, who, for context, was born in 1927. This particular story takes place on the 20th of December, 1946. I know the exact date, because that is my dad's birth date ( Read more... ) -
History Thing 007 - Mark Antony, BAMF
Aaaand in the hopes that I'm over the last of my life/health issues for the moment, the return of HISTORY THINGS :D
Today, we're going to talk about Mark Antony. ( Drunken debauchery, violence and general Roman-ness ensue. ) -
Rainbow Awards
I completely and totally meant to bother everyone with strange and exciting facts about history (Friday, promise - hold me to it!), but, round 7 of the rainbow book awards is on! (... I missed rounds 1-6 because I am ill-informed).
I mention this because the cover of The Sartorialist is up this month. For those who have not seen it:
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