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18 21 Mar 2026 08:02 pm
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The Sunnydale Herald Newsletter, Saturday, March 21

22 Mar 2026 12:58 am
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XANDER: They'll never know how tough it is, Dawnie, to be the one who isn't chosen. To live so near to the spotlight and never step in it. But I know. I see more than anybody realizes because nobody's watching me. I saw you last night. I see you working here today. You're not special. You're extraordinary.

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Sosou no Frieren Fic: Infected by Feelings

18 22 Mar 2026 02:43 am
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Write every day! - March 2026 - Day 21

22 Mar 2026 12:22 am
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Tally:
Welcome post

( Days 1-15 )
Day 16: [personal profile] badly_knitted, [personal profile] brithistorian, [personal profile] carenejeans, [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] cornerofmadness, [personal profile] glinda, [personal profile] goddess47, [personal profile] sanguinity, [personal profile] sylvanwitch, [personal profile] the_siobhan, [personal profile] trobadora, [personal profile] ysilme

Day 17: [personal profile] badly_knitted, [personal profile] brithistorian, [personal profile] carenejeans, [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] cornerofmadness, [personal profile] goddess47, [personal profile] sanguinity, [personal profile] sylvanwitch, [personal profile] the_siobhan, [personal profile] trobadora, [personal profile] ysilme

Day 18: [personal profile] badly_knitted, [personal profile] brithistorian, [personal profile] carenejeans, [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] cornerofmadness, [personal profile] sanguinity, [personal profile] sylvanwitch, [personal profile] trobadora, [personal profile] ysilme

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Day 20: [personal profile] badly_knitted, [personal profile] carenejeans, [personal profile] goddess47, [personal profile] luzula, [personal profile] sanguinity, [personal profile] sylvanwitch, [personal profile] trobadora, [personal profile] ysilme

Let us know if we missed you or if you didn't check in for a while, so we can add you. Of course joining the fun is possible at any point.

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Fic: Distraction from Grief (DC Comics, Dinah Lance~Shiva)

21 Mar 2026 06:20 pm
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Title: Distraction from Grief
Fandom: DCU Comics (Birds of Prey vol. 1)
Character: Dinah Lance(~Shiva)
Theme Set: Table 4
Prompt: Loss
Rating: Teen and Up Audience / PG-13
Spoilers/Warnings: set after "Sensei & Student", mentions of loss of a teacher, innuendo

( Distraction from Grief )
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Flonase

NSFW 21 Mar 2026 04:13 pm

Daily Check In.

21 Mar 2026 06:13 pm
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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 Saturday to midnight on Sunday (8pm Eastern Time).


Poll #34404 Daily poll
Open to: Access List, detailed results viewable to: Access List, participants: 17

How are you doing?

I am okay
9 (56.2%)

I am not okay, but don't need help right now
7 (43.8%)

I could use some help.
0 (0.0%)

How many other humans are you living with?

I am living single
5 (29.4%)

One other person
8 (47.1%)

More than one other person
4 (23.5%)




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.
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Ch-ch-changes

NSFW 21 Mar 2026 03:55 pm

Really, really winning.

21 Mar 2026 06:54 pm
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PSA



Did you know
Mental health is worse
In the population
We're trying to kill?

It's why
They can't be allowed
To be
Like that.

It's for their own good,
You see.
These laws
Are protection.

Left to their own devices
They make bad choices,
Which lead to
Negative outcomes,
Like living.
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Rambling on

NSFW 21 Mar 2026 06:35 pm

Ride, Willow

21 Mar 2026 03:14 pm
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Rode the Split Rock circle with Dave and Lisa this morning. Lily let me use Beau.  Unlike Firefly, Beau poked along on our way out and had to be encouraged to step out all the time.  Going home he was walking really fast.  It was a nice ride. Lots of pretty spring scenery.  Cows with little calves. 
When we got back I switched to going over and working with the basket weaving ladies. This was our second go at clearing out and cutting back some willow. We have one small area pretty well cleared. It had a lot of blackberry in addition to the willow, much of it dead but still vicious with thorns. Most of the willow there is grey willow, I'm going to cut back some of the willow near the pond which should make good long willow shoots. 
Finally got the last of the compost out of the uphill compost bin and refilled the bottom with manure from the corral. Firefly is undoubtedly grateful to have her corral clean.  Now to fill up the bin with all the stuff that has piled up and is waiting for a chance to compost!

