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Aug. 18th, 2025 05:52 am
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Yesterday I was in transit (from "leave my apartment" to "get to friend's house") for uh

well during the drive back from the airport I was like "I have now been travelling for twelve hours" and there was like another hour or so left of that drive???

TOO LONG

(two planes, which is good because it meant I could eat a meal over the layover, but that + traffic on the way back to friend house meant A LONG DAY)

worth it, though, and now I am on Pacific time by virtue of going "please keep me awake until the sun sets", so I ~only~ woke up for real at 4:30am Pacific time (instead of my normal 4:30am Eastern time).

but I am looking forward to FRIEND HANGOUTS where I am NOT dead of "have been travelling all day oh god" and instead merely running on possibly less sleep than preferred but FRIEND TIME will make up for that, it's fine.

(I'm here for a few days and then go down the coast to my family, who I will be staying with longer.)
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PH 32 - ダンジョン飯 | Dungeon Meshi | Delicious in Dungeon, Critical Role (Web Series), Bridgerton (TV), Wiedźmin | The Witcher (Video Game), Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)

PH 33 - Dial M for Murder (1954), To Catch a Thief (1955), Dial M for Murder - Hatcher

PH 34 - 说英雄谁是英雄 | Heroes (TV 2022), 师兄请按剧本来 | Stick to the Script! (TV), 人渣反派自救系统 - 墨香铜臭 | The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù

PH 36 - 괴담에 떨어져도 출근을 해야 하는구나 - 백덕수 | Got Dropped into a Ghost Story Still Gotta Work - Baek Deoksoo, 괴담에 떨어져도 출근을 해야 하는구나 - 백덕수 | Got Dropped into a Ghost Story Still Gotta Work - Baek Deoksoo, 괴담에 떨어져도 출근을 해야 하는구나 - 백덕수 | Got Dropped into a Ghost Story Still Gotta Work - Baek Deoksoo, 전지적 독자 시점 - 싱숑 | Omniscient Reader - Sing-Shong, 전지적 독자 시점 - 싱숑 | Omniscient Reader - Sing-Shong, 전지적 독자 시점 - 싱숑 | Omniscient Reader - Sing-Shong, 전지적 독자 시점 - 싱숑 | Omniscient Reader - Sing-Shong, 내가 키운 S급들 - 근서 | S-Classes that I Raised - Geunseo, 내가 키운 S급들 - 근서 | S-Classes that I Raised - Geunseo, 내가 키운 S급들 - 근서 | S-Classes that I Raised - Geunseo

PH 39 - Pocket Monsters | Pokemon (Main Video Game Series), Doctor Who (2005), 4thewords (Video Game), Stranger Things (TV 2016)

PH 44 - Disco Elysium (Video Game), Charmed (TV 1998), Dracula - Bram Stoker (Novel 1897)

PH 45 - Bridgerton (TV), A League of Extraordinary Women - Evie Dunmore, A League of Extraordinary Women - Evie Dunmore, Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling

PH 46 - 逆転裁判 | Gyakuten Saiban | Ace Attorney, Dishonored (Video Games), Dishonored (Video Games), Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood & Manga, Girl Genius (Webcomic), Lackadaisy (Webcomic), The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild/Tears of the Kingdom, Psychonauts (Video Games)

PH 48 - Hazbin Hotel (Cartoon), Hazbin Hotel (Cartoon), 黄金の太陽 | Golden Sun Series, Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (Anime & Manga)

PH 49 - Fire Emblem: Fuukasetsugetsu | Fire Emblem: Three Houses, 鸣潮 | Wuthering Waves (Video Game), Limbus Company (Video Game)

PH 50 - Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling, Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, Baldur's Gate (Video Games), True Blood (TV), Stormlight Archive - Brandon Sanderson, Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen, House of the Dragon (TV)
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This week, I've settled into two very different but surprisingly complementary reads:

The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley
A time travel novel unlike any I've read before - bureaucratic, witty, and threaded with a deeply humane look at displacement, love, and the complicated weight of history. Bradley’s writing is sharp, layered, and often quietly devastating.

