Will you join me in Panem?

Jun. 18th, 2025 02:08 pm
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My "The Hunger Games" module with SPACE (Signum Portals for Adult Continuing Education) online via Signum University is currently a candidate for September 2025. This is a proposed first module of five, one for each of the five Hunger Games novels by Suzanne Collins. Each week will include one recorded lecture and one live discussion section. Voting runs through August 1. I hope you will join us as we explore the lessons we may learn from Panem.

May the odds be ever in our favor!

More information is here.

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Title: electric dreams
Author:[personal profile] kat_lair
Fandom: Bandom, Cobra Starship
Pairing: Ryland/Alex
Tags: Drabble, Pining, Drunkenness
Rating: G
Word count: 100

Summary: Ryland can count the times he’s seen Alex drunk with one hand.

Author notes: 
Prompt = title

electric dreams
on AO3

electric dreams )

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25 Things in 2025 - Thing #9

Jun. 18th, 2025 10:22 am
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Listen to Delius

There are still Delius' pieces I want to listen to, but for the purpose of this challenge I have listened to several works.  

North Country Sketches
La Calinda
On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
Twilight Fancies (song)
Marche Caprice
Sleigh Ride
The Song of the High Hills
The Florida Suite (my favourite so far)
Appalachia
Hiawatha
Brig Fair
Cello Concerto
Spring Morning
Dance Rhapsody No 1 & No 2
Sonata for Strings (both original and Eric Fenby arrangement)
Violin Concerto
Evening Songs

Being Human Drabble: Home

Jun. 17th, 2025 07:34 pm
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Title: Home
Author:[personal profile] kat_lair
Fandom: Being Human (UK)
Pairing: Annie/George/Mitchell implied
Tags: Drabble, Dark, Codependency, Alternate Universe - Dystopia
Rating: T
Word count: 100

Summary: The house smells of old roses and dried blood.

Author notes: 
Prompt = "You don’t get to leave. Not again."

Home on AO3

Home )

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25 Things in 2025 - Thing #8

Jun. 17th, 2025 11:34 am
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Reduce pile of greetings cards

A definite success - after my initial count of 28, plus a further 8 I discovered (carefully saved somewhere else!), the pile has been reduced to 12 cards.  Not all have been sent, as some will be 'thank you' cards for people who've helped at our church after-school club, but they are written, and therefore allocated.

Twelve cards is a reasonable number to keep, since there are occasions when we need one, so I'm happy with that.  And if anyone does want another card sent over the summer - and in particular I do have three from the small Gloucestershire village we used to live in - I will be happy to send them.
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I honestly should stop by the ETG thrift store and see if I can get a different dress, though - my options are long pants and sleeves, or a bright red dress, which seems... well, anyway. It's a great dress in most other contexts, though. (Maybe a skirt? I could find a skirt and a nice short-sleeved top? Then again, if this weather continues the way it has been I might be better off bundled up! It's mid-June and my heater is on.)

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LoM Drabble: Boiling Point

Jun. 16th, 2025 08:10 pm
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Title: Boiling Point
Author:[personal profile] kat_lair
Fandom: Life of Mars (UK)
Character: Sam Tyler
Tags: Drabble, Summer, Hot Weather
Rating: G
Word count: 100

Summary: Something will boil over soon.

Author notes: 
Brace yourselves, 14 drabbles in 14 different fandoms coming your way over the next 14 days. But you knew I was a snake multifandom bitch when you took me in subscribed so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯   Prompt = title

Boiling Point on AO3

Boiling Point )

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25 Things in 2025 - Thing #17

Jun. 16th, 2025 04:31 pm
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Book Leger holiday for 2026

Daughter and I had been trying to decide on which Battlefields Tour we would do next year.  There was one destination we were looking at, but neither tour quite fitted the bill properly, so I suggested instead of making that one work, she might like to look at something different.  Normally she's been really clear on what she's selected, so the fact that we weren't certain had made me wonder.

Anyway, yesterday she messaged me, and we had a chat, with the result that this morning I booked our tour for next April.  For anyone who knows their classic WWII films, this fits perfectly, as we're off to Germany, scene of The Dambusters, Colditz and the Great Escape.  It should be very interesting, not because we're relishing triumphant films, but in looking at the history and what made people behave as they did, something which doesn't change.  Among other places, we shall be visiting Dresden, Berlin and Hannover, which will be really interesting.

spag check?