Recommendation - Quartetto, due South story by sixthlight

21 Mar 2026 06:04 pm
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Quartetto (146039 words) by Sixthlight
Chapters: 11/11
Fandom: due South
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Benton Fraser/Ray Kowalski/Stella Kowalski/Ray Vecchio, Stella Kowalski/Ray Vecchio, Benton Fraser/Ray Vecchio, Benton Fraser/Ray Kowalski, Ray Kowalski/Stella Kowalski, Benton Fraser & Stella Kowalski, Ray Kowalski & Ray Vecchio
Characters: Stella Kowalski (due South), Ray Vecchio, Benton Fraser, Ray Kowalski
Additional Tags: Polyamory, Slow Burn, Trauma Recovery, Queer Themes, Feminist Themes, Bisexuality, Female Protagonist, Second Chances, Post-Canon, Roman fleuve, Foursome - F/M/M/M
Summary:

So, men. Maybe Stella was over that.

*

This story digs deep into the situation implied in the phrase, "I swing both Rays," in that Stella always has, and so does Fraser. Eventually, after some lovely family tension and gloriously due South coincidences, they find their way to a dynamic sort of domestic peace, in defiance of all the canon's fear of limerence.

This was very, very good for my heart, with its rampant bisexuality and careful, thoughtful exploration of how these characters -- some of whom have solid reasons at the outset not to like each other very much -- find attraction, and joy, and above all banter. The banter is fucking golden. I love Fraser's voice, and this reflects it; I love RayK when he's flustered, and there is plenty to fluster him here; I love Vecchio when he is sharp and sweet and sardonic, and oh my heart.

And. Possibly most importantly, Stella. I have never spent much time thinking about her, but how I adore her in this piece: incisive, driven, sure of herself even when things are going completely bananas all around her, because women are the real straight men in due South, except when they're Frannie. (Who is also great here, don't get me wrong.) Stella's family works very well in their role in the narrative, both as foils of what her parents will tolerate (Francis!) and as what they thought Stella should be (ah, Jean, heartbreaking to get everything right). Stella with her view of reality that isn't quite the parareality of due South -- she may talk to Dief, but she doesn't entirely believe he understands her, nor that he talks back, despite the convictions of the people around her. She lives on a different wavelength than Fraser, and even RayV, as the quintessential Woman Who Got Away, but it is deeply satisfying that here, she doesn't get away, and instead, she gets everything she ever wanted.

Every single bowling reference made me make the :D face. Thank you, sixthlight, for saving Stella and Vecchio from the bad, bad canon, and instead delivering them to this much better situation.
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the candles of memory burn so bright in my mind

21 Mar 2026 05:29 pm
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One weird thing about being in a wheelchair is how many more women interact with me. Being a former supermodel, I used to be accustomed to it. Once I got in the wheelchair, not so much. But now that I get out and about more often, I catch a lot of glances. A lot of eyes interlocking with mine and a lot more hellos. I guess being unobtainable to all these women is another burden I have to bear. Erica says is sympathy. I am okay with that.

On our walk today I opted to wear the goofiest hat I owned. It’s a reversible bucket hat that was a Dunkin’ Donuts promo years ago. One side is orange and says "Dunkin' The other is pink and says 'Donuts'. I wore the pink side out today. It was given to me by Intense Les who lives downstairs. Sure enough, even clad in this stupid thing I had a woman walk past and tell me that she liked it followed by a flirty bat of the lashes.
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a lullaby of heartache

21 Mar 2026 04:38 pm
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I’ve not been feeling myself lately. I’m still extremely disappointed in how I’ve been left behind by so many people. This bullshit on my feet isn’t helping me feel any better.

But for the last few days, I have been texting with Lovely Lisa Cool J. Our friendship dates back to high school. Unfortunately, our schedules rarely cross, and we only catch up every few months. The last few days could not have come in a better time. My past with LL Cool J is far more complicated than I care to get into here but I love her and she loves me. Throw in two days of absolutely stunning weather which led to 2 long walks. Today we discovered an entire bristling community just passed our grocery store. These are the events that make me feel like I’m turning a corner back to normalcy (or what I call 'normal').

Which I’m sure we’ll go to shit this week. I have three more referral doctors appointments. I am so sick and fucking tired of going to see doctors. I’m still handicapped by the foot infection so I’m not making any progress towards my ultimate recovery. My goal is to be back to Da Park by March 31, not necessarily as a train driver, but working in the ticket office. Don’t see that happening now.

