I got some new clothes as Christmas gifts, so maybe the Yule Cat won't eat me.

Being online, in fandom, and queer means I sometimes know and say things my nieces are surprised by, resulting in NieceV asking Christmas day why and how I'm so "Millennialcore."

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From dine, who saw this meme on bluesky:
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or ( Read more... )

I saw this today:
Escapade needs your help!
We need your help! The future of the conventions is at stake.
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Many of you can’t make it this year. Our registered attendance is currently in the 60s. Not only does this make us all really, really sad - it could also be catastrophic for Escapade.

Bottom line: we’ve got to get our attendance up above ( Read more... )

November 30, I mentioned that I'm in the Amazon.com Associates program, where every click-through that results in a sale gets me a small percentage of profit and that if people were game to help me out as they shopped, they could use this link. Today, I found out about the Honey scam, which might be snatching my commissions if shoppers have Honey ( Read more... )

I saw this in a Discord server today and had to share:


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Happy holidays to all who celebrate! Happy Wednesday to everyone else!

I wrapped presents tonight while listening to songs like "Salt the Earth" by Assemblage 23, so the usual.

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This is... unfortunate.

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From dine, who saw this meme on bluesky:
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.


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If anyone's interested, I have a listing, with links and summaries, of Christmas fic I've written over the years for season's readings.

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From dine, who saw this meme on bluesky:
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.


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GEICO contacted me back. One guy was an angel, the one I texted the photo of the attorney letter to, said he'd forward it on to the claim account. The guy who called sounded annoyed, saying he told me about this stuff already. No, he told me the guy made a bodily injury claim and had an attorney, not that the attorney would send me a threatening ( Read more... )