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ysabetwordsmithThese are some posts from the later part of last week in case you missed them:
Poem: "A Sanctuary for the Homeless"
Poem: "Worthy of Love and Belonging"
Poem: "Indicative of the Extent"
Space Exploration
Birdfeeding
Bird Apocalypse
Birdfeeding
Philosophical Questions: Morals
Today's Smoothie
Science
Birdfeeding
Follow Friday 11-21-25: Knitting
Poem: "Trying to Be Better"
Poem: "Set on Continuous Improvement"
Science
Birdfeeding
Hobbies: Quilting
Self-Care
Today's Adventures
Birdfeeding
Good News
Trauma has 44 comments. Affordable Housing has 71 comments. Robotics has 99 comments.
"An Inkling of Things to Come" belongs to Polychrome: Shiv and needs $191 to be complete. Maiara and Arthur discuss taking notes.
The weather has been variable here. Seen at the birdfeeders this week: a large mixed flock of sparrows and house finches, at least 3 goldfinches, a male cardinal, and two fox squirrels.
Poem: "A Sanctuary for the Homeless"
Poem: "Worthy of Love and Belonging"
Poem: "Indicative of the Extent"
Space Exploration
Birdfeeding
Bird Apocalypse
Birdfeeding
Philosophical Questions: Morals
Today's Smoothie
Science
Birdfeeding
Follow Friday 11-21-25: Knitting
Poem: "Trying to Be Better"
Poem: "Set on Continuous Improvement"
Science
Birdfeeding
Hobbies: Quilting
Self-Care
Today's Adventures
Birdfeeding
Good News
Trauma has 44 comments. Affordable Housing has 71 comments. Robotics has 99 comments.
"An Inkling of Things to Come" belongs to Polychrome: Shiv and needs $191 to be complete. Maiara and Arthur discuss taking notes.
The weather has been variable here. Seen at the birdfeeders this week: a large mixed flock of sparrows and house finches, at least 3 goldfinches, a male cardinal, and two fox squirrels.
Poem: "A Sanctuary for the Homeless"
Nov. 23rd, 2025 10:58 pmysabetwordsmithThis poem is spillover from the February 4, 2025 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by prompts from dialecticdreamer, kellan_the_tabby, rix_scaedu, and alchemicink. It also fills the "changes over time" square in my 2-1-25 card for the Valentines Bingo fest. This poem has been sponsored by a pool with fuzzyred and librarygeek. It belongs to the Big One thread of the Polychrome Heroics series. It follows "When You're Lost, You Question Everything," so read that first or this won't make much sense.
( Read more... )
dialecticdreamer, kellan_the_tabby, rix_scaedu, and alchemicink. It also fills the "changes over time" square in my 2-1-25 card for the Valentines Bingo fest. This poem has been sponsored by a pool with fuzzyred and librarygeek. It belongs to the Big One thread of the Polychrome Heroics series. It follows "When You're Lost, You Question Everything," so read that first or this won't make much sense.( Read more... )
Writerly Ways
Nov. 23rd, 2025 10:55 pmcornerofmadnessToday was hard, tomorrow will be worse. Fully expecting to be yelled at but I don't regret posting the the union all the DOJ investigations into the shit insurance we're voting on. So enough of that. Let me get into the writerly ways.
One of the reactors for Hazbin Hotel was ranting about 'forced conflict' and I'm like that is a great term for it and I do hate that writing...shortcut? Trope? I'm not sure what I want to call it. Basically, characters X &Y act (often out of character) in a way that most people would not do and it ends up creating drama and conflict that we otherwise wouldn't have and don't necessary need.
I'm sure this has been happening forever. But the first time I remember ranting about it was way back in the heyday of Buffy the Vampire Slayer when Xander purposely doesn't tell Buffy that Angel's soul could be/was being returned. At least that example has a reason. Xander is a jealous douche.
Later in the same verse we have much less of an excusable example is in Angel S4 with Connor. When the whole team knows that something is wrong with Cordelia and they set out to prove it, Angel excludes Connor rather than keeping him close so he could see for himself that Cordelia is being influenced. Because Connor isn't there in the beginning he believes the team is attacking Cordy for no reason. There was no reason to force this conflict and it made the team look like a team of morons.
Oh I know why it was done. Joss was punishing Charisma for getting pregnant and wrote the world's stupidest story line to make her look bad (she is now freely talking about how much of a piece of shit he was to her) but at the time we didn't know this and it felt like bad writing.