The Lamplighter's Bookshop by Sophie Austin
A beautifully atmospheric historical romance set in late-Victorian York. It’s full of bookish charm, a touch of melancholy, and the promise of renewal. Perfect for curling up with when you want comfort but also a sense of place and texture.

Together, they balance each other - one pulling me into the dizzying machinery of time and empire, the other inviting me into the hush of a lamplit shop where hearts and histories can be mended.

Challenge 879: Flash

Aug. 18th, 2025 11:40 am
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This week's challenge is


Flash


Rules reminder:

--- All stories must be 100 words long. Double drabbles are also permitted.
--- Please place your story behind a cut; the comm's flist will love you.
--- If requested, you must use the challenge word or phrase in your story; feel free to interpret that creatively.
--- Please use the challenge tag "flash 879" plus any character tags.
--- The best way to tag, either when adding or editing your post, is to click on the 'select' icon immediately to the right of the 'tag' box, and then click on all the tags you want to use.
--- If there isn't a tag for the character or situation you're writing, or there's any other problems, let me know and I will wrangle them.

The Day in Spikedluv (Sunday, Aug 17)

Aug. 18th, 2025 06:13 am
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I went down to mom’s earlier today than usual because Pip needed to use my car in the middle of the day (he took his dad to a local annual “antique power days”, basically an antique tractor show). I only stayed for about an hour and a half, with plans to return later in the afternoon to check on her again. (More about my visit below.)

I did a load of laundry (Pip’s uniforms, so washed, dried and hung up), hand-washed dishes and ran a load in the dishwasher, baked chicken for the dogs’ meals, changed kitty litter, and showered.

Pip brought home chicken dinners that we had for supper, lol!!

I read fanfic and more in Hatshepsut.

Thank you to [profile] cornerofmadenss and [personal profile] tinny for the birthday wishes!

Temps started out at 61.5(F) and reached 92.3. So much for low 80s. Again, no rain, unless it eventually came in after we went to bed.


Mom Update:

Mom was about the same today. more back here )
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And somehow, we're back to Monday again. Ew. Yesterday, I did nothing. We walked the dog a few times, and in the late afternoon, we went to Sam's Club. Once in a while, I get the urge for seafood. It's not frequent, but sometimes. And Sam's had fresh shrimp and lobster on sale. So, I thought I'd get some shrimp and steam it up, and then get some lobster and have a fancy dinner.

I stood at that fucking counter for what had to be 15 minutes, without a single person showing the slightest inclination of waiting on me. A dude came out doing warp 9, ignored my raised hand, and kept on going. I finally gave up on the one thing that I bothered to come for (because neither the shrimp or lobster can be delivered). I was very grumpy and sad. There will be no shrimp for me for lunch today or tomorrow.

I was so grumpy that I didn't bother getting frozen shrimp or lobster tails. Only the fresh would do.

Plus, I have no fucking space in my freezer.

I have some farmers market stuff to continue eating. Tonight though, steak fajitas. Tomorrow, the giant thing of salmon that Jess picked out. I'm not a huge fan of salmon, but I can cook it somehow that I'll enjoy it.

I want to make spaghetti with chicken one night, too. I got a big fresh bunch of basil and plenty of tomato sauce.

Tomorrow, I shall redye my hair. The one I used last time, whose brand I cannot remember did not cover the gray well. This time, I'm trying Madison Reed, which swears it will cover gray. We'll give it a shot.

My face is well and truly broken out. I've tried lotion and cream, but now I'm using a bit of hydrocortisone. It doesn't seem to like the makeup I've been wearing. So, if the cortisone continues to help, I'll just automatically put that on when I take the makeup off.

I'm a little bit sore today, but I just took my ibuprofen, so hopefully that'll help.

And on that note, it's time to get myself together. The croissant from the farmer's market is calling my name. Everyone have the best Monday you can Monday!

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Aug. 18th, 2025 07:05 pm
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I have finished the Bleach filler! Insert a maniacal laugh here.

