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In which lolibobs took an early bath

Read book 92. Jonathan Livingston Seagull, by Richard Bach, 1970, a fable, as the characters are literally seagulls, about how the Flock are inspired by joining an obsessive flying-and-starving cult that it would be insulting all round to describe as Buddhism-lite-for-libertarian-Christians. It gave me the feeling of a late 60s hippy cult trying to manifest, and very much Of Its Time as it was written 1967 ish (at last, a realistic use for the phrase "of its time"). Not my thing / out of five, but I can understand why some people find it interesting or useful in the same way people can find inspiration in bland self-help platitudes or undemanding mass-market spirituality, because the inspiration is contributed by the reader (or their Genius / Juno / whatever).

However, remember that the unexamined life is definitely worth living: look at dogs! Be honest, reincarnation as a domestic dog or a wild seagull? Dogs, innit.

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If binary choice reincarnation was compulsory?

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Wild seagull (Larus unspecifica)
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Domestic dog (Canis familiaris)
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Nope, not even for a humorous poll
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Abominations unto Nuggan?

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Seagulls!
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Lumping gull species together as "seagulls".
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Seagull-proofed bins. /typing with talons
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All sneaky chip thieves, actually.
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(Not dogs because even Nuggan would never!)
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[drabble]: Bible fic

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[ ICONS ] YOSHIKI AND HIKARU, THE SUMMER HIKARU DIED

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It was a day yesterday.

To start with there had been really heavy, non-stop rain from the early hours. It was also our first craft fair in our town, one we'd been trying to get a spot at for ages. Then Murphy started showing signs of having cystitis again, and not being able to pee, which of course would be an emergency if he had a blockage.

With it being Saturday, our own vet was closed, so we had to get him an appointment at the out of hours vet, which would mean an expensive bill. He's got excellent insurance, but what happens at the out of hours is we'd have to pay, and the insurance would eventually reimburse, as opposed to our vet where they bill the insurance company directly. ( cut for length tldr, Murphy is on the mend )

Friday was nearly a day, too. We've said we'll take my MiL out at least once a fortnight, so picked her up on Friday and had a drive to Barnard Castle to get eggs from the honesty stall at the farm and get delicious bread from a bakery we like. All was going well until we stopped for a coffee, and my SiL phoned saying her electric had gone off so my MiL would have to stay at our house that night.

Obviously, she would have been welcome, but none of the furniture had been moved, she had none of her meds or oxygen generator, and it just seemed to make more sense to wait for a bit to see if things could be fixed before taking her to our house.

To cut a long and frustrating story short, they managed to get the meter sorted and the electricity was back on within an hour, but not before a lot of stress from everyone.

Thursday we'd gone to see Caught Stealing. It's a bit more violent than my usual tastes, but I can say, Austin Butler is a very beautiful man.

One good thing about yesterday, Strictly was back, let the Nikita admiring begin for another year.

Current Mood: exhausted

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The Pitt Fic: A World Aflame (Abbot/Robby, NC-17)

A World Aflame (45470 words) by Alethia
Chapters: 4/4
Fandom: The Pitt (TV)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Jack Abbot/Michael "Robby" Robinavitch
Characters: Jack Abbot (The Pitt), Michael "Robby" Robinavitch, Frank Langdon, Parker Ellis
Additional Tags: Post-Season/Series 01, Complicated Relationships, Hiking, Cabin Fic, There Was Only One Bed, Grief/Mourning, robby has four days off, and is heading for the hills, Implied/Referenced Suicide, Guilt, First Kiss, First Time, Porn
Summary:

Robby frowned and looked at Jack. "Is it me or are you now off Monday through Thursday?"

"Yeah, I figure we can drive out Tuesday morning and come back in time for my shift Friday night."

Robby's eyebrows rose in surprise. "Did someone invite you to the cabin I rented?" Jack tilted his head and just looked at Robby, silent and expectant. After a long moment, Robby huffed a resigned laugh, like he wondered why he even bothered protesting. "Jack, would you like to come hiking with me?"

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défi:pumpkin autumn challenge

Pumpkin Autumn Challenge : Lovers' kiss (Yoshida Akimi)

Catégorie : Le Cercle de la Com'thé (Fête - Gourmandise - Récomfort - Joie - Diversité - Singularité - Empathie - Vivre ensemble)

Première partie, Boy meets girl: Rikako et Tomoaki ont tous les deux la réputation de coucher avec tout ce qui bouge ; quand ils se rencontrent, cela arrive presque par accident, cela se passe mal, mais ils continuent de penser l'un à l'autre. Seconde partie, boy meets boy : Takao, l'ami d'enfance de Fujii, a toujours été amoureux de lui, mais un nouveau garçon arrive dans le lycée et tente de le séduire ouvertement. Troisième partie, girl meets girl : Eri, la soeur de Rikako, est amoureuse de Miki, la meilleure amie de Rikako, qui est amoureuse d'elle. Le tout avce des citations de Verlaine et Rimbaud au début de chaque chapitre.