Where this came up in Hazbin was Charlie, the pollyanna of the group, sees her father's big secret exposed to all of hell and rather than comfort him for the torment he just endured she tears him a new one for destroying her dreams on purpose (he didn't know Vox had found his secret out and had gone to stop him for his daughter's sake) and when Vaggi mentions she had asked Lucifer to help, this out of character ire is turned on her for the better part of two episodes. The fans did not react well and as far as I'm concerned, we shouldn't. There was still an opportunity for Charlie to be mad b ut maybe mad for the right reasons. Sigh.
So have you written this? I try hard not to. Have you come across it and been disappointed by that turn of events? Or did you like it?
Open calls
The Faerie Cat Volume 3
Fantasy, speculative fiction, and horror, especially those steeped in Celtic mythology or featuring the Fair Folk
Adventitious Issue 1 Stories that offer a surprise and sense of wonder through their language, characters, plots, or all of the above
The Phantom Pulse 2026 First Window speculative fiction of the grey corners of humanity, dread that permeates the skin, and the bizarre
We’re Here: The Best Queer Speculative Fiction 2025 Queer short fiction reprints from 2025
Shift: Now Seeking Submissions
30 Magazines Accepting Genre Fiction
From Around the Web
Charting Your Course #2: Self-Publishing in 2025
How to Maximize Book Pre-Orders (Even With a Small Audience)
Creating Low Points for Your Protagonists
these next four are from![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
ushobwri
Character backstory tips for better writing
A Writer’s Comprehensive Guide to Backstory.
8 Dos & Don’ts of How to Write Sex Scenes That Work
Five Principles For Writing Kick Ass Action Scenes
From Betty
Mining Off-Stage Movement
Five Popular Tropes Writers Struggle With
Pacing Your Dialogue
Five Problems With Focusing on Internal Conflicts
Six Tricks for Memorable Character Moments
Should Your Romance Be Single or Dual POV?
How to Edit Emotion in Romance & Women’s Fiction
The Plunge
Make the Most of Your Manuscript’s Resting Time
Coping Mechanism Thesaurus: Spending Time in Nature
You're Writing a Book. So Stop Writing a Movie.
How To Be An Author: What's Your Next Book About?
Find and delete these phrases from your novel
Redshirts
Creating Low Points for Your Protagonists
Insights into the Shape of a Scene
Microtension – A MUST in Your Fiction
Charting Your Course #2: Self-Publishing in 2025
The Art of Intimacy in Writing
Living, Breathing Characters
Is Your Writing “Good Enough” to Publish?
8 Qualities that Will Help Your Protagonist on Their Journey
Be careful setting children’s books in the recent past
How to Get Your Blog Posts Found in AI Search (Not Just Google)
Write With Imagination: How to Stay True to Your Voice and Avoid Predictable Stories
One of the reactors for Hazbin Hotel was ranting about 'forced conflict' and I'm like that is a great term for it and I do hate that writing...shortcut? Trope? I'm not sure what I want to call it. Basically, characters X &Y act (often out of character) in a way that most people would not do and it ends up creating drama and conflict that we otherwise wouldn't have and don't necessary need.
I'm sure this has been happening forever. But the first time I remember ranting about it was way back in the heyday of Buffy the Vampire Slayer when Xander purposely doesn't tell Buffy that Angel's soul could be/was being returned. At least that example has a reason. Xander is a jealous douche.
Later in the same verse we have much less of an excusable example is in Angel S4 with Connor. When the whole team knows that something is wrong with Cordelia and they set out to prove it, Angel excludes Connor rather than keeping him close so he could see for himself that Cordelia is being influenced. Because Connor isn't there in the beginning he believes the team is attacking Cordy for no reason. There was no reason to force this conflict and it made the team look like a team of morons.
Oh I know why it was done. Joss was punishing Charisma for getting pregnant and wrote the world's stupidest story line to make her look bad (she is now freely talking about how much of a piece of shit he was to her) but at the time we didn't know this and it felt like bad writing.
