Witch&#39;s Familiars

carenejeans,

ysilme,

goddess47,

chanter1944,

Day 16:

sylvanwitch,

trobadora,

badly_knitted,

china_shop,

the_siobhan,

sanguinity,

carenejeans,

ysilme,

goddess47,

chanter1944,

Day 17:

sylvanwitch,

trobadora,

badly_knitted,

china_shop,

the_siobhan,

brithistorian,

sanguinity,

carenejeans,

goddess47,

sakana17,

chanter1944,

Day 18:

sylvanwitch,

trobadora,

badly_knitted,

china_shop,

the_siobhan,

brithistorian,

sanguinity,

carenejeans,

ysilme,

goddess47,

chanter1944,

Day 19:

sylvanwitch,

trobadora,

badly_knitted,

china_shop,

the_siobhan,

carenejeans,

ysilme,

goddess47,

Day 20:

sylvanwitch,

trobadora,

badly_knitted,

china_shop,

the_siobhan,

sanguinity,

carenejeans,

goddess47,

Day 21:

sylvanwitch,

trobadora,

luzula,

sanguinity,

carenejeans,

Day 22:

I was going to shop around Jackson but once I got there apparently everyone in a 100 mile radius showed up. It was hilariously crowded so I cut my day in half. I did get to the coffee house and like the jackass I am saw one open table and three people in line so I threw my shit on that table got all comfy then got in line. I wrote. I finish that chapter I've been trying to finish for a month. I started a new story. I might share it tomorrow to see if it feels like it would draw you in.

I couldn't recycle today because it looked like none of the 8 dumpsters had been emptied since I was there last week. People were trying to toss stuff a top the mountains. I noped out of that, hit the library and Kroger (I guess this snow tomorrow is going to be worse than I heard?) which was packed to the gills.

I also managed to hit Tractor Supply. I now own six black ducklings and a dozen of mixed peeps. Okay not really but probably only because I love to travel and can't take care of farm animals. I did get onion sets though and my brush on a stick so I can clean the kitchen floor. This is a Liberman (like my broom) 15$. All the other brands were 40$ and up. I'm like dudes, it's a brush on a stick. I can buy two of this one for one of yours and yours didn't seem considerably better.

There was a handmade lemonade 'food' truck in the parking lot. I got the holy water lemonade (strawberry, peach, something I'm forgetting and blue curacao and I nearly drank it all in one go I ate the lemons in it to. Have I mentioned I love lemons? (bought another half dozen of them today)

I saw a facebook announcement that the Bourbon City steampunk already has their panels filled up and I didn't get an email so I guess I ain't one of them. What sucks is I have the tickets but its on graduation. BUT they're also doing a writing thing so I am going to try that too. Who knows. I might just tell my bosses I have a convention. Do they need to know what kind?

And I am already sending my panel ideas to the Gettysburg steampunk thing. I mean I left it too long on Bourbon but it's early days for Gettysburg.

Science Saturday time

Unprecedented spike in atmospheric methane during the COVID-19 pandemic has a troubling explanation

Astronauts' brains physically shift in their heads during spaceflight

Sleep deprivation harms the gut via the vagus nerve, early study reveals

5,500 years ago, a teenage girl was buried with her father's bones on her chest, new DNA study reveals

Our adorable, noodle-like ancestor had 4 eyes, half-a-billion-year-old fossils reveal

95 million-year-old Spinosaurus had a scimitar-shaped head crest and waded through the Sahara's rivers like a 'hell heron'

Iron Age Surgeons Fixed a Woman’s Shattered Jaw With Primitive Prosthetic—and She Survived

City-size, cold-volcano comet transforms into a glowing 'snail shell' after major explosive outburst

Current Mood: okay
Current Music: The Silence of the Lambs

adafrog posting in

fandom_checkin

This is your check-in post for today. The poll will be open from midnight Universal or Zulu Time (8pm Eastern Time) on Saturday to midnight on Sunday (8pm Eastern Time).

Poll #34250 Daily poll

Open to: Access List, detailed results viewable to: Access List, participants: 18

How are you doing?

