Hard and brittle plastic

Daughter of assorted drabbles. And now I'm done drabbling for the night.

For a2zmom. Angel/Buffy futurefic, PG. ( Read more... )

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For chibicharibdys. Dinosaurs and robots! Totally PG. ( Read more... )

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For imaginary_lives. Xander, between S2 and S3, PG. ( Read more... )

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Not Exactly Lovers. For starcrossed. Lindsey/Lilah, PG-13, post-NFA. ( Read more... )

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For ozfroggirl. Gunn/Wesley, mid-S2. Extracurricular activities implied. ( Read more... )

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For caaare. Faith and Willow, PG-13. ( Read more... )

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For zoesmith. Drusilla and the dragon, post-NFA. PG. ( Read more... )

Today was our last farm-share pickup of the season. Although this was a bad year--bust on tomatoes, no pumpkins, weak u-pick selection--we still felt like we got a decent deal. Not as exciting as last year, but if we're in town next summer/fall we'll sign up again. (We're less enamored with the winter share. S tried it last year. It is completely unfair to a share consists entirely of parsnips, turnips and beets, but it sure felt that way.)

One thing that has come through reading posts from CSA subscribers in other regions (e.g. ruthling) and talking with people in other local CSAs is that not all farm share programs are equal. Full Plate seems to do an exceptionally good job, by both local and national standards.

This week's haul:

• 2lb potatoes
• 1.5lb sweet potatoes
• 1 cabbage (it weighed 3lb)
• 2 leeks
• 1 butternut squash
• head lettuce
• salad greens
• fennel w/ roots
• onions
• golden beets
• colorful carrots
• kohlrabi
• celeriac

I am so excited about my Yuletide assignment! But I can't say why. :-)

And dear Yuletide writer: I hope there's something in my prompts or my letter that you can work with, and disregard the details if they cramp your style, and I hope you are having fun too!

Assorted drabbles.

For aaronlisa. Faith/Angel, post-NFA. Extracurricular activities implied. ( Read more... )

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For willow_lives. Faith and Angelus, post-NFA. PG-13. ( Read more... )

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Light a Light. For prlrocks. Wesley/Fred, post-"Smile Time." PG-13. ( Read more... )

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For definexfreedom. Cordy and Angel, PG. ( Read more... )

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Therapy for the Therapist. For smercy. Lorne, G. ( Read more... )

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For i_will_dare_89. Fred, Angel S5, G. ( Read more... )

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For digitaldesigner. Angel with a side of Cordelia. Futurefic, G. ( Read more... )

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Possibly more later. First five people to leave a prompt (in a 'verse that I know, or else non-fanfic if you prefer that) may get a drabble of their own.

"That's Jesus. He's sad." (crucifixion)
"Yes! It's a baby. It's baby Jesus and his mommie, Mary". (Virgin and Child)
"There's Mommie giving Jesus the bup". (Virgin and Child)
"That's sad Jesus again." (crucifixion)
"That's Barbara, Kathy, and Ursula." (Saint Barbara, St Katherine and Saint Ursula)
"That's Kathy again. She's about to play on that wheel." (Martyrdom of Saint Katherine)
"That's Salomne. And John's head." (Salomne being presented the head of John the Baptist)
"That's Judy, and someone else's head." (Judith and Holofernes)
"Sad Jesus again." (crucifixion)
"That's John. He's very said. He just had his head cut off." (Beheading of John the Baptist)
"That's Kathy. She's got a sword now. I think she's tired of being martyred." (Saint Katherine)

I was a bit relieved when she next reached for a book of the wonders of the National Parks...

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• 10:04 I swear my waiter here looks just like David Cook. #
• 10:04 #wheresgeorge -- Just got a hit in Cranbury,NJ bit.ly/17Nrt8 #
• 11:33 #wheresgeorge -- Just got a hit in Plainsboro,NJ bit.ly/2mr1ol #
• 12:56 0-1, -43. Lost to an expert, but kept it close. He bingoed early with both blanks. #
• 13:49 0-2, -133. I'd like to be able to draw like my opponent just did. #
• 13:56 #wheresgeorge -- Just got a hit in Bedminster,NJ bit.ly/2DuoA3 #
• 14:47 1-2, -89. Finally drew well and played well at the same time and beat an expert. #
• 15:42 1-3, -102. Drew the worst possible combo at the worst possible time. #
• 15:46 #wheresgeorge -- Just got a hit in Augusta,GA bit.ly/2JqJNl #
• 16:46 Final result: 2-3, +3. Still looking at a net rating loss, though. Not sure I'll even keep 1400. #
• 18:23 #wheresgeorge -- Just got a hit in Waterford,MI bit.ly/tEnYm #
• 18:23 #wheresgeorge -- Just got a hit in Benton,WI bit.ly/2hY5qw #
• 20:07 So groovy, it's painful! #
• 20:30 #wheresgeorge -- Just got a hit in Norfolk,VA bit.ly/5oCce #
• 21:51 #wheresgeorge -- Just got a hit in Belle Mead,NJ bit.ly/4oHPEg #
• 22:28 #wheresgeorge -- Just got a hit in Woodbury,NJ bit.ly/4r8wtZ #
• 22:51 2-1, +95, in the main event. Hard to win when opponent draws both blanks and all 4 S's. 8 games tomorrow. Good night! #
• 23:11 #wheresgeorge -- Just got a hit in Sandusky,OH bit.ly/1IgVYT #