Where this came up in Hazbin was Charlie, the pollyanna of the group, sees her father's big secret exposed to all of hell and rather than comfort him for the torment he just endured she tears him a new one for destroying her dreams on purpose (he didn't know Vox had found his secret out and had gone to stop him for his daughter's sake) and when Vaggi mentions she had asked Lucifer to help, this out of character ire is turned on her for the better part of two episodes. The fans did not react well and as far as I'm concerned, we shouldn't. There was still an opportunity for Charlie to be mad b ut maybe mad for the right reasons. Sigh.
So have you written this? I try hard not to. Have you come across it and been disappointed by that turn of events? Or did you like it?
Open calls
The Faerie Cat Volume 3
Fantasy, speculative fiction, and horror, especially those steeped in Celtic mythology or featuring the Fair Folk
Adventitious Issue 1 Stories that offer a surprise and sense of wonder through their language, characters, plots, or all of the above
The Phantom Pulse 2026 First Window speculative fiction of the grey corners of humanity, dread that permeates the skin, and the bizarre
We’re Here: The Best Queer Speculative Fiction 2025 Queer short fiction reprints from 2025
Shift: Now Seeking Submissions
30 Magazines Accepting Genre Fiction
From Around the Web
Charting Your Course #2: Self-Publishing in 2025
How to Maximize Book Pre-Orders (Even With a Small Audience)
Creating Low Points for Your Protagonists
these next four are from
ushobwriCharacter backstory tips for better writing
A Writer’s Comprehensive Guide to Backstory.
8 Dos & Don’ts of How to Write Sex Scenes That Work
Five Principles For Writing Kick Ass Action Scenes
From Betty
Mining Off-Stage Movement
Five Popular Tropes Writers Struggle With
Pacing Your Dialogue
Five Problems With Focusing on Internal Conflicts
Six Tricks for Memorable Character Moments
Should Your Romance Be Single or Dual POV?
How to Edit Emotion in Romance & Women’s Fiction
The Plunge
Make the Most of Your Manuscript’s Resting Time
Coping Mechanism Thesaurus: Spending Time in Nature
You're Writing a Book. So Stop Writing a Movie.
How To Be An Author: What's Your Next Book About?
Find and delete these phrases from your novel
Redshirts
Creating Low Points for Your Protagonists
Insights into the Shape of a Scene
Microtension – A MUST in Your Fiction
Charting Your Course #2: Self-Publishing in 2025
The Art of Intimacy in Writing
Living, Breathing Characters
Is Your Writing “Good Enough” to Publish?
8 Qualities that Will Help Your Protagonist on Their Journey
Be careful setting children’s books in the recent past
How to Get Your Blog Posts Found in AI Search (Not Just Google)
Write With Imagination: How to Stay True to Your Voice and Avoid Predictable Stories
Happy Holidays and soon goodbye to 2025!
Nov. 23rd, 2025 08:39 pmkingstoken posting in holiday_wishesHello from Canada! I am asking for mostly virtual gifts:
1. Kudos and Comments: on my fanworks, my AO3. I have lots of fics from Good Omens, OFMD, Sherlock Holmes, and the older Star Treks (TOS, VOY, TNG), among many others. My Big Bang art and my fanvids are also over there.
2. Subscribe to Fanlore on Tumblr or Twitter: I'm part of Fanlore's social media team and we work really hard on some of those posts, so it would be nice if more people saw them: Tumblr, X/Twitter, and the Dreamwidth feed.
3. Read the Spones Zine: I am one of the editors for the "We Go Together" Spock/McCoy zine, we've had a lot of talented people contribute to it, so it would be nice if more people had read it. Plus, it's FREE to download! Our most recent issue is an NSFW work "Mirrorverse" issue, which you can download here. Be warned, because it is the Mirroverse there are a lot of dark elements like non-con, dub-con, mind-break, etc. If you're looking for something a little lighter you can check out our last SFW issue which had the theme of "Shore Leave".
4. Drabbles/Ficlets: I have fallen hard into Sherlock Holmes fandom this year, so I would love some Holmes/Watson fic, my faves are the Granada series and the Rathbone films, but I even love the mouse versions! See my Holmestice sign-up for inspiration.
5. Sherlock Holmes Pastiches: Speaking of Sherlock Holmes, I know there are probably hundreds of published pastiches out there (especially now that all the stories are in the public domain), but I would love to know which ones you think are worth the read. I would really love ones that get the relationship between Holmes and Watson right, I don't mean in a shippy way, because I have fanfic for that, but that gets their dynamic right and doesn't downplay Watson's role (I love Watson!). Also, I know Doyle's son, with the help of another writer, wrote a whole series of Holmes stories after his father's death, has anyone read these, are they worth checking out?