They should have done more one shot filler episodes instead of too long boring arcs, and that's about all I can say about that. It's not that the reigei arc was entirely without merit (for one thing, I like how they actively tried to show Ikkaku incorporating Iba's feedback about his shitty battleground behaviour as a bit of a character motivation bridge between arcs, and while I didn't find Kageroza or Nozomi particularly interesting there were interesting moments and some cool fights, including surprising match ups like Komamura vs fake Soi Fon), but it did go on too long, and kept redoing the same thing in increasingly less interesting ways. How many times do we have to see Byakuya fight himself??

I do appreciate filler episode 342 because it's all about Ichigo and Rukia's friendship, and that's my favouritest thing in the series. For most part I'm :/ about them dragging out Ichigo's power loss, but I did like that the entire episode was a nice farewell between them.

And now onward to the fullbring arc. It's grown on me in the manga in reread, but we'll see how I feel when I watch it.

The new episodes of The Summer Hikaru Died and Kaiju no 8 on the weekend were great. I'm living for the uncomfortable tension between Yoshiki and "Hikaru", and the last episode was a real knife to the chest. And as for Hibino Kafka and his crew, the revelation that Kafka is now not fully transforming back from kaiju but small parts are staying monstrous was interesting, and I'm excited to see where they go with that. Also, I love that he's just going to do his best about it. Also, that the scientist was saved! And I think Narumi has grown on me, even though I found him dull at the start of the season.

I have also watched all four episodes in existence of Let's Go Karaoke!, about a member of the Yakuza approaching middle age forcing a middle school choir boy whose voice is about to change to go to karaoke with him so he can learn to sing better. It's not remotely what I thought I would be into, but it's so compelling. The first episode is so uncomfortable with how cringe Kyouji is, hahaha. Poor Satomi, having all that inappropriate karaoke time and struggling with so many teenage emotions. That scene in episode three just about rewired my brain. And the last episode! Crying while massacring an X Japan song! So good. I'm glad I got back into anime just in time to watch weird silly nonsense like this. A choir boy having inappropriate tension with a yakuza who makes him go to karaoke is not what I would have thought I enjoyed watching a year ago... but it's real fun.

Since I started it last Monday, I have also finished watching all 48 episodes of The Apothecary Diaries, which is unhinged behaviour, but also after everything I saw about this series before I watched it being that Maomao never has convincing attraction to men, I was surprised how obvious it is that she's attracted to Jinshi. I guess that must be ship war rhetoric from people who ship her with Loulan instead? She is very shippy with Loulan, but I don't like Loulan hahaha. Obviously she should kiss almost every woman though. I wouldn't have minded her smooching Suirei, but maybe Suirei should get smooched by Ah Duo instead.

I feel like Jinshi and Maomao should not hook up because that would fundamentally change their relationship in ways that wouldn't be great for Maomao. Much like with the X Files, I find the idea of them doing something with all that tension both compelling and ill-advised.

TBH, most of my favourite parts are when she's hanging out with concubines and other servants in the rear palace, or when she's chatting with her sex worker friends at the brothel. It's pretty good for interesting female interaction, and while it's frank about sexuality and sex work, and there's horrors in the backstory, and it mostly doesn't dwell too much on them to stop feeling light and charming. And the main character enjoys testing poisons on herself, in classic chemist fashion.

I did laugh every time they clearly did not have the money to properly animate a thing, so there was a succession of still images and a voice over.

thestoryinside

Aug. 18th, 2025 11:46 am
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If you're anything like us, you'll no doubt have a mountain of books that you just never get around to reading. Well, that's where [community profile] thestoryinside comes in - have someone choose your book for you!

The process is simple: join the community, and each month sign up to be partnered with a buddy, who will then choose a book from your 'to read' list. At the end of each month there will be a community post to discuss your thoughts on the book(s) you read!

However, we're putting a twist on the traditional 'pick for me' routine and each month we'll vote on what genre of book we'll be reading; now, of course this is open to personal interpretation, for example, if the genre is horror and you're not a big fan, you could go for a Goosebumps book, or even Twilight. There will be an opportunity in each voting post to ask any questions you might have.

