Random influxes of strangers in April and July... we should expect that again in early October, I believe.  The weekend of curses also appears to change its timing along with the season.  Can we expect the third weekend to be cursed during the autumn months?  Perhaps a tangible pattern would be asking too much of the deities.

I've had a fair amount ( Read more... )

Earthquakes are thrilling, aren't they? I haven't experienced one myself for some time. Just as well, I suppose, since that one time was rather disastrous. The property damage this time around wasn't nearly as extensive, although I'm glad I wasn't actually in my laboratory at the time of the quake. One of my side projects didn't take kindly to ( Read more... )

Marishka?  You wouldn't happen to have a cup of sugar I might borrow, would you?

There's quite a lot of talk on the network about parents, isn't there?  Fascinating read, really, although I'm alarmed at the number of dysfunctional or deceased families you all seem to have.  It's rather sad that so many of you grew up under such circumstances.

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Perhaps it's just me, but there seems to be even more hostility here than usual.  Not the physical sort, necessarily--although there's more than enough of that as it is.  Honestly, it's more than enough to discourage me from looking at the network most days.

As much as I want to believe that this growing hostility is mystical in origin, this may ( Read more... )

Not to be overly insensitive, but you should really calm down.  Screaming over the network about missing appendages, dire gashes, and other past injuries is hardly going to help anyone, and it doesn't seem that there's any way to stop bleeding.  As this is so widespread, I'm assuming it's nothing more than a curse and will pass without leaving ( Read more... )