(Just a note, I have recently read A Study in Emerald, because everyone recs that one to Holmes' fans)
6. Check out my Spotify playlists: my profile, most of them are fandom related.
7. Click to Donate: go over to arab.org and "click to donate", it costs you nothing and all funds go towards UN agencies helping refugees.
8. Rec me a Moving Company: this one is kind of specific, but we're moving in early 2026 and I'm looking for suggestions for a trust worthy moving company, one that is going to treat our stuff right. If you live in the greater Toronto area (or southern Ontario generally) and have had good experiences with certain moving companies I would love recommendations.
9. Donate to my local women's shelter: my local women's shelter has an amazon wishlist of items it needs, so if you are feeling extra generous maybe you could send them something.
1. Kudos and Comments: on my fanworks, my AO3. I have lots of fics from Good Omens, OFMD, Sherlock Holmes, and the older Star Treks (TOS, VOY, TNG), among many others. My Big Bang art and my fanvids are also over there.
2. Subscribe to Fanlore on Tumblr or Twitter: I'm part of Fanlore's social media team and we work really hard on some of those posts, so it would be nice if more people saw them: Tumblr, X/Twitter, and the Dreamwidth feed.
3. Read the Spones Zine: I am one of the editors for the "We Go Together" Spock/McCoy zine, we've had a lot of talented people contribute to it, so it would be nice if more people had read it. Plus, it's FREE to download! Our most recent issue is an NSFW work "Mirrorverse" issue, which you can download here. Be warned, because it is the Mirroverse there are a lot of dark elements like non-con, dub-con, mind-break, etc. If you're looking for something a little lighter you can check out our last SFW issue which had the theme of "Shore Leave".
4. Drabbles/Ficlets: I have fallen hard into Sherlock Holmes fandom this year, so I would love some Holmes/Watson fic, my faves are the Granada series and the Rathbone films, but I even love the mouse versions! See my Holmestice sign-up for inspiration.
5. Sherlock Holmes Pastiches: Speaking of Sherlock Holmes, I know there are probably hundreds of published pastiches out there (especially now that all the stories are in the public domain), but I would love to know which ones you think are worth the read. I would really love ones that get the relationship between Holmes and Watson right, I don't mean in a shippy way, because I have fanfic for that, but that gets their dynamic right and doesn't downplay Watson's role (I love Watson!). Also, I know Doyle's son, with the help of another writer, wrote a whole series of Holmes stories after his father's death, has anyone read these, are they worth checking out?
(Just a note, I have recently read A Study in Emerald, because everyone recs that one to Holmes' fans)
6. Check out my Spotify playlists: my profile, most of them are fandom related.
7. Click to Donate: go over to arab.org and "click to donate", it costs you nothing and all funds go towards UN agencies helping refugees.
8. Rec me a Moving Company: this one is kind of specific, but we're moving in early 2026 and I'm looking for suggestions for a trust worthy moving company, one that is going to treat our stuff right. If you live in the greater Toronto area (or southern Ontario generally) and have had good experiences with certain moving companies I would love recommendations.
9. Donate to my local women's shelter: my local women's shelter has an amazon wishlist of items it needs, so if you are feeling extra generous maybe you could send them something.
Poem: "Worthy of Love and Belonging"
Nov. 23rd, 2025 09:02 pmysabetwordsmithThis poem is spillover from the June 3, 2025 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by a prompt from rix_scaedu. It also fills the "Belonging" square in my 6-2-25 card for the Pride Fest Bingo. This poem has been sponsored by a pool with fuzzyred and librarygeek. It belongs to the Big One thread of the Polychrome Heroics series.
( Read more... )
rix_scaedu. It also fills the "Belonging" square in my 6-2-25 card for the Pride Fest Bingo. This poem has been sponsored by a pool with fuzzyred and librarygeek. It belongs to the Big One thread of the Polychrome Heroics series.( Read more... )
A Change of Plans (part 1 of 1, complete)
Nov. 23rd, 2025 10:00 pmdialecticdreamerA Change of Plans
By Dialecticdreamer/Sarah Williams
Part 1 of 1, complete
Word count (story only): 1400
:: While getting ready for a much-anticipated dinner out with friends, Rosemary has to change plans due to a broken temporary crown. Instead of canceling, her friends adapt the evening. Original fiction, the story was written from a prompt bylibrarygeek, with my great thanks. ::
A sharp release of pressure in her mouth made Rosemary Landon freeze. “Sonofa--” she began, but the words were mumbled around the pieces of her temporary crown. As soon as she inhaled, the pain washed over her the inside of her mouth like a wave. She groaned as her watch chimed.