Bleach fic

Aug. 18th, 2025 06:28 pm
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Let's Eat! (705 words) by thawrecka
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Bleach (Anime & Manga)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Abarai Renji/Kuchiki Rukia
Characters: Kuchiki Rukia
Additional Tags: Fluff, Missing Scene, Established Relationship
Summary:

Three moments in time when Rukia thinks about the people she shares food with.

Flims and Sries

Aug. 18th, 2025 09:04 am
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Between Cocteau's Beauty and the Beast and Demy's Donkey Skin, I think the French are pretty good at adapting fairy tales. Both are gorgeous, but have very different energies, yet they both work and embrace the fairytale logic in a way that, say, current-Disney would never.

The Beast was the king in Donkey Skin, which I thought was amusing. And "Catarina da Nova" and the guy who played Maxence in Demoiselles de Rochefort were there too. Crossover when?

Loved the 2009 Emma miniseries. Rewatched Wings. The new Bridget Jones was better than I expected.

Recs 9/?

Aug. 18th, 2025 08:45 am
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Fanvid and fanfiction recs from these fandoms: Barbie; Catherine, Called Birdy; Dredd; Veronica Mars; and The West Wing.

Read more... )

Just one thing: 18 August 2025

Aug. 17th, 2025 10:11 pm
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It's challenge time!

Comment with Just One Thing you've accomplished in the last 24 hours or so. It doesn't have to be a hard thing, or even a thing that you think is particularly awesome. Just a thing that you did.

Feel free to share more than one thing if you're feeling particularly accomplished!

Extra credit: find someone in the comments and give them props for what they achieved!

Nothing is too big, too small, too strange or too cryptic. And in case you'd rather do this in private, anonymous comments are screened. I will only unscreen if you ask me to.

Go!

Meta: What Middles Are For

Aug. 18th, 2025 03:12 pm
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I just posted an essay called What Middles Are For. Come over and check it out! It begins:

Arguably a story consists of 1) promises, 2) progress, and 3) payoff (cf Sanderson, Youtube). The promises are "here's what you're in for", including main characters, setting/genre/tone, goals and stakes. Most of that gets set up at the start. The payoff happens at the end, obviously, as all of it comes to fruition or failure. But middles can feel a bit formless. What does "progress" even mean?

Here are some thoughts about what the middles of stories are for.

Writerly Ways

Aug. 17th, 2025 09:21 pm
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Before I get into the writing stuff, let me tell you about today. I finally got to see my BFF from college and her kid. We had a great time talking and finally exchanging gifts (she fell and broke bones over the holiday). I got a skele-kitty pillow and some of bath and body works vampire blood products

I then stop by CVS and we're lucky I wasn't on the 6 o'clock news. A few days back I called in my meds and they told me they had to call my doctor for my insulin needles. I was puzzled. I usually check that. Sure enough I have NINE refills until December 2026 (but now my endocrinologist is texting me to find out what's up. CVS is stupid was explanation enough).

So there's no further communication about it. I get there and don't get my needles. Excuse me, where are my needles?

Pharm tech - there's no needles

me - why

Pharm tech - can't tell you. We can only see the screen for what IS here (WTF?) you need to go to consultation and ask.

I do this and ask what's up, why did you tell me I had no refills and why did you NOT refill it?

Pharm tech - I don't know why and it says it's no a covered service.

since when?

Pharm tech -I can't tell

well, my horrible insurance HAS done this before to force me to use their pharmacy only

I come home call my insurance and they said 'what do you mean they didn't give you your needles? It IS a paid service and CVS billed us at 14:20 today (which is when I was there). So you're telling me that they billed you and then DID NOT give me my needles

Yes. So I call CVS and they call me back (they no longer pick up the phone) and I say my insurance said you billed them making it impossible for me to get them elsewhere so where are they?!?

Pharm tech - oh your needles are right here. You can come pick it up.

THEN WHY DID YOU TELL ME THEY WEREN'T THERE.

Pharm tech - I don't know who told you that.

YOU told me that (she's the only Middle Eastern woman there with a heavy accent so I recognize her voice)

Pharm tech - well I don't know why that happened because they're here.

It's a twenty mile drive to get back there. ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!?

Me going out the door on fire.

Dad: don't be me, don't go off

It was definitely a what would Spock do moment when I got there. And yes my needles were there.


