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* Seattle Torrent to be Grand Marshals in the Seattle Pride Parade this summer!

* With Wints out for undisclosed personal reasons, the Seattle Kraken are probably out of the playoff race. We aren't eliminated yet, but added into everything else, this feels like it. Kraken got off to the best start in their (very short) franchise history. They held onto high standings sometimes in a 3 way tie, painfully close division all season with every game having a huge impact. Insane pressure all season. And now, well shit.

How well positioned we are for next year has a lot to do with whether our trade deadline acquisition stays. He didn't choose to come here, and he honestly didn't think the Leafs were going to trade him away. I hope he stays, but if not still glad we got him for a bit. But if we keep him, let certain UFAs walk, that's going to be a good set up for us. But, we'll see how things pan out and what Front Office does.

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Title: Chemical Hot Springs
Fandom: Mass Effect: Andromeda
Rating: G
Summary: There will be no soaking in the water on Kadara.

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purlewe

bun cha goi chay for dinner: spring rolls with rice vermicelli and lettuce with cucumbers and Vietnamese pickles

Ok friends. I have tried with the code, I have tried with the embed. I have tried typing it out by hand. I have tried copy and paste by hand. I tried actually 10 different ways on a locked post to see if I could figure this out. I finally realized that the broken photo icon means you can right click and see it on a new page but WHY THE HECK DOESN"T IT SHOW THE PHOTO HERE. on the locked post I tried both instagram and google photos. I cannot for the life of me remember my old flickr account info and had abandoned it when I left LJ. I tried determining width and height thinking it was too big for the page. I tried 300x400, and 200x300 and still no image. I did find that I can put the photos on DW and then use their link but that is 100x100 and wth. nope. not that small for these aging eyes. I did find a way that IG would make a HUG 300x300 blank link for you to go to my IG page. but again. nope I want you to see it here. I am not stupid. And my wife looked over my work and agrees I typed it all correctly. so what is the issue? are my images to dense (I have a high pixel count?) I dunno. I am bummed and giving up for the night.

I lied. I tried one more time using DW embed and for some unknown reason it is NOT 100x100 and it is close to 700x900 and I will take it for the night.

torachan

1. The only big thing I had on my work to-do list today was a meeting, but that was online anyway, so I decided to work from home. I really didn't have a lot of smaller things that needed to get done, either, so it was a pretty chill day.

And the meeting itself was very informative. It was with some people from our store in Guam, who are already using the system we'll be switching to, and I wanted to get an idea of how they're doing some of the things that seem impossible, and it turns out they just aren't lol. So I'm going to see if it would be possible for us to do something similar rather than to try and force our workflow into the mold that IT is insisting on.

2. It was actually chilly today! We closed windows and almost considered turning on the heater. The high was still in the high 70s, but that was just like a brief spike in the late afternoon. So weird. :-/ I'll take it over the constant heat of last week, though.

3. I finished up a puzzle today. This one turned out to be more difficult than I was anticipating, but it was fun to do. And I really love the illustration.

4. One nice thing about working from home is that I can snuggle Jasper when he wants to be snuggled, and he really wanted to be snuggled this morning.

silver_chipmunk

Got up at 10:00 this morning and had breakfast. Before I had my coffee,

mashfanficchick called and asked if I would like to join zer for lunch in Flushing as ze was going to take a train to zer father's from there. So of course I said yes.

Had my coffee and then showered and dressed. Figured I'd leave at 2:00 to get there by 2:30, so I did some stuff. Took at look at the Montreal Worldcon 2027 page, they have hotels posted now and they are expensive. So I emailed the only person I know who I thought was probably going, Matsir, and asked if she and her husband were going, and could they offer any help/advice to a newbie. I also posted on ship-of-fools asking if anyone was going and if so would they like to be room mates.

Pretty quickly I got a reply from Matsir in the affirmative, so I asked her if there was a list of people looking for room mates, or if she knew any cheaper hotels.

Then at 2:00 I headed in to Flushing. Got a bus almost immediately so I was early, so I checked out one of the malls, got a small item I'm going to give to

mashfanficchick as part of zer birthday present, and finally ended up getting bubble tea.

When

mashfanficchick arrived, we went to the rice noodle place we've been going to, where I got my usual, the crossbridge mushroom noodle soup. Yum!

After lunch we went to J Mart and ze got some stuff and I tagged along. Then we went our separate ways, I tried to go to Duane Reade to get Easter candy for Middle Brother's Easter basket. But weirdly, it was closed, like the time they had to evacuate the store cause there was a smell of smoke. So I just went home.

Lay down in the bedroom for awhile, then puttered on the computer til 7:00 when I Teamed the FWiB. We talked for somewhat over an hour, then got off.

Matsir replied with the information that about nine months before the con there would be a "need a roomie" page on the website, and also the name of a much cheaper hotel. Also, the offer of if all else failed, I could crash on their couch in their room. So that's all very reassuring.

I had a snack rather than a full dinner, and then went to the bedroom until pet feeding time, and here I am.

Gratitude List:

1. The FWiB.

2. It didn't rain while I was out.

3.

mashfanficchick and lunch invitations.

4. Matsir.

5. Looks like I'll be able to actually go to Worldcon!

6. Looked up directions to the sleep doctor and it's pretty simple.

Current Mood: cheerful

billroper

Having spent most of yesterday working on work, I spent most of today working on different bits of work. :)

I am *still* going to Cubs Opening Day on Thursday, unless my knee (which is gradually improving) decides to become very, very bad. I am working to avoid this.

jenab

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katarik

On the flight back out of JFK, they had Singin' in the Rain, so obviously I thought immediately of

petra and watched it.