Spitting the two pieces of the temporary crown and the sliver of tooth from the trimmed edge into her palm, she checked the clock on the stove, then let out a deep sigh. Quickly, she scrolled through the contacts to call her dentist.
( Read more... )
By Dialecticdreamer/Sarah Williams
Part 1 of 1, complete
Word count (story only): 1400
:: While getting ready for a much-anticipated dinner out with friends, Rosemary has to change plans due to a broken temporary crown. Instead of canceling, her friends adapt the evening. Original fiction, the story was written from a prompt by
librarygeek, with my great thanks. ::A sharp release of pressure in her mouth made Rosemary Landon freeze. “Sonofa--” she began, but the words were mumbled around the pieces of her temporary crown. As soon as she inhaled, the pain washed over her the inside of her mouth like a wave. She groaned as her watch chimed.
Spitting the two pieces of the temporary crown and the sliver of tooth from the trimmed edge into her palm, she checked the clock on the stove, then let out a deep sigh. Quickly, she scrolled through the contacts to call her dentist.
( Read more... )
"The Old Usher," by Oliver Reynolds
Nov. 23rd, 2025 06:32 pmchestnut_pod posting in poetryThe Old Usher
Oliver Reynolds
2010, from Hodge
--
for Farès Moussa
I have
shouted Lights! in the foyer as the show begins
I have
opened and closed a million doors
Push and Pull stamping my palms
I have
woken with Good Evening on my lips
I have
ROH in moles over my left nipple
I have
Tchaikovsky as a heart-beat
I have
told ten thousand bladders
It’s down the slope and on the right
I have
stood at the bottom of Floral Hall stairs
with Peter Bramley at the top
tapping the metal hand-rail with his ring
to annoy me
I have
bent my head to complaints about the row in front
the big hair-do, the change-jingler, those who snore or smell
I have
turned a blind eye, a deaf ear, and a stopped nostril
I have
opened and closed a million doors
Push and Pull stamping my palms
I have
waited in the wings to present flowers
cygnets wafting past me in a crush of tutus
each back tight with the cordage of muscle
I have
sold ices with Susie Boyle
I have
passed the black-and-white monitor at Stage Door
and felt proud to see Haitink in the pit
a bottled homunculus preserved in music
I have
opened my locker on a vista of dirty shirts
I have
killed a moth for Monica Mason
It wants to settle on me!
she who once danced her death in the Rite
now frightened of millimetres of flutter
I have
Tchaikovsky as a heart-beat
I have
bassoons and strings planned for my last-act death
the weightless pas-de-chat
lifting me out of this ninth life
into the proscenium’s eternal gold
I have
perfected my farewell
a final turning-out of the pockets
as I rise and vanish into air
swirling with the confetti of ticket-stubs
I have
shouted Lights! as the show begins
I have
Oliver Reynolds
2010, from Hodge
--
for Farès Moussa
I have
shouted Lights! in the foyer as the show begins
I have
opened and closed a million doors
Push and Pull stamping my palms
I have
woken with Good Evening on my lips
I have
ROH in moles over my left nipple
I have
Tchaikovsky as a heart-beat
I have
told ten thousand bladders
It’s down the slope and on the right
I have
stood at the bottom of Floral Hall stairs
with Peter Bramley at the top
tapping the metal hand-rail with his ring
to annoy me
I have
bent my head to complaints about the row in front
the big hair-do, the change-jingler, those who snore or smell
I have
turned a blind eye, a deaf ear, and a stopped nostril
I have
opened and closed a million doors
Push and Pull stamping my palms
I have
waited in the wings to present flowers
cygnets wafting past me in a crush of tutus
each back tight with the cordage of muscle
I have
sold ices with Susie Boyle
I have
passed the black-and-white monitor at Stage Door
and felt proud to see Haitink in the pit
a bottled homunculus preserved in music
I have
opened my locker on a vista of dirty shirts
I have
killed a moth for Monica Mason
It wants to settle on me!
she who once danced her death in the Rite
now frightened of millimetres of flutter
I have
Tchaikovsky as a heart-beat
I have
bassoons and strings planned for my last-act death
the weightless pas-de-chat
lifting me out of this ninth life
into the proscenium’s eternal gold
I have
perfected my farewell
a final turning-out of the pockets
as I rise and vanish into air
swirling with the confetti of ticket-stubs
I have
shouted Lights! as the show begins
I have
Well that's fun
Nov. 23rd, 2025 08:38 pmsenmutI am currently working on my ladiesbingo card for my December posting goals.