I am okay
12 (66.7%)

I am not okay, but don't need help right now
6 (33.3%)

I could use some help.
0 (0.0%)

How many other humans are you living with?

I am living single
6 (33.3%)

One other person
7 (38.9%)

More than one other person
5 (27.8%)

Please, talk about how things are going for you in the comments, ask for advice or help if you need it, or just discuss whatever you feel like.

impala_chick

Episde 6: This one was so sexy! The pride parade! The pool sex! ( Elaboration under here )

Episode 7: AKA not my fav. ( Elaboration under here )

P.S. If anyone knows a place to get Sense8 screencaps, please share :) I'd love to make icons.

Seven books new to me. four fantasy, one horror, one ostensibly non-fiction, and one romance. Three are series. Yeah, there does seem to be a shortage of science fiction.

I had a bunch of stuff come in just after the cut-off time for these. Next week will look very different.

Books Received, February 14 — February 20

Poll #34247 Books Received, February 14 — February 20

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 39

View Respondents

Which of these look interesting?

View Answers

I Want You to Be Happy by Jem Calder (May 2026)
3 (7.7%)

In the Realm of the Last Man: A Memoir by Francis Fukuyama (September 2026)
5 (12.8%)

A Divided Duty: An October Daye Novel by Seanan McGuire (September 2026)
14 (35.9%)

Wickhills by Premee Mohamed (September 2026)
15 (38.5%)

Hallowed Bones: A Sons of Salem Novel by Lucy Smoke (October 2026)
2 (5.1%)

Falling for a Villainous Vampire by Charlotte Stein (October 2026)
6 (15.4%)

I Am the Monster Under the Bed: A Novel by Emily Zinnikas (September 2026)
13 (33.3%)

Some other option (see comments)
0 (0.0%)

Cats!
33 (84.6%)

sakanawords

Check-in post for day 21!

~~Who would like to host WED in March?~~

zwei_hexen will host WED in March. <3

Days 1-14

Day 15:

sylvanwitch,

trobadora,

badly_knitted,

china_shop,

the_siobhan,

sanguinity,

carenejeans,

ysilme,

goddess47,

chanter1944,

Day 16:

sylvanwitch,

trobadora,

badly_knitted,

china_shop,

the_siobhan,

sanguinity,

carenejeans,

ysilme,

goddess47,

chanter1944,

Day 17:

sylvanwitch,

trobadora,

badly_knitted,

china_shop,

the_siobhan,

brithistorian,

sanguinity,

carenejeans,

goddess47,

sakana17,

chanter1944,

Day 18:

sylvanwitch,

trobadora,

badly_knitted,

china_shop,

the_siobhan,

brithistorian,

sanguinity,

carenejeans,

ysilme,

goddess47,

chanter1944,

Day 19:

sylvanwitch,

trobadora,

badly_knitted,

china_shop,

the_siobhan,

carenejeans,

ysilme,

goddess47,

Day 20:

sylvanwitch,

trobadora,

badly_knitted,

china_shop,

the_siobhan,

sanguinity,

carenejeans,

goddess47,

Day 21:

sylvanwitch,

trobadora,

luzula,

sanguinity,

carenejeans,

The most exciting things that happened today is my knee is sad and I can't find my brace.

Rocket barfed in the computer room

And I found out how much of a difference Kerry Gold makes when you're making a butter-based sauce. It transformed my alfredo sauce. So damn good. Worth the expenseif you're going to do something butter forward.

And here are the fannish recs. Nothing from me. I've been stuck on my Hazbin WIP and finally edited a chapter that's been sitting on my to-do stuff and it's been a chapter I posted over a month ago...fantastic. How did I fuck that up and how has it been a month since I posted (oh right 3 sentence ficathon and half a moon, fun but diverting.)

I'm also trying to decide if I start a new novel or combine it with an idea I already have.