The Hymn to Dionysus by Natasha Pulley

21 Mar 2026 09:24 pm
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The Hymn to Dionysus by Natasha Pulley (The Watchmaker of Filigree Street, The Bedlam Stacks, The Kingdoms, The Half Life of Valery K, The Mars House) was wonderful! A Theban knight starts spending time with a witch, who might very well be a God.

Natasha Pulley's fantasy novels lean towards magical realism, and it's quite fascinating to read a magical realism approach to Greek mythology. Also, there's a little linguistics as usual, which I adore.

There's major m/m, as well as a non-binary blind prophet.

"those who set the rules usually end up breaking them" (Weekly TV reviews)

21 Mar 2026 03:48 pm
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This week: Baku summarizes Zeztz so far, and the Girl Rules gang makes a bunch of questionable decisions.

No Andor this week because Bestie and I haven't had a chance to discuss the last episodes we watched yet. Hopefully will be back with that next week.

Title quote comes from Girl Rules... though now that I think about it... it also sounds like something cryptic Nox would say 😂

Minor spoilers below:

Kamen Rider Zeztz (episode 26)

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Girl Rules (episode 2)

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Fossils

21 Mar 2026 02:39 pm
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This crocodile ran like a greyhound across prehistoric Britain 200 million years ago

A newly discovered Triassic reptile from the UK looked more like a racing greyhound than a crocodile, built for speed on land. With long legs and a lightweight body, it hunted small animals in a dry, upland environment millions of years ago. Scientists identified it as a new species after spotting key differences in its fossils. It’s also a tribute to an inspiring teacher who helped spark a future scientist’s curiosity.


Peculiar Obligations has several such species called galloping crocodiles, hoofed crocodiles, or hoofers.
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Fic - ladiesbingo - The Locked Tomb - Harrow/Gideon

21 Mar 2026 08:32 pm
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Titre : Les lamentations d'Orphée
Auteur : Nelja
Fandom : The Locked Tomb
Persos/Couples : Gideon/Harrow
Genre : Angst et bizarre
Résumé : Harrow remonte lentement les escaliers du monde des morts. Elle ne doit pas se retourner.
Rating : PG-13
Disclaimer : Tout appartient à Tamsyn Muir
Nombre de mots : ~500
Avertissements : Sous-entendus de mort, de contrôle mental, un peu de gore avec des os mais moins pire que le canon.
Notes : Ecrit pour ladiesbingo sur les thèmes "Shadows/darkness", "2nd person PoV", "Mythe/fable", "Coercion" et "Use of symbolism"

( Lien vers AO3 )
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petty annoyances of the week

21 Mar 2026 12:23 pm
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1. It was still officially winter until Friday, but the weather out here skipped spring and went straight into summer. Temperatures were around 90, hotter in LA. The cats were lying on the linoleum.

2. My car was in the shop for repairs after the stupid U Haul driver clipped me a couple weeks ago. They said it was a 4-day job, so I brought it in Monday morning, but I wasn't able to pick it up until literally ten minutes before they closed for the weekend on Friday. I'd been able to survive the week without a rental (which I'd have had to pay for myself), making necessary errands in B's car, but I'll need my own this weekend, so it's good that's over. The shop did do a very nice job, and cleaned up the interior too.

2a. In the shop's waiting area were magazines to browse, some of them issues of a body shop trade journal called Fender Bender. Most of its contents were about the economics of the trade, but each issue has a puff profile of a shop. One of these is in San Francisco, and the article said it had a branch in Moraine County. That's "moraine" as in what a glacier leaves behind. It's actually Marin.

3. I can't get into the Social Security website to download my 1099. They've changed their login to require a smartphone to jump through the hoops, and like a lot of older Social Security recipients, I have a dumb phone. They don't tell you that you need a smartphone, of course. First is the two-factor ID, so they text you a code. That a dumbphone can handle, but it's the last thing. Then they want you to snap a photo of your ID, but there's actually an option at the bottom, "I don't have a smartphone." That's the last time you'll see that. It offers an upload. So off to FedEx to make a PDF. Then when you try to upload it, they tell you it doesn't take PDFs, only JPGs. Find a site that converts them. Then they tell you your files are too small. Find a site that promises to increase the size of your files. Discover that it reduces them instead. Find another site that actually does as it promises. Upload the files. Then you have to click on a verification URL the site sends to your phone. I can't do that, I don't have a smartphone, remember? I already told you that. Painstakingly copy the long link text to my desktop browser. Get in and answer the questions, but then it says the link has expired because I took too long.
At this point I give up, having not even gotten to the promised final step, which is "a brief video call." I can do video calls, I do them all the time on Zoom, but by now I suspect it will only accept your cell phone number, and I can't do video calls on a dumb phone.
Go to the pre-login part of the SSA website. Tells me I can get the 1099 online. No I can't. Get address of local office. Will go in on Monday morning.