Ce ne sont pas des histoires à la suite, c'est le même moment, raconté de trois points de vue différents (et aussi, tout le monde est au courant de l'histoire hétéro, et les filles sont au courant de l'histoire gay,j et personne n'est au courant de leur histoire à elles, ce qui a... un certain réalisme). J'aime cette structure, c'est intéressant.

Mais à la fin, je n'ai pas été happée ; je n'aime qu'une romance sur les trois, et encore, pas à fond, et ma préférence va à l'ambiance globale et aux relations en tant que groupe.

Quelques avertissements que je n'avais absolument pas vus venir : Viol sur des mineurs, inceste (pas entre les ships du manga, en backstory)

Current Mood: sore
Current Music: "Will You Still Be There?" by Howard Jones

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food

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I just had such a delicious Envy apple, so juicy, sweet, and delicious. And a burning headache and burning face ache afterward. The apples I love often hurt me, while the ones that don't, I don't enjoy the taste of, like Granny Smith. (I also love blueberry honey but with similar pain following it.) Unfortunately, for the last several years more apple varieties bother me this way than don't.

Current Mood: annoyed

Pluto is going to be my villain origin story

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https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250920.html

Early risers around planet

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250920.html

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Guardian fic: Experiments in Dynamic Translation (CSZ/SW, CSZ/SW/ZYL)

I posted my unexpected-kink fic for the Riddle round of

fan_flashworks, and today I archived it to AO3. It's part of my Breakage and Repair 'verse which is Post-Canon, Alternate Universe - Everyone Lives (mostly), Canon Divergence, but all you really need to know is that it's early-relationship Chu Shuzhi/Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan.

Title: Experiments in Dynamic Translation (9003 words) [Explicit]
Relationships: Chu Shuzhi/Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan, Chu Shuzhi/Hei Pao Shi
Additional Tags: Established Relationship, Relationships with complicated history, Being closeted in some spheres, Domestic, Unplanned/Impromptu Kink, Identity Porn (literal), Dom/sub, soft D/s, Dom!Shen Wei, Envoy!Shen Wei, Sub!Chu Shuzhi, (Zhao Yunlan enjoys the show), Fealty, Orgasm denial/delay, Dark-Energy Sex Toys, Low-key impromptu bondage, Dixing-Powers Powered Sex, Anal Sex, Voyeurism, Frottage, Long Hair
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It’s been just over ten weeks since his and Da Qing’s return to the land of the living, and in that time, Shen Wei has not yet had occasion to don his robes of office in front of Shuzhi—or indeed, to conduct any Envoy business at all in his presence. He’s visited the SID once or twice on official matters, but only in Haixing clothes, and he’s been sure to keep his manner light and casual in the public areas. Formal liaising is for the privacy of Zhao Yunlan’s office.

Now, faced with the prospect of a Dixing state dinner, Shen Wei discovers he’s slipped into—not so much keeping secrets, as compartmentalising. Again.

As I said in my end notes, it’s hilarious to me that my first E-rated fic in this ‘verse is something I usually DNW (D/s, especially when it leans into existing power dynamics). For some reason, it worked for me in this specific scenario.

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It apparently looks like it's possible to sign in with a Microsoft account to get the Extended Security Updates and then change the account back to a local one and still be enrolled.

How Right You Are, Jeeves

How Right You Are, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse

The further adventures of Bertie and Jeeves. Minor spoilers for earlier works.

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poetry

A Poem

"Beatitudes for a Queerer Church" by Jay Hulme

Blessed are the outcasts;
the ostracized, the outsiders.

Blessed are the scared;
the scarred, the silent.

Blessed are the broken;
for they are not broken.

Blessed are the hated;
for they are not worthy of hate.

Blessed are those who try;
those who transform, who transition.

Blessed are the closeted;
God sees you shine anyway.

Blessed are the queers;
who love creation enough to live the truth of it,
despite a world that tells them they cannot.

And blessed are those
who believe themselves unworthy of blessing;
what inconceivable wonders you hold.

Current Music: ”Parts Unknown”.

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No Reservations RPF, Chronicles of Narnia: No Reservations: Narnia, by Edonohana.

Fandom: Chronicles of Narnia; No Reservations
Pairings/Characters: Gen; Anthony Bourdain, “Global” Alan Weeks, Todd Liebler, Tracey Godwin, Reepicheep, Aslan, and a cast of colorful Narnian OCs.
Rating: Teen and up (mostly for Bourdain-characteristic profanity.)
Length: 6,228 words
Content Notes: a vast variety of food, some narratively presented as off-putting; drunkenness; smoking; Bourdain’s typical abrasive impertinence; Author Showed Her Work.
Creator Links:

Edonohana,

rachelmanija
Theme: Food and Cooking, previously recced for Crossovers/Fusions, previously recced for Small Fandoms, Cultural Differences, Fandom Classics, Older Characters, Research, Worldbuilding

Summary: I’m crammed into a burrow so small that my knees are up around my ears and the boom mike keeps slamming into my head, inhaling the potent scent of toffee-apple brandy and trying to drink a talking mouse under the table.