Fannish recs

What A Year Torchwood

Little Wolf (Or: Trust is for the Weak). The Owl House

Sea Snails The Murderbot Diaries

10 Seconds Hazbin Hotel

Braving the Weather She-Ra and the Princesses of Power

Cold & Warm, Sweet & Sour, Heart & Soul Hazbin Hotel

A Thoughtful Gift Torchwood

Bad Weather The Fantastic Journey

About John Sheppard Stargate Atlantis

Final Session: Communication Class Hazbin Hotel/Helluva Boss

The Plan The Godfather

Second Chance, Third Life Hazbin Hotel

BFF 4 Eva <3 Hazbin Hotel

Don't Need It Hazbin Hotel

Damaged. due South

For Toshiko Torchwood

Close Hazbin Hotel

Long Lost Genius Stargate Atlantis

admiration through affection Hazbin Hotel

Lust and Love helluva Boss

touch averse Hazbin Hotel

Hollow Batman

A Night In The Afterlife Hazbin Hotel

Fire Alarm Teen Wolf

Current Mood: blah
Current Music: Death in Paradise

adafrog posting in

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This is your check-in post for today. The poll will be open from midnight Universal or Zulu Time (8pm Eastern Time) on Friday to midnight on Saturday (8pm Eastern Time).

Poll #34245 Daily poll

This poll is closed.
Open to: Access List, detailed results viewable to: Access List, participants: 25

How are you doing?

I am okay
18 (75.0%)

I am not okay, but don't need help right now
6 (25.0%)

I could use some help.
0 (0.0%)

How many other humans are you living with?

I am living single
11 (44.0%)

One other person
9 (36.0%)

More than one other person
5 (20.0%)

Please, talk about how things are going for you in the comments, ask for advice or help if you need it, or just discuss whatever you feel like.

sakanawords

Check-in post for day 20!

Days 1-14

Day 15:

sylvanwitch,

trobadora,

badly_knitted,

china_shop,

the_siobhan,

sanguinity,

carenejeans,

ysilme,

goddess47,

chanter1944,

Day 16:

sylvanwitch,

trobadora,

badly_knitted,

china_shop,

the_siobhan,

sanguinity,

carenejeans,

ysilme,

goddess47,

chanter1944,

Day 17:

sylvanwitch,

trobadora,

badly_knitted,

china_shop,

the_siobhan,

brithistorian,

sanguinity,

carenejeans,

goddess47,

sakana17,

chanter1944,

Day 18:

sylvanwitch,

trobadora,

badly_knitted,

china_shop,

the_siobhan,

brithistorian,

sanguinity,

carenejeans,

ysilme,

goddess47,

chanter1944,

Day 19:

sylvanwitch,

trobadora,

badly_knitted,

china_shop,

the_siobhan,

carenejeans,

ysilme,

goddess47,

Day 20:

sylvanwitch,

trobadora,

badly_knitted,

china_shop,

the_siobhan,

carenejeans,

goddess47,

A successful businesswoman has the opportunity of a lifetime offered to her, only to have an old friend greatly complicate matters.

The Friend Zone Experiment by Zen Cho

Mostly because I am out of communities to rec.

I am thankful tonight wasn't worse. It was scary. I was walking out of the kitchen with a full glass of water. My bad knee buckled. I caught myself before I was all the way down. The water nearly hit my laptop. It's okay. I'm okay. The knee and ankle are swelling. Not happy about this. I wanted to hike this weekend. I had even talked to the wildlife prof and she said I can go with her when she's free (I'm not really able to go alone.)

This makes me very sad. I can't get this leg stronger but I have hope. Yes I do.

Because you know why? I think I said it yesterday but it bears repeating. My water aerobics class is a go. Send up a little well wish for me that I don't hurt myself. But this is my third initiative that has gone through at work and I'm proud of myself.

I'm also thankful that for once MOST of the students I contacted about not passing actually contacted me for help. I want so much to see this. I might not be able to help them but we can try. One's mother (a coworker) reached out too to tell me how upset her child was and how nervous they were to come talk to me. I reached out and we talked and I think that it will help.

Current Mood: uncomfortable
Current Music: Inspector George Gently

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This is your check-in post for today. The poll will be open from midnight Universal or Zulu Time (8pm Eastern Time) on Thursday, February 19, to midnight on Friday, February 20 (8pm Eastern Time).