It's time to hem the pants

21 Mar 2026 09:14 am
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Volleyball was good. Elbow Coffee is next on the agenda. Then, at some point, hopefully, Amazon will deliver my order to the locker at the Dollar Store and I can pick it up along with toothpaste and the greeting cards that Bonny asked me to get. On the way home, I'll drop off the Amazon return.

Ok Elbow Coffee is done. It was ok. Bonny really is a key ingredient and she won't be there for at least one more Saturday. Today Noelle said her computer did not come back after the electrical outage. So after coffee I went in to look. Her computer is 9 years old and took a good 20 minutes to go from off to fully on. She's a Gmail user so I took her my spare Chromebook and showed her how to use it and told her is was a way better bet for what her uses, but not to decide anything until she'd used it for a while. She has an appointment with IT on Tuesday so I didn't even bother hooking up her printer. Let them do it. She has both computers up and operational now.

My pants are too long. I wear the same pants every day. They are actually yoga pants. They are nice looking and plain with perfect pockets. They launder beautifully and stretch 4 ways but pop right back to the original size. They are comfortable and I have about a dozen pair. They have always been a smidge too long. Not long enough to require hemming but longer than I would like. Now they are unattractively (and probably dangerously) too long. I don't need a smaller size - and actually, the smaller sizes have the same inseam length. I just need to take up the hem in all the pants. All of them. That's the project today.

Also I am near the end of Death at the White Hart by Chris Chibnall. I can probably stretch it out two days but I probably won't. I've enjoyed the heck out of it. His only other book is Broadchurch. I did not like the TV series but maybe I'll like the book.

I'm beyond dismayed to hear from multiple people that Project Hair Mary - the movie - is great. I could not imagine how they could make it credible, much less great. I'm still not sure I want to see it. But now I probably will. I did love that story so very much.

My Amazon is out for delivery so should probably land pretty soon. I should get a snack for lunch before I head out.

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Birdfeeding

21 Mar 2026 02:11 pm
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Today is sunny and hot.

I fed the birds.  I've seen a small mixed flock of sparrows and house finches.

I put out water for the birds.

EDIT 3/21/26 -- I put topsoil in the four large pots that sit on the ground along the north side of the picnic table.  

I also put the indoor flats of tree sprouts and squash sprouts outside to get some sun and air.

It is so hot outside as to limit my activity.  In mid-March.  This annoys me.

EDIT 3/21/26 -- I put topsoil in the four large pots that sit on the ground along the south side of the picnic table.  There is just a little left now.
 
It's 81°F now. :/
 
EDIT 3/21/26 -- I spread the last of the topsoil in other pots around the new picnic table.
 
It's 82°F now.  Fuck climate change.
 
EDIT 3/21/26 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.
 
I've seen two mourning doves in the forest garden.
 
EDIT 3/21/26 -- I did more work around the patio.
 
I am done for the night. 
 
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Birdfeeding

21 Mar 2026 02:10 pm
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Today is sunny and hot.

I fed the birds. I've seen a small mixed flock of sparrows and house finches.

I put out water for the birds.

EDIT 3/21/26 -- I put topsoil in the four large pots that sit on the ground along the north side of the picnic table.

I also put the indoor flats of tree sprouts and squash sprouts outside to get some sun and air.

It is so hot outside as to limit my activity. In mid-March. This annoys me.

EDIT 3/21/26 -- I put topsoil in the four large pots that sit on the ground along the south side of the picnic table. There is just a little left now.

It's 81°F now. :/

EDIT 3/21/26 -- I spread the last of the topsoil in other pots around the new picnic table.

It's 82°F now. Fuck climate change.

EDIT 3/21/26 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.

I've seen two mourning doves in the forest garden.

EDIT 3/21/26 -- I did more work around the patio.