I am trying to p ull everything off my faulty flashdrive which took 10 tries to get it to read (talk about giving me a heart attack) Finally got my new flash, still transferring data.


So on to the writerly ways (who's still here with me?) It's more a question than any advice. I just started an arc (The Atlas of Unknowable Things) and it's not just first person, it's I don't know the technical term for it, I'd call it conversational first person.

It feels like the person is sitting in the room with you, talking to you, sort of throwing in a few fourth wall breaking stuff like they're expecting you to answer.

I know a lot of people don't like first person (I do) and I was curious what people would think of this. WOuld you like it? Have you ever written it (I have not) How did you handle it if you did

I have aggravated my bad knee, seriously messed it up (not a surprise. I overworked it, the cartilage is burst into at least three pieces, it will need replacing) Even having the lap top sitting on it hurts a lot.

Here's about 2 weeks of links


Open Call

Toad Shade Zine

Three-Lobed Burning Eye September 2025 Window Speculative fiction with strong narrative voices

A Coup Of Owls Winter 2025 Issue Stories you’ve poured your soul into but haven’t been able to find the right home for. We do not have set issue themes but feel free to be inspired by the season, seasonal occasions and events.
Note: Only publishes creators from under represented and/or marginalized communities.

Cloaked Press is open to Novels and Novellas Fantasy, science fiction, and horror novels and novellas

Eavesdrop Resistance: Queer-focused stories of any genre: space opera, niche cryptid horror, experimental formats, and anything in between!

5 Paying Literary Magazines to Submit to in August 2025

Of Swords & Roses

The First Line – Winter 2025

Clocks Dark fiction, speculative fiction, near sci-fi that deal with clocks, or a clockmaker

Bog Matter Magazine Fall 2025 Issue. the in-between

Translunar Travelers Lounge Fall 2025 Window
Speculative Fiction in the science fiction or fantasy variety

Trunk Stories Reprints or original stories: Shorts that have been rejected 20+ times, Novelettes that have been rejected 10+ times

Hearth Stories 2025 September Window Speculative fiction that explores connection, family, relationships, comfort, and the natural world.

Dreams Divine Romantic fantasy stories set in or about dreams due next week if you have something like this

No Gods No Masters Stories that are ready to get their hands dirty in the making of a newer, fairer world.

50 Romance Publishers Open to Direct Submissions

Nine Manuscript Publishers Open to Direct Submissions in August 2025

Twin Flame Literary: Now Seeking Submissions


28 Themed Submission Calls and Contests for August 2025


From Around the web

How Editing Shapes Storytelling in Fiction and Memoir Writing

How to Prepare a Manuscript for Publishing

13 Book Binding Types to Know

Optimizing eBook Metadata for Authors in Competitive Niches

When Should I Use a Colon, Semicolon, and Dash?

How to Plan a Book Tour on Your Own


How to Choose the Right Editing Service for Your Genre and Goals

First-Time Authors: Overcoming Common Challenges When Writing Your First Book

Setting Up Your Book for Future Growth.

How to Start Dictating Fiction (Even If You’ve Tried and Failed Before) pro tip from someone who did her whole sabbatical this way PROOF READ the next day. This stuff is good but half the time it's also on crack. It's like close but no cigar.

Why Your Amazon Book Page Isn’t Converting — and How to Fix It

How to Pair Your Book’s Beginning and Ending to Satisfy Readers

What happens to book characters when the book is over?

Plotter Vs. Pantser: Which Is Right for You?

9 Dos & Don’ts of Book Proposal Formatting

How to Begin a Sequel Without Confusion or Boredom



The Sentence as a Spine: How Syntax Shapes Story


From Betty

Getting Feedback On Your Writing

Five Tips for Characters That Go Against the Flow

Eight Dos and Don’ts for Making Magic Interesting

Twelve Sources of Wish Fulfillment for Your Story

Six Stories That Make Great Use of Their Premise

“In Medias Res” Means in the Middle, but What Is the Middle?