Poll #34242 Daily check-in poll

This poll is closed.
Open to: Access List, detailed results viewable to: Access List, participants: 23

How are you doing?

I am OK
15 (65.2%)

I am not OK, but don't need help right now
8 (34.8%)

I could use some help
0 (0.0%)

How many other humans live with you?

I am living single
9 (39.1%)

One other person
10 (43.5%)

More than one other person
4 (17.4%)

Please, talk about how things are going for you in the comments, ask for advice or help if you need it, or just discuss whatever you feel like.

alightbuthappypen

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TTRPG campaign idea.

PCs are field agents in charge of finding and dealing with arcane occupational safety violations. That six-sided summoning pentagram? Flagged. That storeroom where the universal solvent is next to the lemonade? Flagged.

That deadly-trap-filled dungeon abandoned by its creator when the maintenance fees got too high? Red tagged.

This isn't the same as my recent FabUlt campaign. That was about discouraging the worst excesses in a world run by oligarch mages and there weren't really regulations. This would be set in a regulatory state, and would be more an exploration of normalization of deviance.

ashelterofpages

So, in a couple hours I'm going in for my first tattoo consolation! I'm So Nervous, folks. Like, also excited, and I know nothing is going to happen, but still. I have pictures of both work the artist has done in the past that i like/makes me think of what I want, as well as other images for reference of the things I'm actually looking to get done, but still. Vrrrr.

After that, I'm headed to S's house for the weekend/some of next week for house-sitting. I'll be all alone for the weekend that's going to be great. I'm going to try and get some writing done, but also I have some beta work I need to get through for a friend.

Oh, speaking of writing, I did get through all those stories I mentioned last weekend. I already got a rejection on one, but that's fine. I wasn't entirely sure on it, even though I really did like what I'd come up with. I wasn't sure it hit what they were looking for as well as I'd hoped it would.

I need to do some more zine work soon too. I have all the text worked out, but I want to go through some public domain image sites and get a few to mix into the zine itself. My plan is to go through the text I have, then make a list of things that I can search for and see what I can find/maybe do minor edits on. If I were a better artist, I'd try and draw stuff myself, but I'm a much better writier than I am anything else.

brithistorian

I finished the third book in the trilogy just before going to sleep last night. It was a good read, but when all is said and done, I feel like there are a number of loose ends that, when tugged at, cause the whole thing to threaten to fall apart, if not to actually do so.

My main objection is the rest of the world. The events in the trilogy happen in the US, and we're told in mentions here and there that the rest of the world is different, likely doing better. But, except for a couple of very specific events — which are instigated by Americans — the rest of the world just stays out. The closest analogy I can think of is North Korea. Except that North Korea invests a lot in its military to keep the rest of the world out, whereas Kress's America seems to have no functioning military, or at least none that ever gets mentioned. It's like the rest of the world just goes "Oh, they're crazy. Let's stay out of there." Which doesn't seem likely, because people have time and time again demonstrated a complete inability to leave people alone.

And while the ending of the final volume is somewhat more satisfying than the ends of volumes 1 and 2, it also very much sets it up for Kress to potentially write a fourth book. And not a small opening. Imagine if Lord of the Rings had ended with a bookseller unpacking a crate of old books they'd just bought, finding a copy of How to Make Rings of Power: Complete and Unabridged by Sauron and trying to decide whether or not to put it on the shelf.

So more or less a mixed reaction. Some parts I though were good, some parts not so good. Thought-provoking, though not necessarily in the ways the author intended.

Also, I've got one comment on the physical book (and so nothing Kress could have done anything about): Maybe publicity works different in publishing, or maybe the publicity department at Tor in the mid-'90s had never heard of "underpromise then overdeliver," but I found the front cover text on this book kind of hilarious:

First Wells's The Time Machine,

then Clarke's Childhood's End, now...

BEGGARS RIDE

NANCY KRESS

Against the gleefully hypocritical, exploitative Shine, the very gods themselves contend in vain.

Slow Gods by Claire North