I am done for the night.
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The Pitt Fic: building virality

18 21 Mar 2026 03:04 pm
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You are just the fingertips of something

21 Mar 2026 02:58 pm
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The afternoon's mail brought my contributor's copy of Not One of Us #86, containing my poem "Northern Comfort." I wrote it out of my discoveries of the ghost-ground that has been directly underfoot all my life and longer, from King Philip's War to Pomp's Wall, and this administration and its murderous terror of history. It shares a page and an issue of emptiness with a precisely targeted incantation by Gwynne Garfinkle as well the equally hollowing fiction and poetry of Kris Schokrowsky, Penny Durham, Carsten Cheung, Jennifer Crow, and more. I almost referred to the covert art by John and Flo Stanton, obscured by shattered webs of negative space or the rust-light of abandoned industries. Subscribe! Contribute! Make the right kind of strangeness in this world. I am off to South Station to collect one north-traveling seal.
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HP Pregnancy Fest Anon Master List

18 21 Mar 2026 02:36 pm
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Starfleet Academy: "Rubincon"

NSFW 21 Mar 2026 06:25 pm
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Depression is winning today

21 Mar 2026 02:30 pm
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Rat



The poem says
Hope is a sewer rat
Adapted
For survival

Despite the plague
And the filth
And the hate

And I
Got the t-shirt
The one with the rats
That says
"You will not
Exterminate
Us"

That they
Resurrected
For rats
Like me

But I am
Sick
Of gnawing
A way
Out

And so tired
Of the stench.
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Challenge # 494: Rest

21 Mar 2026 06:25 pm
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This week's challenge is:


Rest


Reminder of Rules

Entries should be 100, 200, or 300 words exactly, excluding titles and headers.
Please place the body of your entry behind a cut.
Tag with the appropriate Challenge, Fandom, Type, and Ratings tags. If a tag for your fandom doesn't exist, leave a request on the Tag Request post and I'll create the tags you need. You can request as many fandom tags as you want.
You don't need to use the challenge word or phrase in your drabble, though you can if you like.
Each challenge ends when the new challenge is posted, but if you're a few days late that's still fine.

NEW RULE: DOUBLE AND TRIPLE DRABBLES ARE ALSO ACCEPTED ;)

Have fun!




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the barbarians in chief

21 Mar 2026 11:16 am
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Pete Hegseth either has no idea what a pocket square is and/or what it’s for, or he uses the American flag as facial tissue, for blowing his nose. You might point this out to any flag patriots who still worship the shitstain and his minions:

Screen capture from video of Pete Hegseth ejaculating more lies and propaganda from behind a podium, as seen on MSNOW (formerly MSNBC), captioned PENTAGON LEADERS HOLD BRIEFING ON IRAN WAR, and captured by Mary Trump Media for her breaking news segment. In his suit jacket, he has an American flag in the pocket square/handkerchief pocket, because, as a fool and a clown, he has no idea what it actually is or what it's for. I like to think he rubs one out into it, because - let's face it - that's what he thinks of the Republic.

Normally, I probably wouldn’t bother with something this stupid and petty, but they’re trying so hard – so hard – to pretend to be old money and yet have no fucking idea what any of the symbolism means that this basically became a small but perfect snapshot of the sick delusional fraud encompassing literally every aspect of their worthless, filthy lives.

There are nearly infinite reasons to want to punch this cretin directly in the face the moment you see him, this is merely one of many.

But it’s just so completely on the nose, isn’t it?

Just like someone’s fist should be.

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Daily Devotions from Lutheran Hour Ministries: 21 March 2026 (Lenten Devotional)

21 Mar 2026 01:36 pm
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CARRYING ANOTHER’S BURDEN

And as they led Him away, they seized one Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, and laid on him the cross, to carry it behind Jesus. (Luke 23:26)

Jesus is in terrible shape after all this. He has had no sleep since Wednesday night, and no food since Thursday’s Passover meal. There’s no record of anyone giving Him a drink. Instead, He’s been beaten, slapped, and spit on, dragged from place to place, and flogged nearly to death. He’s lost a lot of blood. And there is worse to come.

Jesus is supposed to carry the heavy crosspiece out to the place of execution, to Golgotha. But He’s not up to it physically. The soldiers know they’ll be in serious trouble if He dies before He is crucified. So they grab a bystander from the side of the road—Simon of Cyrene.

Simon must have been horrified. Carry a cross like a common criminal? But the Romans had the legal right to force him to do it, and so he did. He followed Jesus all the way out to Golgotha.