The Power of Dialogue: More Than Just Spoken Words

How to Write Killer Chapter Endings That Hook Readers

How to develop character wounds and misbeliefs

5 Paths to Plotting Your Novel

ARGGH! Words We Love to Hate

Steinbeck on Writing

How to Pair Your Book’s Beginning and Ending to Satisfy Readers

How to Use the Four Levels of Conflict to Strengthen Your Story

Online Scam Protection for Writers: How to Stay Safe and Protect Yourself in 2025

How Carousels on Instagram Help Writers Increase Visibility & Connect with Readers I know nothing about this. I need to sit down and look this over
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Fandom: The Untamed
Pairings/Characters: Lan Wangji/Nie Mingjue/Wei Wuxian, Jiang Cheng, Jiang Yanli, Wen Qing, Wen Ning, Wen Yuan, Lan Xichen, Nie Huaisang, Jin Zixuan
Rating: Explicit
Length: 205K words
Creator Links: [archiveofourown.org profile] giraffeter
Theme: Marriage of Convenience, Everybody Lives/Nobody Dies, Fork in the Road AU, Fix-It

Summary: When Jiang Yanli joins Jiang Cheng in visiting Wei Wuxian at the Burial Grounds, the two brothers are on the verge of cutting ties forever — until Jiang Yanli has a better idea. Wei Wuxian doesn't need to leave the sect. He needs to get married, and she has the perfect Sect Leader in mind.

When Lan Wangji is invited to come along on Wei Wuxian's visit to the Unclean Realm to spend time with his new betrothed, Nie Mingjue, he agrees — even though his heart is breaking. How else is he ever going to see Wei Wuxian again?

When Nie Mingjue welcomes Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji into his home, he realizes two things very quickly: 1.) They clearly want each other so badly they can barely stand it, and 2.) Nie Mingjue is Into That.

(In which arranged marriage to Nie Mingjue solves just about everyone's problems)

Reccer's Notes: In the normal course of things, I'd say LWJ/WWX is my OTP. This story, however, has made me feral for LWJ/NMJ/WWX. More than that, though, this is a brilliant, carefully constructed fix-it. Giraffeter takes the time to set up every way this reality is changed from canon by the single decision to solve the friction between Wei Wuxian and the rest of the cultivation world by marrying him to a Sect Leader rather than cutting him off in the Burial Mounds. It's a long, immersive story that's well worth the time investment. The sex scenes are also some of the best I've read in my nearly thirty years in online fandom.

Fanwork Links: An Elegant Solution

Link Trio

Aug. 17th, 2025 07:16 pm
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I had again accumulated a lot of interesting links over the last couple of months. But upon review, I didn’t feel like sharing most of them. There were a number of intelligent political links, but I generally keep politics low profile here. You already know your political preferences, and I don’t need to fling more gasoline. I’ll note that there were several pieces on stupidity. And everyone knows I hate stupidity.

There were some nice non-political links, but they were a bit too esoteric, and I didn’t feel like making work for people. I’ve kept links for myself for reference. Maybe I’ll share some later. Dunno.

I’m posting just three links because I liked them a lot.

Should You Buy and Enjoy Books You May Never Read?
Here is a headline where Betteridge’s Law of Headlines is a big fail. When it comes to tsundoku, the answer is always ‘Yes!’

A Font Confession
Only we font geeks will enjoy this one. However, Ironic Sans is a fun site.

There’s No Undo Button For Our Fallen Democracy (kottke.org)
I worry about my kids; their future is dire. For me – I’m an Old – and like others my age, I’m resigned to the fact that this is the world that I will die in. (Yeah, I kept one political link.)

Greeley Kennel Club FastCAT: Part 2!

Aug. 17th, 2025 07:26 pm
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The whole dog show up in Greeley, where Bella ran a FastCAT on Thursday, ran from Thursday through the weekend.

Since she'd had a chance to rest for a couple of days, Alex decided to take her back today.


She did it!



Her first time was really good. Her second one wasn't great, but Alex said she was slowing down at the end of it. It was a hot day again, so not terribly surprising. He said they had some kiddie pools set up on the "go" line for the dogs to cool off in, but even so.

She was certainly completely full of energy again by the time I got home from work, lol.

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