Sinners (Annie & Mary)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Buffy & Dawn about Willow)
DC Comics (Dinah Lance & Selina Kyle)
Partners in Crime (Carole & Sydney)
Now, I have been the first to put fandom tags up on AO3 a lot in the distant past. But I never thought I'd be doing it again in 2025. The last time I did was 2021, and I was pleasantly surprised to see that The Jeffersons now has more than my one work. So I double checked that last fandom up there, got briefly excited because "Partners in Crime" was a tag in the TV Show fandoms.
However, it is actually for Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime, from the year before my one season detective American show. So yep, gotta disambiguate the name when I create it.
(I am trying to mentally fortify myself for the first TG dinner I am partly responsible for in ... a very long time, so no misc.exhausted.me this week)
ladiesbingo card for my December posting goals. Sinners (Annie & Mary)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Buffy & Dawn about Willow)
DC Comics (Dinah Lance & Selina Kyle)
Partners in Crime (Carole & Sydney)
Now, I have been the first to put fandom tags up on AO3 a lot in the distant past. But I never thought I'd be doing it again in 2025. The last time I did was 2021, and I was pleasantly surprised to see that The Jeffersons now has more than my one work. So I double checked that last fandom up there, got briefly excited because "Partners in Crime" was a tag in the TV Show fandoms.
However, it is actually for Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime, from the year before my one season detective American show. So yep, gotta disambiguate the name when I create it.
(I am trying to mentally fortify myself for the first TG dinner I am partly responsible for in ... a very long time, so no misc.exhausted.me this week)
Poem: "Indicative of the Extent"
Nov. 23rd, 2025 07:49 pmysabetwordsmithThis poem is spillover from the July 15, 2025 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by a prompt from librarygeek. It also fills the "WILD CARD: Clean Up the Town" square in my 7-1-25 card for the Western Bingo fest. This poem has been sponsored by a pool with fuzzyred and librarygeek. It belongs to the Big One thread of the Polychrome Heroics series. It follows "The Choices Humans Make" so read that first or this won't make much sense.
( Read more... )
librarygeek. It also fills the "WILD CARD: Clean Up the Town" square in my 7-1-25 card for the Western Bingo fest. This poem has been sponsored by a pool with fuzzyred and librarygeek. It belongs to the Big One thread of the Polychrome Heroics series. It follows "The Choices Humans Make" so read that first or this won't make much sense.( Read more... )
Space Exploration
Nov. 23rd, 2025 07:48 pmysabetwordsmithNearby super-Earth emerges as a top target in the search for life
Researchers found that the planet may have liquid water on its surface – a necessary ingredient for life.
Researchers have pinpointed a super-Earth in the habitable zone of a nearby M-dwarf star only 18 light-years away. Sophisticated instruments detected the planet’s gentle tug on its star, hinting at a rocky world that could hold liquid water. Future mega-telescopes may be able to directly image it—something impossible today.
This is so awesome. :D
Researchers found that the planet may have liquid water on its surface – a necessary ingredient for life.
Researchers have pinpointed a super-Earth in the habitable zone of a nearby M-dwarf star only 18 light-years away. Sophisticated instruments detected the planet’s gentle tug on its star, hinting at a rocky world that could hold liquid water. Future mega-telescopes may be able to directly image it—something impossible today.
This is so awesome. :D
"The Deere Files Podcast Presents: The Heirs Of Samuel Westing." (The Westing Game) G
Nov. 23rd, 2025 05:36 pmlannamichaelsTitle: The Deere Files Podcast Presents: The Heirs Of Samuel Westing.
Author:
lannamichaelsFandom: The Westing Game
Rating: G
Archives: Archive Of Our Own, SquidgeWorld
Summary: What do a Supreme Court Justice, the chairwoman of the board of the largest employer in Wisconsin, a two-time Olympic gold medalist, the inventor of Hoo's Little Foot-Eze innersoles, and a dead union organizer who didn't exist have in common?
