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Yuletide recs so far
First, I love the stories I received. I've requested Count of Monte Cristo Mercédès fix-it fic for almost as long as I've been participating in Yuletide; this year, I got *two*. My main gift was Only The Good Which We Can Do, which follows Mercédès's life as a nun post-book; it's beautiful, makes me think a bit of In This House of Brede (one of my ( Read more... ) -
a note to my Yuletide entity
Dear Yuletide Entity,
My internet access over Christmas may be nonexistent, so it's possible I won't even see your story until the 30th; if this space is blank, don't worry :-). I'm looking forward to reading it when I'm able to get online.
--Castiron
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someone has to have made a t-shirt of this....
"I could tell you how to get to Sesame Street, but then I'd have to kill you."
(The illustration almost has to be Bert.)
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overheard in the Castiron household
[while middle son is watching sundry Love Bug & sequels clips on Youtube ( Read more... ) -
it's going to be an interesting next sixteen point whatever years
The not-yet-two-year-old has figured out that when the iPod won't turn on, a reasonable thing to try is plugging it in to the charger cord.
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sundry and random
1. The world needs a Christie/Chalionverse crossover fic where Miss Marple is a saint of the Father. (No, I'm not planning to write it ( Read more... ) -
other people's nifty fanwork
In my ACD Holmes/BBC Sherlock crossover fic Not Yet Dead, I had a throwaway reference to a poem Kipling had written in that 'verse called "Be A Man as Watson Was". I tossed around the idea of writing some of that poem but never did anything with it.
Enter M. Vernet, a contributor at McMurdo's Camp, who wrote a lovely poem in the comments and ( Read more... ) -
overheard in the Castiron household
(After yet another morning of PBS Kids)
Spouse: Curious George would be so much better if it turned out to be a crossover with The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. Then at the end you could have the Man in the Yellow Hat walking around the psychiatric hospital carrying his toy monkey.
Other crossovers we came up with:
The Man in the Yellow Wallpaper. ( Read more... ) -
12 characters meme
Meme via thesmallhobbit:
Pick 12 characters from any fandoms and list them before you read the questions that follow.
castiron's picks:
1. Polly Milton
2. River Song
3. Fiver
4. Jordan Cochran
5. Gonzo the Great
6. Aeron Aibhell
7. Faramir
8. Mrs. Hudson (ACD canon version)
9. Alys Vorpatril
10. Dame Philippa Talbot
11. Fanny Price
12. Joe Willard
( well, this should be interesting )