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Just amazing.
And now I am really embarrassed over my rending of garments and gnashing of teeth. The repair looks like nothing ever happened.Happy contractor stories! Who knew??
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So. It's been about three weeks now, I've been working with attorney X. What makes her special? You may ask.And I would answer, you know, I think it's her approach to the rules of civil procedure....
View ArticleBotanical death watch
Oh, dear. My office mate has instructed me to throw out my dried pussy willow branches, and proudly set in their place her two Walmart finds from this weekend. And they are lovely! -- a blooming desert...
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First mosquito of spring!
Was just waved away from my arm. Well, the golden days of flowers and no biting creatures were great while they lasted. The peonies are still wildly beautiful, though.
View ArticleSGA WIP - The Little Sister - Chapter Six
Right. So this would be that old AU where John Sheppard is a private detective in post-war LA, on an Earth long since conquered by the goa'uld.Our story continues. Yeah, I know. The chapters to date...
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Office flowers
My office mate brought in pink carnations and phlox this morning. Nothing could be more lovely. She set them on the bookcase beside my desk. Again, so lovely! And the sweet smell of the carnations is...
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Signing in to note I just finished rereading Chandler's The Little Sister. I've been reading a lot of Chandler while I work on my pastiche (unsurprisingly) to try and maintain that voice. I probably...
View ArticleRandom pleasantness
Mom and I came out of the coffee shop, buzzing on caffeine and deeply happy with the world in general, to discover we had overstayed the time alotted on our parking meter, and had just been ticketed....
View ArticleSGA WIP - The Little Sister - Chapter Seven
Our story continues! Previously:Chapter OneChapter TwoChapter ThreeChapter Four Chapter FiveChapter Sixor, the chapters to date are all up on AO3Last time:Jackson was still clutching his case of slides...
View ArticleAn awesome Proto Nancy Drew!
“There’s a mystery behind that door. Mark my words, EmilyPurvis! It may take the form of decaying corpses, with their brainsdashed out, and their throats all cut, and their bones all broken, inwhich...
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Well, there
I planted bulbs in the tractor ruts left in my yard after this, and they are blooming now. So, hurrah.
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SGA WIP - The Little Sister - Chapter Eight
Previous chaptersare all up on AO3Last time:"Evan Lorne, sir. You probably don't remember, but we served together for a few months in Essex.""I remember," I said, sinking down onto the bed. He was a...
View ArticleSGA WiP: The Little Sister--Chapter Nine
Previous chaptersare all up on AO3Last time:When I got up again, I had missed the last ferry back to Long Beach, so I walked into the lobby of the biggest hotel on the beach and asked for a room. At...
View ArticleSGA-WiP: The Little Sister; Chapter 10
The easiest place to catch up on previous chapters is here on AO3last time:"End of the road, Dr. McKay," Smitty said cheerfully. McKay sank back in the seat as far as he could, despite the hands cuffed...
View ArticleRandom crankinezz
This one bugs me more than anything. Way more than writers warning their story hasn't been beta'd, or that they haven't actually seen any episodes of the show or whatever the hell potential crit...
View Articlefinally getting around to linking to my mcshep match story
oh, that was never three months ago!or maybe it was. the index of most excellent mcshep stories is here, and my contribution (angsty hurt/comfort-which will surprise no one who has ever read my...
View Articleyear end cards
Receiving holiday cards in the bleak dead of winter makes me very, very happy. It's kind of a crazy idea, but this year it occurred to me, hey, maybe it would be nice to send cards to other people,...
View ArticleKeeping Track
I'm finally getting around to reading Avery Gordon’s Ghostly Matters: Haunting and the Sociological Imagination, and am finding it compelling. Crudely summarized, it proposes to find the traces of the...
View ArticleA note on Rodney's coffee
Those Kona beans Rodney is quaffing in every other story: unless he has just gotten back from Maui or Kauai, or is best buds with someone who imports specialty coffees (see, e.g. esteefee's glorious...
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