Half-Price Sale in Polychrome Heroics

Apr. 14th, 2026 09:54 pm
ysabetwordsmith: Damask smiling over their shoulder (polychrome)
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The April 7, 2026 Poetry Fishbowl met its $300 goal, so there will be a half-price sale in Polychrome Heroics from Monday, April 20 through Sunday, April 26.  Mark your calendars, and I hope to see you then!
stonepicnicking_okapi: ChopSuey (chopsuey)
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1. Minor leaves on his first trip away from home, 5 days with the chorus in Nashville, at 430 am. I have been rushing around trying to get him ready. When he's finally gone, I'll just collapse.

2. But not completely. I had a new client today and will have another on Thursday and I had a different new client last Friday, all men, all different situations, from mostly independent to hospice care. It's a lot of new things.

3. My client last week had me paint the floor white. That was interesting.

4. Minisculus has gained too much weight per his annual check upand is back on his 'caloric modification' also a lot of parental discussion about sports for next year.

All this to say, it's kind of stressful, even more than usual.

Do you know Fable the raven?

Timing.

Apr. 14th, 2026 10:36 pm
hannah: (Zach and Claire - pickle_icons)
[personal profile] hannah
Not even two minutes after I get back to my apartment, I hear rain start coming down.

I always love it when that happens.

Affordable Housing

Apr. 14th, 2026 04:48 pm
ysabetwordsmith: Cartoon of me in Wordsmith persona (Default)
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You Have More Land Than You Think

Clever design creates more housing on small sites.

You might assume that squeezing small units onto small lots might end up feeling claustrophobic, but a few simple design principles can actually lead to housing that is welcoming, comforting, and feels spacious. Best of all, a smaller house is more affordable, and land costs are spread amongst more units, creating greater affordability without subsidy.

Read more... )

Fossils

Apr. 14th, 2026 03:28 pm
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Mammal ancestors laid eggs, and this 250-million-year-old fossil finally proves it

A 250-million-year-old fossil egg just revealed how an ancient survivor beat Earth’s deadliest extinction.

In the aftermath of Earth’s most catastrophic extinction event, one unlikely survivor rose to dominate a shattered world: Lystrosaurus. Now, a stunning fossil discovery—an ancient egg containing a curled-up embryo—has finally answered a decades-old mystery about whether mammal ancestors laid eggs. Using advanced imaging technology, scientists confirmed that these resilient creatures did reproduce this way, likely producing large, soft-shelled eggs packed with nutrients
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In terms of world domination, Lystrosaurus was arguably the most successful lifeform on Earth.
kat_lair: (MARVEL - loki)
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Title: Bifröst
Author:[personal profile] kat_lair
Fandom: MCU/Thor
Pairing: Loki/Thor
Tags: Drabble, Bickering, Dare
Rating: T
Word count: 100

Summary: He knows what Loki is doing. It still works.

Author notes: Spring defiance from under the crushing forces of capitalism = a drabble a day in April. This one for [personal profile] apiphile who wanted this pairing and 'antagonistic eroticism'. This definitely leans toward the former more than the latter but just imagine that they hate fuck after almost getting torn to atoms in an Einstein–Rosen bridge.

Bifröst on AO3

Bifröst )


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Fic: Misdirected Prank

Apr. 14th, 2026 11:49 am
andersenmom: Highly interested Gaon (Raised Eyebrows)
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Creator: [personal profile] andersenmom
Title: Misdirected Prank
Rating: G
Type: Fic
Size/length/word count etc.: 591
Prompt: 052: Salt
Fandom/Ship: Oneus, Seventeen; Hwanwoong, DK
Notes/Warnings: None
Summary The surprise dunk was possibly the best thing that happened to Hwanwoong on that vacation.

The shove into the waves surprised Hwanwoong. )

Find the table with the list of fics here

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Apr. 15th, 2026 03:20 am
luthien: (Heated Rivalry: Shane - wickedgame)
[personal profile] luthien
Urgh. Somehow, I'm writing four stories at once. This is something I NEVER do. I try so hard to focus on one story at a time, because I've come to grief in the past when my attention was divided. But apparently this is the way things roll for me in this fandom. *SIGH*

At least two of the four fics are just one-shots. I'm going to do my best to finish one of them tomorrow, after some sleep. Then I'll only have three WIPs. What could possibly go wrong?