I wonder how long it was before he found out exactly whose cross he was carrying that day—and what Jesus Himself was carrying for him. Because Simon almost certainly became a Christian—that’s why his name and the names of his sons are known to the early church. And so he would have learned what Jesus carried for him and for all of us—our sin, our guilt, our shame. All the way into death—where He destroyed it forever. And then He came back to us, alive again, our Savior and our joy.

WE PRAY: Lord, thank You for what You carried for me. Amen.


Lenten Devotions were written by Dr. Kari Vo.
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Moment of Silence: Nicholas Brendon

21 Mar 2026 11:59 am
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Actor Nicholas Brendon has passed away. He is most famous for playing Xander on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, but also appeared on Criminal Minds and Private Practice.


Carry on the Work

5 Ways How To Steal The Show As The Comedic Relief In A Drama

Acting -- how to articles from wikiHow

Acting in Horror Films: Why You Need It And How to Pull It Off
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108 Hazbin Hotel - episode 2x02 ("Storyteller") icons, batch 2

21 Mar 2026 10:10 am
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108 Hazbin Hotel - episode 2x02 ("Storyteller") icons, batch 2

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108 Hazbin Hotel - episode 2x02 ("Storyteller") icons, batch 2

21 Mar 2026 10:06 am
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Image embed ettiquite question

21 Mar 2026 12:54 pm
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I'm working on a post that discusses use of color in a series' character designs and peripheral media, so I have to embed lots of images in order to make my point. I've been designing "photosets" by hand using css and html. The simplest way for me to make these image sets is to have a grid of images, where all the images in a row shrink and grow to match the width of the visible post-space.

However, some images, even if placed in a "photoset" with this technique, still stretch a page vertically quite badly. For example, a full image of a character standing in place with no background is often very vertical. This ends up visually "overwhelming" the text, which I don't want to do. Yes, putting the image under a cut prevents it from being annoying in reading page and journal-page views, but I also want the image to look nice while visible, and not overwhelm the paragraphs above and below it.

Is there any common etiquette for the maximum height (in pixels) of an embedded in-post image in a post published to a community?

Fingers say what?

21 Mar 2026 11:10 am
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I talk with my hands. This amuses A. to no end: She's the one who's part-Italian and yet I'm the one who can't talk without gesticulating. Whether I'm talking about sending an email (fingers typing on a keyboard), sending a fax (hands palm-down, fingertips guiding the paper into the machine), or chopping vegetables (left hand moving the knife up and down, right hand advancing the the vegetable toward it), I don't even think about it, but my hands accompany my words.

Yesterday, we got some small cucumbers and I was talking about using some of them to make oi muchim (a Korean cucumber salad with thinly sliced cucumbers in a gochugaru-seasoned dressing). I was talking about slicing the cucumbers, and she looked at my hands and asked "What's that?" I looked at my hands and saw that my right hand was flat, palm-up, while my left hand was palm-down, in a claw grip, moving back and forth over my right hand. And then it hit me: When I make oi muchim, I don't slice the cucumbers with a knife. I slice them with a mandoline. And without even thinking about it, my hands were doing to the correct motion for the action I would be doing.

I don't even notice that I'm doing this until she points it out, so I don't know if I could stop it if I tried.

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WIP Wednesday... er, Sharing Saturday!

21 Mar 2026 12:13 pm
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It's been a while since I posted a wip! Real life has been throwing a lot at me, and my brain has been sort of meandering between projects. In between outlining and canon review for the next FFXIV longfic, I have also been working on some one-shots, of which this is one. I've really been itching to write some more about Y'shtola as she's become a bit of a favorite, and replaying ARR not long ago has had me thinking about scenes that would be interesting to explore from an NPC perspective, particularly that period after the Garlean attack on the Waking Sands when Alphinaud has the WoL going after Garuda instead of looking for survivors. Though this takes place in Ariverse, she is not present. CW for death and grief. Spoilers for the Heavensward patches.