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There's nothing to give me a heart attack-like experience like having a problem set tell me to generate every single positive even number in a computer program. I'm like, guys, my computer is not cool enough to contain all those numbers!

Meanwhile, note to self: if I ever teach again and am passing out candy as a student participation bribe, develop better aim. =^)

Kawaii Radio (internet streaming radio), which Joe introduced me to, is my new inanimate best friend! It also appears to be good coding music. And Python est gaudium et utilis!

This has been your randomness vitamin for the night. =^)

Recommend instrumental/dark/moody/videogame-ish music to me! (Examples: Michelle Cross, Mark Morgan's Planescape: Torment music, Yoko Kanno's music for Cowboy Bebop, who knows?) If it's something I can listen to or sample for free, that would be lovely. I am sadly unable to buy music right now, although I will make a note of things that I like for future purchase consideration.

http://xkcd.com/662/

• 05:31 #wheresgeorge -- Just got a hit in Harrisburg,PA bit.ly/WEsFD #
• 07:13 #wheresgeorge -- Just got a hit in Carle Place,NY bit.ly/3y2YsV #
• 07:31 Off to Vermont this morning to play in a Scrabble tournament. Look out, Vermonters - here I come! Wish me luck! #
• 09:06 #wheresgeorge -- Just got a hit in Lake George,NY bit.ly/1dvSNI #
• 10:18 #wheresgeorge -- Just got a hit in Sylvan Beach,NY bit.ly/2mRGmD #
• 10:57 Taking a short break for a pit stop and gas in Newburgh. #
• 14:07 Pit stop in Fair Haven, VT. Should be in Essex in 2 hours or so. #
• 14:24 #wheresgeorge -- Just got a hit in Waldorf,MD bit.ly/4ysaqp #
• 15:17 #wheresgeorge -- Just got a hit in Martinsville,NJ bit.ly/mtCQz #
• 16:11 Have arrived safely in Vermont. Penny Cluse tomorrow for breakfast - yum! #
• 16:22 #wheresgeorge -- Just got a hit in Florham Park,NJ bit.ly/8pz9i #
• 16:26 #wheresgeorge -- Just got a hit in Princeton,NJ bit.ly/4oHPEg #
• 17:55 #wheresgeorge -- Just got a hit in Raleigh,NC bit.ly/48ICbt #
• 19:35 #wheresgeorge -- Just got a hit in Eau Claire,WI bit.ly/yfScc #
• 19:52 #wheresgeorge -- Just got a hit in East Liverpool,OH bit.ly/4oHols #
• 20:24 #wheresgeorge -- Just got a hit in Delta,UT bit.ly/fteO #
• 21:08 #wheresgeorge -- Just got a hit in Fitchburg,MA bit.ly/4ejjHs #
• 22:03 #wheresgeorge -- Just got a hit in Passaic,NJ bit.ly/2JLWqQ #

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We went to see "Loud and Rich" last night, AKA Loudon Wainright and Richard Thompson.

Wow.

Wainright took the stage first. He is an amazing performer; his ability to project himself in his singing, playing, movements, and facial expressions is not no one I have ever seen. I also don't know the last time that I laughed so hard. I did not expect to hear songs mentioning Ben Bernanke and John Maynard Keynes.

If Wainright was Joy, then Richard Thompson's performance was Beauty and Power. The other time that I saw him was around 1991 with a band on an outdoor stage, but this time it was just him and his acoustic guitar in a club. I don't know what to call his style of playing, a kind of picking mixing moving chords and lead lines (it is not unique, but it is not something heard much), but he absolutely filled the room with sound.

One of the highlights was when the two took the stage together. I couldn't have imagined that they would work so well together when their styles are so different.

Unfortunately, this was the penultimate show of their tour together.

Incidently, the club is the only one I know to feature prominently in a science fiction novel, Kim Stanley Robinson's Sixty Days and Counting.