Author’s Notes: ( Cut_for_length. )

Reccer's Notes: Okay; what’s the September 2025 Food & Cooking theme even for if this classic doesn’t circle around for a threepeat? (Twelve years since the last mention should be a sufficient interval.)

This brilliant crossover, all the more poignant in hindsight, nails both Bourdain’s voice and the Narnian sense of place, painstakingly hitting all the beats: Food Porn; Food Gorn (with the acknowledgement that the difference between the two is in the palate of the beholder); departure from what Diana Wynne-Jones would term the Guided Tour into Parts Unknown, with the aid of knowledgeable locals; hospitality in austere circumstances; martial arts (with thought given to the size logistics!); scary local politics; above all, food as a vehicle of cross-cultural understanding.

“No Reservations: Narnia” has the additional distinction of being RPF that not only reached but impressed the subject:

“This is astonishingly well written with an attention to detail that’s frankly a bit frightening…I’m both flattered and disturbed. I think I need a drink.”—Anthony Bourdain.

Fanwork Links: No Reservations: Narnia, by

Edonohana for

innocentsmith; cover art by

moonblossom_graphics.

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Daily Happiness

1. It was pretty nice weather today. Mostly overcast and cool. Verrrrrry muggy, though. I took two walks this morning, one around lunchtime, and one this evening, and only the final one didn't leave me drenched.

2. Carla is mostly over her cold (kept testing negative the whole time, so feel pretty confident saying it was not covid) and I still haven't come down with anything, so I am tentatively considering myself safe. I do think the ventilation in the summer makes a big difference.

3. We got lunch from a new-to-us restaurant nearby. It's a place we've walked by for years and just never actually checked out. One recent time when we were walking by we looked at the menu (it's a brunch and lunch place, mostly sandwiches and salads) and everything looked really good, so we decided we should make an effort to actually go there. Carla didn't feel like going out for lunch, so I walked up there and got a sandwich to bring home for us. It was a grilled cheese with fig jam and was soooooo good. Definitely want to check out more from their menu.

4. Kind of disappointing morning at the farmers market as the place I get fruit leather from had no fruit leather (though they did have watermelon lemonade, which had been sold out last week by the time I got there since I went late) and the almond stand was not there at all, which was especially annoying as I am fully out of their delicious orange almond butter so if I want toast this week I'll have to have jam (which is fine, as we actually have a ton of jam that should get used up, but the almond butter is more filling). Hopefully they're back next week. I did get some new tasty desserts, though, including passionfruit bars (like lemon bars but with passionfruit).

5. Tuxie enjoying the shade this morning.

New Substack post

If I wish upon a star will Disney-ABC bring back Kimmel? Unlikely. But when their stock prices keep dropping, and fewer people visit their parks or go to shows or buy toys...

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Another Brick in the Wall (Stargate Atlantis, Stargate SG-1; Jack O'Neill, Richard Woolsey)

Title: Another Brick in the Wall
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis, Stargate SG-1
Pairing/Characters: Jack O'Neill, Richard Woolsey
Word Count: 155
Content Notes: none
Prompt:

no_true_pair September 20 - Richard Woolsey & Jack O'Neill - with the title "Another Brick in the Wall"

Also for

sweetandshort September 2025 prompt - afraid

Link to fic: Another Brick in the Wall (on AO3)

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Size Doesn't Matter (Stargate Atlantis; Ronon Dex, Miko Kusinagi)

Title: Size Doesn't Matter
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Pairing/Characters: Ronon Dex, Miko Kusinago
Word Count: 105
Content Notes: none
Prompt:

no_true_pair September 19 - Ronon Dex & Miko Kusinagi the wrong conclusion

Link to fic: Size Doesnt' Matter (on AO3)

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The camera angles work really hard to make the dogs look vicious and dangerous, but they can't fool me! Those are some happy, friendly puppers!

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Saturday Assorted Links

Interviews with the costumers for Bus Stop, myself included. My voice sounds like the bottom of a very small boat scraping against a rock.

Apparently nobody knows what musical genre Jhariah is. I’ve heard three of his songs, and each one sounds completely different. He isn’t Goth music, but his work is somewhat gothic.

Short chapters of WWMBD and Gentleman of the Shade to tide you over while I focus on writing for Yuletide.

Speaking of Gentleman of the Shade, last month I showed sovay this 1973 radio show DJ’d by Keith Moon, but didn’t think to post it here. Moon’s comic patter, and eclectic playlist, make it the nearest thing our world has to ‘Mad Bob’s Late-Nite Platter Party,’ the radio show hosted by one of my story’s leads.