( It was evening, the day's light fading... )

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21 Mar 2026 10:31 am
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In marking the end of Ramadan, Twin Cities Muslims find relief from talk of ICE enforcement
The winter’s scars remain, but during Eid al-Fitr, the community’s conversation turned to celebration and family time.
by Shadi Bushra
https://www.minnpost.com/metro/2026/03/in-marking-the-end-of-ramadan-twin-cities-muslims-find-relief-from-talk-of-ice-enforcement-eid-al-fitr/

Minnesota stands out as an exceptionally generous and prosperous state, thanks to the contributions of immigrants
Under constant siege even before the federal ICE invasion, immigrants have been providing almost all our population increase and much of our economic growth.
by Dane Smith
https://www.minnpost.com/community-voices/2026/03/minnesota-stands-out-as-an-exceptionally-generous-and-prosperous-state-thanks-to-the-contributions-of-immigrants/ ( Read more... )

Just Create - Straw Edition

21 Mar 2026 08:31 am
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 What are you working on? What have you finished? What do you need encouragement on?
 
Are there any cool events or challenges happening that you want to hype?
 
What do you just want to talk about?
 
What have you been watching or reading?
 
Chores and other not-fun things count!
 
Remember to encourage other commenters and we have a discord where we can do work-alongs and chat, linked in the sticky.
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21 Mar 2026 10:22 am
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I've seen two Boston Ballets in relatively quick succession over the past month, both combo programs featuring two pieces; the first was "The Rite of Spring" (Elo's, not Nijinsky's) paired with Pite's "The Seasons' Canon," and the second was a premiere, Stromile's "The Leisurely Installation of a New Window," paired with Ashton's "The [Midsummer Night's] Dream."

Breaking with the actual curation of the productions, I'm going to talk about "The Rite of Spring" and "The Leisurely Installation of a New Window" together because they both came first in their productions, they had kind of similar vibes, and I experienced similar feelings of mild disappointment about both of them that were not technically the fault of the productions. I was really excited about "The Rite of Spring" because I wanted to see some ballet dancers do a dramatic ritual sacrifice, and I was really excited about "The Leisurely Installation of a New Window" because I wanted to see some ballet dancers slowly install a window. Instead, both of these pieces were kind of abstract explorations through dance of the Relationship between the Individual and Society, and I think both would have been enjoyable for fifteen minutes but ran a bit long at half an hour.

The description for "Window" in the playbill reads:

Eighteen dancers inhabit the work through distinct but interdependent roles. The Seeker stands close to tradition, moving with discipline and clarity. The People operate within shared systems, attentive to both order and its quiet tensions. The Reformers introduce disruption, not as spectacle, but as pressure applied from within.

This did help me understand better what was going on in the dance, as the Seeker stalked around holding a book and then portentously passed it off to some dueting Reformers, but also made it feel a bit like a LARP that I was not participating in. On the other hand Reeves Gabriel of The Cure was There and Participating in Ballet Music (and every bit of marketing wanted you to know that Reeves Gabriel Of The Cure was There and Participating in Ballet Music) and occasionally the music would get very thrillingly electric guitar and you'd be like "Hello, Reeves Gabriel of The Cure!" So it's not that I didn't have a fine time, I just would have been okay with somewhat less of that time.

However, after these very mildly disappointing openers, I loved both "The Seasons' Canon" and "The Dream" very much! The Seasons' Canon is, justifiably, a known Boston Ballet showstopper -- a huge piece with a huge cast, and as you guys know I often have trouble with a piece that is not trying to tell me a story but this piece is truly just Humans Make Big Shapes and it's riveting. Could not take my eyes off it. The trailer here gives a bit of a sense but of course is not that much like seeing it Actually On Stage, but it does let you see one of the things I found most striking about the piece which is how extremely non-gendered it is -- everyone on that stage is dressed identically in pants and nude tank that makes them look topless, the whole corps looks like one and moves like one and there is nothing to distract you from that. Really, really cool experience.

And "The Dream" -- look, I'm a simple soul, and what I have discovered is that I love Ashton's silly panto-esque ballets. They are fun and they are funny and I love it when people get to be funny in dance! Dance jokes are good actually! Titania ballet-hopping her way towards Bottom in a way that manages to be simultaneously fairy-like and hilariously sultry, the arguing lovers constantly picking each other up and pirouetting a partner firmly Away from them Thank You, the rude mechanicals!! we wanted more rude mechanicals but I was so glad we got what we got. A+ Midsummer Night's Dream, would see again.
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21 Mar 2026 11:43 am
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Quiet mornings are made for small rituals, and today’s was all about building a family‑friendly mixtape—my own “best of” Paul Simon and Simon & Garfunkel set—now slowly etching itself onto analog tape. There’s something grounding about hearing those warm, imperfect layers settle in, a reminder that music used to live in the physical world before it lived in the cloud.

