Many years ago, long enough ago that it was possibly while I was still in high school, I stumbled upon a web page called "An tInneall Mallachtaí: The Curse Engine." It would, as the name suggests, generate curses in Irish Gaelic Irish, based on selections made by the page's visitors. (An Irish acquaintance of mine-someone I know from my more ( Read more... )

Now that the Big Reveal has gone up, I have found out that my gift, To Catch a Thief, was written by the talented talesofsnape. (I don't know her personally, but we have several mutual friends, and I have always enjoyed her work.) It is a truly delightful little story, and I'll definitely be going back to read it again ( Read more... )

What follows is the result of a combination of the Saturday Night Drabbles chat at The Petulant Poetess and karelia's recent account of finding a hedgehog in the garden and her dog Ishka's decision to bring the hedgehog indoors at night on at least two occasions. The scansion's not perfect, of course, and I had to add an extra verse in order to convey as ( Read more... )

(For the person who got my SSHG Exchange prompts, since it's extremely likely that we don't actually know each other.)So, here's what I like. I have to admit that I like some amounts of fluff, or at least as much fluff as an in-character Severus (or Hermione, for that matter) can manage. Humour is great; I tried to come up with prompts that would ( Read more... )

Well, that didn't take long.

*sigh*

"Nulla è più necessario del superfluo." ("Nothing is more necessary than the unnecessary.")-Uncle Eliseo from "Life is Beautiful ( Read more... )

Today in Things That Make Me Feel Old Even Though I'm Still Going To Be In My 20's On My Next Birthday:

Hearing a remake of a song that was popular when I was fifteen.

(The song in question, by the way, was "Crush," originally by Jennifer Paige, and re-recorded by someone with a somewhat whinier voice.)

Apparently this is my battle cry. It's not the sort of thing to inspire terror, I think. Oh, well. :D

Originally posted by twbasketcase at Mississippi Personhood Amendment
Originally posted by gabrielleabelle at Mississippi Personhood Amendment

Slightly modified from its original form to reflect my own views and personal circumstances.

Okay, so I wouldn't usually do this, especially since I'm a citizen of a country in which ideas like this don't generally have a whole lot of ( Read more... )

Gee, this is a surprise.  *snerk*


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