I continue to find public humiliation incredibly squicky and was therefore pleased that it had captions, so I could just take off headphones and watch the captions as I glanced up and thus not miss much of the story (primarily around Lina Lamont, who is a hideously awful coworker and also genuinely in a difficult position).

Don and Cosmo are just. Such a delight. I'm so sad that these folks did not have the delightful time making this movie that their performance implies they did.

Kathy/Don/Cosmo forever, oh yes, the internet was so correct.

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As should be obvious, I love the JLI work of Keith Giffen and his scripting collaborators like J.M. DeMatteis, so I feel a little treasonous saying this about a story by neither Giffen nor DeMatteis. But I have to speak truth. The lead story here, by Mark Waid and Mike McKone, is my favorite JLI story. Full stop.

( If only the JLU cartoon had adapted this one. )

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Current Music: Red Wine Supernova - Chappell Roan

ysabetwordsmith

The Myth of Mobility: Why Faster Cities Often Leave People Behind

When cities measure mobility by speed, they often make everyday life harder to reach.

In many large urban areas, particularly those built during the late twentieth century, everyday necessities have been separated from residential life. Homes are clustered in residential zones while shops, restaurants, libraries, and workplaces are placed far away along commercial corridors or in large retail centers. The result is a city where nearly every basic activity requires driving. On paper, this appears to increase mobility. In reality, it often reduces it.

For people who cannot drive easily, such as older adults, children, individuals with disabilities, or those who cannot afford a car, the distance between daily needs becomes a barrier. Even for those who can drive, environments designed for cars are not always designed for people. Vast parking lots, wide arterial roads, and enormous retail spaces can be physically exhausting and psychologically overwhelming to navigate. True mobility should not be measured only by how fast people can travel, but by how easily they can reach the things they need.

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senmut

sweettartheart had this one!

50 This or Thats

1. Bagels or donuts? Bagels
2. Bar soap or body wash? Bar soap
3. Being afraid or being embarrassed? - yeah neither? Both turn me into rage!beast
4. Big bash or intimate gathering? Intimate, I guess, as I now have crippling social anxiety
5. Board games or video games? Board games
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⌈ Secret Post #7017 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

01.

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Secrets Left to Post: 01 pages, 25 secrets from Secret Submission Post #1001.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

greenstorm

Well, at least some of it was PDA-induced. I got in my part of the form and immediately feel lighter and less like I want to die. Like, not at all like I want to die.

I've been unable to throw more than 5 pieces at a sitting for months, and yesterday evening I sat down and threw something like 8 pieces -- many were off-the-hump and several were cat food dishes, the easiest of pieces, but it was just nice to get outside that limit for once.

I've also been going outside, snuggling the dogs and looking at the snow melt back from the garden.

I'm probably going to come to terms at some point with how much energy I've spent, my entire life, working my way around my PDA into something that approached functionality. It's always involved having choices of some kind, and being thoughtful about making them. I can't describe just how little choice I have in my current situation; I do the disability paperwork how they want it, when they want it, or-- nothing. There's no changing jobs because I can't do a job. Even cobbling something together like attempting to full-time house or farm sit isn't possible because most people's houses are scented, and most farm sitting probably requires more than my body has in it.

I keep pretending I can keep the pigs but it definitely does make a big difference to my daily life to feed and water them. The birds are easier, but the pigs are really destructive so I need to be way more on top of infrastructure. But, yeah.

It's working on spring out there though. One daffodil is inexplicably coming up in a bare patch. The sorrel is spiking its first leaves up through the snow-- I guess that means it didn't get eaten by voles over winter, which bodes well for my whole herb garden. Buds are swelling on a couple things, dangerous with -11 forecast overnight soon but they have been moving that same forecast back one day at a time for something like two weeks so who knows.

I super forgot what else I was going to write, except that generally not being in fight-or-flight from PDA like I was for the last couple months is pretty good, and there's not quite enough ground revealed yet to garden but it's coming.

ysabetwordsmith

This floating time crystal breaks Newton’s third law of motion

A simple setup of sound-levitated beads has revealed a bizarre new time crystal that breaks physics rules—and could reshape future technology.

Scientists have created a new kind of time crystal using sound waves to levitate tiny beads in mid-air. These particles interact in a one-sided, unbalanced way, breaking the usual rules of motion and creating a steady, repeating rhythm. The system is surprisingly simple yet reveals complex physics with big implications. It could help advance quantum computing and deepen our understanding of biological timing systems.

Aaaaaand all of us from the Torn World shared world are going O_O >_< O_O

Current Mood: busy

dialecticdreamer

Welcome to the cozy and comforting prompt call for this month! We’re all about the sweaters with thumb holes and the sweatshirts washed until they drape like silk. It’s an opportunity to relax with a good story and a cup of cocoa, or tea, or jamaica… the list is endless, but the point is to bring pleasure in small, familiar ways.
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Current Mood: amused

which_chick

There are 18 completed squares, which puts me at more than 40% done with the knitting. I also gave up and bought the pastel foam puzzle-piece play mat for a less-fragile blocking situation. Once I get enough squares for a halfghan done, I will lay them all out and take a picture so that you can see how it's going.

unicornduke

Hey all, if you'd like to join the crafting hangout, it is tonight from 6-8pm ET!

Video encouraged but not required!

Topic: Crafting Hangout

Time: Mondays 6:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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Letters from the Apostles

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Mass Effect: Andromeda: Haiku: Chemical Hot Springs

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Daily Happiness

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i would; would you?

“Heart”: JUSTICE LEAGUE QUARTERLY #5 (JLI 73)

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Feathering the Nest for March of 2026

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