While working, I kept thinking about a line from a recent article calling the 1990s “the last analog decade.” I’m not sure I fully agree. I was online by ’93, clicking through primitive web pages, and I already had a CD player—digital had definitely arrived. It just wasn’t evenly distributed yet. The ’90s feel more like a hinge: one foot in the tactile past, the other stepping into a future we didn’t quite understand.

Still, as this tape spins, I can’t help appreciating the analog slowness. Maybe the decade wasn’t the last analog one—but it was the last time analog felt like the default rather than the exception.

[The Conservatory] Cattleya #3

21 Mar 2026 04:17 pm
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Name: Sounding Board
Story: The Conservatory
Colors: Cattleya #3: Luftmensch
Word Count: 1334
Rating: G
Warnings: NA

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21 Mar 2026 10:13 am
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So, a while back S learned that there was a capybara cafe in our area. We always meant to go, but never got around to doing it for various reasons. Then, when she started making real steps toward moving, we decided to go when she got an interview for a job.

Well, that happened pretty damn quick. Then again, so did everything with her moving. She signs for a house at the end of the month.

Anyway, today is capybara day! :D We're going this afternoon and I'm so excited!

I might have pictures, but I'm not entirely sure on that. However, because I was thinking about images, I did get fresh tattoo pictures!

( Tattoo pictures! )

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21 Mar 2026 04:56 am
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Nicholas Brendon passed away.

This is honestly devastating. It's sad knowing how deeply troubled his life had become. I don't always pay that close attention to the personal lives of actors, however every time I heard about him over the years it was something revolving around his constant struggle with addiction which got him into various legal issues, and I kept on hoping that somehow he'd get himself better and back on the right track. I also recently learned about his health problems, too. It's just so sad and tragic.

Aside from his small roles on shows like Criminal Minds, I mostly only knew him from Buffy the Vampire Slayer and, while Xander Harris wasn't my favorite character, Nicholas did fantastically in the role, providing much needed comedic relief along with emotional moments with the rest of the Scoobies.

Rest in peace.
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Catch you on the flip side

18 21 Mar 2026 07:06 am

Varsity!

21 Mar 2026 11:58 am
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This time a week ago I was on the ice with fellow Cambridge alumni for "Alumni game 1", kicking off Varsity. Photos (from one of my Warbirds teammates!) that actually make me look good are over at my hockey insta but here's my personal favourite, capturing a moment in motion:

Rachel in University of Cambridge ice hockey kit, knees bent and stick in the air

After about an hour on the ice (2 periods running clock, 4 lines), I had a quick shower, and then spent the next ten or so hours mostly on my feet, doing music and announcements for my Huskies teammates, and scoresheet and in-game announcements for Women's Blues and Men's Blues. Final scores were:

  • Alumni game 1: 1-1
  • Alumni game 2: not sure, but we won
  • Huskies: 3-8
  • Women's Blues: 0-1
  • Men's Blues: 5-1

The alumni games were a great vibe: we cared, but it wasn't that intense. A whole load of the women I played with in 2022-23 came back, and for me that was really joyful, plus I got to make some new friends. A couple of the older guys in game 1 had played with my old work colleague Brian Omotani back in the day. Although he didn't play, he was there to watch, and he made time to come and find me for a brief catchup later in the day.

The rest of the day though was a different gear. The Huskies game was especially tough to watch, and I felt every goal against my teammates. The Women's Blues game was incredible, the team worked so hard and it was probably the best I've seen them play. And the Men's Blues winning so decisively was delightful, especially as the first goal came from one of the two ex-Huskies (and they both got an assist each later). The whole day was incredibly intense. And then I took my kit home to hang it up, changed, met up with everyone at Mash, danced until the club closed, went to Maccies (and realised just how much my feet hurt) until that closed, and sat on a bench gossiping with two of my favourite people in the club while one of them finished his burger. Eventually we all cycled home. I didn't want the day to end, but I had things to do on Sunday.

That is, very nearly, the end of the season with just the Nationals weekends in Sheffield to go. We've finished the league games, we've had Varsity, we're shifting to "summer ice" open practices, and even had the very last "S&C" gym session on Thursday this week. Some people will graduate and leave soon, and I will miss them so much, but I am so grateful for this university season and the time I've had with these wonderful people.

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21 Mar 2026 12:38 pm
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1) Spent the morning on my sunny balcony and stayed for lunch

2) Going to a garden center to replace the flower pot that tumbled down last week ^^

3) Clean bedlinen for tonight

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