( There was no such person as Barney Northrup )
#171 - Assiduous
Nov. 23rd, 2025 06:36 pmmxcatmoon posting in vocab_drabblesThank you for your patience while I dealt with computer issues. Without further ado, here is this week's word
as·sid·u·ous ə-ˈsij-wəs -ˈsi-jə-
adjective
Showing great care, attention, and effort: marked by careful unremitting attention or persistent application.
"An assiduous book collector."
From Merriam-Webster:
While assiduous means “showing great care, attention, and effort,” and in some situations may be an appropriate substitute for careful, it’s got a bit more oomph than careful in that it suggests a dogged or tireless persistence. If you are assiduous in your efforts (or work, research, analysis, training, preparations, etc.) for example, it’s implied that you’re in it for the long haul, or that you have the ability to “sit with” a task or challenge for a considerable amount of time. This makes sense given that assiduous comes from the Latin verb assidēre, meaning “to sit beside.”
Assiduous
as·sid·u·ous ə-ˈsij-wəs -ˈsi-jə-
adjective
Showing great care, attention, and effort: marked by careful unremitting attention or persistent application.
"An assiduous book collector."
From Merriam-Webster:
While assiduous means “showing great care, attention, and effort,” and in some situations may be an appropriate substitute for careful, it’s got a bit more oomph than careful in that it suggests a dogged or tireless persistence. If you are assiduous in your efforts (or work, research, analysis, training, preparations, etc.) for example, it’s implied that you’re in it for the long haul, or that you have the ability to “sit with” a task or challenge for a considerable amount of time. This makes sense given that assiduous comes from the Latin verb assidēre, meaning “to sit beside.”
[Challenge #415: Outlaw] Friends: 'Into the Sunset'
Nov. 23rd, 2025 03:12 pmbut_can_i_be_trusted posting in anythingdrabbleTitle: 'Into the Sunset'
Fandom: Friends
Characters: Chandler Bing, Joey Tribbiani
Word Count: 100
Rating: G
Notes: Crossposted to100words and drabble_zone
Summary: "I knew I shouldn't've asked," Joey sighed.
( Into the Sunset )
Fandom: Friends
Characters: Chandler Bing, Joey Tribbiani
Word Count: 100
Rating: G
Notes: Crossposted to
100words and drabble_zoneSummary: "I knew I shouldn't've asked," Joey sighed.
( Into the Sunset )
[Challenge #469: Rehearse] Friends: 'Into the Sunset'
Nov. 23rd, 2025 03:10 pmbut_can_i_be_trusted posting in 100wordsTitle: 'Into the Sunset'
Fandom: Friends
Rating: G
Notes: Crossposted todrabble_zone and anythingdrabble
( Into the Sunset )
Fandom: Friends
Rating: G
Notes: Crossposted to
drabble_zone and anythingdrabble( Into the Sunset )
vital functions
Nov. 23rd, 2025 10:27 pmkaberettReading. ... I think, like, a page or two of Descartes (Treatise on Man), and that's it?
OH. NO. I also finished my first pass through indexing The National Trust Cookbook for EYB. That's right. That's a thing I did.
Watching. Three Whole Entire Episodes of Beddybyes, halfway through the third of which the toddler (who felt it was Very Important that we saw it) pretty much fell asleep where it was sat.
Playing. RIDICULOUS Inkulinati run for Preposterous Amounts Of Prestige.
Cooking. Medlar jelly (plain, spiced). Quince sorbet. Several bread. A batch of buttermilk pancakes. Some terrible First, Burn Your Lettuce, thereby ticking another item off the current Cook The Book project. Buttermilk pancakes.
Eating. One of the CHILLIS from the CHILLI PLANTS we brought HOME from the GREENHOUSE just after first frost (but they were fine); also A turned the small pile of peppers that broke off the sweet pepper I brought home on a bike, still green, into akuri this morning.
Exploring. Important sploshy stomp through the puddles of Barking Park. I... think that's it?
Growing. I have NOT sown any physalis or lemongrass in the electric propagator, to get them hopefully Established by the time I need it for Other Things in the new year. This is a deliberate decision. They can go in next week.
... and now it's very definitely time for bed, goodnight world. <3