Healthworks tells me that I have one guest pass per month to use over the next year. You don't have to go with me to use the pass. You do have to be 18+ and "allow five minutes on entry for required health questionnaire." If you want one, comment below or email me, as you prefer.

http://www.tuftsdaily.com/engineering-psychology-and-the-rape-steps-1.2063372

This is an older space opera anime (wikipedia says it ran from 1988 to 2000?). I saw maybe 20-some episodes of this in college ages ago, but it's a pleasure revisiting it. Mind you, as bricklovinfreak warned me, the gender roles are retrograde. But I have to say when it's Prussians in space (or whatever the uniforms are--I'm not a costume person) vs. the Americans s.t. a mourning woman wears one of those hats with a black net over her face (I could be totally wrong but I thought hats with nets mostly did not happen anymore), I don't even expect gender parity. As far as I can tell, the structure of this is you have brilliant blond-haired Prussian commander guy who has to deal with incompetent subordinates (conveniently, the incompetents are against him and the competent commanders under him are his allies) and on the other side, you have Yang Wenli, the brilliant commander guy who has to deal with incompetent superiors. And the space tactics/strategies are so ludicrous that even I can see things that are Very Silly about them. The pace is rather stately, but there are many moments of unintentional hilarity.

I wouldn't recommend this to everyone. Among other things, there are like over 100 episodes. But if big space battles and politics and backstabbing and that kind of thing make you happy, you might enjoy this too.

Oh, and for slashers: Reinhard/Kircheis is so blatant that it just writes itself. (I didn't realize this when I first watched because I didn't know what slash was then, but seriously, even Joe sees it.)

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• 10:05 #wheresgeorge -- Just got a hit in Dover,DE bit.ly/1oHsa1 #
• 11:17 To the veterans and current service members out there: thank you for your service. #
• 12:59 Fail whale off the port bow! Thar she blows! #
• 15:39 #wheresgeorge -- Just got a hit in Carteret,NJ bit.ly/3EfGbP #
• 16:15 #wheresgeorge -- Just got a hit in Cortland,NY bit.ly/2zCBmf #
• 16:19 #wheresgeorge -- Just got a hit in South Plainfield,NJ bit.ly/2RvQ1C #
• 18:00 #wheresgeorge -- Just got a hit in Springfield,OH bit.ly/VpMGM #
• 19:11 #wheresgeorge -- Just got a hit in Clementon,NJ bit.ly/409j68 #
• 20:55 #wheresgeorge -- Just got a hit in Plainfield,NJ bit.ly/4DGsfE #

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last night's paving:



very faint sundog-like thing:


gleanings:



They wrapped the former Filene's Building to keep things from getting worse while they fail to fund the work:



halloween pumpkins Chez Ruthling:
mine:




G's:


The Fells in November:


The anti-Morris:


Somerville sunrise:


And a shot at a different time of day:


Dam! (beaver)


I've taken more, you can see on my flickr if you're interested.

http://xkcd.com/661/

• 06:40 #wheresgeorge -- Just got a hit in Staten Island,NY bit.ly/4zpnRm #
• 07:55 #wheresgeorge -- Just got a hit in Middlesex,NJ bit.ly/uEps7 #
• 07:57 #wheresgeorge -- Just got a hit in Princeton,NJ bit.ly/Spbq2 #
• 09:15 #wheresgeorge -- Just got a hit in Lake Hopatcong,NJ bit.ly/16wHzf #
• 10:20 #wheresgeorge -- Just got a hit in Saint Marys,PA bit.ly/1iO56c #
• 12:10 #wheresgeorge -- Just got a hit in Mineola,NY bit.ly/425ztO #
• 13:12 #wheresgeorge -- Just got a hit in Hope Mills,NC bit.ly/47yMSL #
• 13:15 #wheresgeorge -- Just got a hit in Florham Park,NJ bit.ly/cVEow #
• 13:21 #wheresgeorge -- Just got a hit in Martinsville,NJ bit.ly/1nTmuo #
• 15:08 #wheresgeorge -- Just got a hit in Peekskill,NY bit.ly/2pcqp #
• 15:40 #wheresgeorge -- Just got a hit in Port Monmouth,NJ bit.ly/1dfgnv #
• 17:48 #wheresgeorge -- Just got a hit in Mesa,AZ bit.ly/342myi #
• 18:04 Llamas are larger than frogs. #uselessfact #
• 19:36 #wheresgeorge -- Just got a hit in Hampton,NJ bit.ly/2hCrA2 #

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A bit less tired, following nine hours of sleep. Less cranky, too, though there's no telling how long that will last. :/ Definitely still sore. I'm guessing there's a virus in there some'ere and my immune system is valiantly holding it a bay. Go, little guys, go!