Jun. 15th, 2025 08:59 pm
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Anyone feel like doing a spag check on 9k of m/m fic in a fandom i cannot name for ~reasons~?  It is E rated but has nothing in it that would require a specific kink tag. 

Volunteer rewarded with gratitude and a ficlet of their choice in any fandom I know enough to write in or original.


Goal achieved, thank you [personal profile] smallhobbit!

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30 Days Wild - Week Two

Jun. 15th, 2025 04:05 pm
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Week Two was supposed to be about moving around and enjoying the wildlife, although for various reasons I didn't do that much.

Week Two )

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Jun. 14th, 2025 04:04 pm
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Minnesota House DFL leader Hortman, husband killed in apparent ‘politically motivated’ shooting; Sen. Hoffman, wife wounded

Authorities still searching for suspect in shooting of 2 Minnesota state lawmakers

Apparently he dressed up like a cop, because of course he did, and residents are advised not to open the door to police unless there are multiple officers present. I'd go one step further and say that you should never open the door to an unexpected official until you've confirmed that they're supposed to be there. If they are legit, they have an ID, and you have a phone number you can call - your local precinct, if they're cops, your gas company, whoever it is. (Uh. Maybe step out the back door to call if they say they're from the gas company. I mean, use your best judgment.)

Weirdly specific firefox question

Jun. 14th, 2025 04:01 pm
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If I'm typing a URL and I then use the scroll wheel to middle-click it in the address window it will open in a new tab rather than on the same tab I'm on.

Now, when I open a new tab by clicking a link to open a new tab it opens right next to the tab I'm on. If I do it via the address window or the new tab button then it opens all the way at the end of my tabs, which is annoying and disorienting if I'm not already all the way at the end.

Is there a setting, perhaps in about:config, that I can adjust to change this behavior so it always opens new tabs next to the one I'm on?

OMGOMGOMG!!!!

Jun. 17th, 2025 11:25 am
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The last season of The Strange Case of the Starship Iris is finally here.

Okay, only the first episode so far (and two pre-season teasers) but... omg.

I've summed this one up for you all before as "Everybody is gay while fighting fascism in space" and "Turns out, fascism is both racist and inefficient", so yes, that does make it the perfect thing to listen to while heading out to protest. (Speaking of....)

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No, but I'd like to tell you that you urgently need a proofreader. Are you aware that you just made me answer the same question about my desired salary three different ways? Once was plenty enough! Also, why are you asking what currency I want it in, and since you are asking, why is one time US dollar at the top of the drop down and the other two times it's alphabetical under "United States"? Did you even look at this before posting, and once again afterwards?

(These people really urgently need help with this, but unless this is a Secret Test I guess telling them wouldn't help me much.)

Alternative answer to the question: "Yes, I'd like to tell you that I really need money, please give me some, with or without hiring me first."

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Well, that kinda covers the gamut of illness there, so maybe figure it out?

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Finished Prodigy

Jun. 15th, 2025 12:37 pm
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On my latest “Looking Back on Genre History” segment on the StarShipSofa (Episode 758), I discuss science fiction, nuclear weapons, and the ongoing relevance of the classic Level 7 by Mordecai Roshwald.

Here is the link!


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As always, Evil!Janeway is hot, though less so than the Living Witness version. It's the eyes - our main characters all have huge eyes, so the somewhat more realistically animated adult human characters look slightly uncanny valley, even though their eyes ought to make sense.

Also, damn, Chakotay has got some arms! Is this true IRL? I don't remember ever seeing the live actor ever without sleeves....

Also also, I honestly love every time Gwen gets a moment of happiness, no matter how small. She really has had a miserable life. Every second chasing replicated pie over the ship, or squirting whipped cream into her mouth, or, one hopes, finally spending some time playing goofy holodeck games, is a second worth living. And so, I will say, I appreciate that the animators took the time to let her smirk a little when Evil!Chakotay proposed starting his torture session with "the cute one", aka Murf the Indestructible. You gotta find those moments of joy when you can, sweetie!

(Question: Are mirror tribbles... nice? What about their new team pet, Bribble? Would Bribble have a goatee and be evil in the mirror verse? How sapient is that thing, anyway?)

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