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inspiredbyback on my Metric bullshit again, lol. Here's 28 song titles-
( 28 Metric Song Titles for February 2026 )
( 28 Metric Song Titles for February 2026 )
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greetingsfrommaarsChallenge #12: Make an appreciation post to those who enhance your fandom life. Appreciate them in bullet points, prose, poetry, a moodboard, a song... whatever moves you!
I'm treating this as a take two at the "love letter" challenge, which was indeed challenging for me. It feels easier to write a thank-you note somehow.
Thank you to my besties who are active in completely different fandoms from me but are always down to hear about mine (neither of whom use this site). To f-yeah and data blogs of years past on tumblr. (tbzpics, you were a real one.) To those who run networks for promoting everyone's fan works - ultkpopnetwork, tbzinc, for-oneus, kpopccc... btsgfx back in the day... and I suppose to tumblr community mods too, even if I barely use that feature. May we all one day get to see our biases wilding in person at concerts. To one particular tumblr deobi! Thank you for haunting me with That One Eric Image when I open the tag. To those who run communities here - it's important to have gathering places. To those who run fandom events anywhere, with your spreadsheet-fu and your (sometimes unplanned) reveal-wrangling. (Shoutout to July Break Bingo and associated events for sparking creativity and being really chill about it.) To compilation makers and fan translators!
And finally, of course, to everyone I've gotten to talk to during this lively month of January. Thanks for being here. I raise my mug of hot water to you all :)
I'm treating this as a take two at the "love letter" challenge, which was indeed challenging for me. It feels easier to write a thank-you note somehow.
Thank you to my besties who are active in completely different fandoms from me but are always down to hear about mine (neither of whom use this site). To f-yeah and data blogs of years past on tumblr. (tbzpics, you were a real one.) To those who run networks for promoting everyone's fan works - ultkpopnetwork, tbzinc, for-oneus, kpopccc... btsgfx back in the day... and I suppose to tumblr community mods too, even if I barely use that feature. May we all one day get to see our biases wilding in person at concerts. To one particular tumblr deobi! Thank you for haunting me with That One Eric Image when I open the tag. To those who run communities here - it's important to have gathering places. To those who run fandom events anywhere, with your spreadsheet-fu and your (sometimes unplanned) reveal-wrangling. (Shoutout to July Break Bingo and associated events for sparking creativity and being really chill about it.) To compilation makers and fan translators!
And finally, of course, to everyone I've gotten to talk to during this lively month of January. Thanks for being here. I raise my mug of hot water to you all :)
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ysabetwordsmithWe've passed the third week of January. This includes more of the dropoff days: January 17, January 19, and the third Friday.
It's good for people to make their own plans, with help if wanted or needed. Variations of "How is that working for you?" are used to gauge progress. Here's an example from Brief Action Planning with a flow chart. This concept applies to most problem-solving situations, and it's something that anyone can learn to use.
The above approach is a shorthand version of the engineer problem-solving method. It requires following several steps such as defining a problem, brainstorming solutions, testing a solution, evaluating results, and making changes if necessary.
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It's good for people to make their own plans, with help if wanted or needed. Variations of "How is that working for you?" are used to gauge progress. Here's an example from Brief Action Planning with a flow chart. This concept applies to most problem-solving situations, and it's something that anyone can learn to use.
The above approach is a shorthand version of the engineer problem-solving method. It requires following several steps such as defining a problem, brainstorming solutions, testing a solution, evaluating results, and making changes if necessary.
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jellyfishloverHello!! Happy (belated) new years! I hope 2026 has been treating you alright so far.
I would like to do a retrospective of some of the things I’ve read/watched last year, but things have been hectic and I don’t quite have the brainpower for it now. But soon! Hopefully! So this post is mostly just links.
( Some events going on right now... )
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( Drawing )
I would like to do a retrospective of some of the things I’ve read/watched last year, but things have been hectic and I don’t quite have the brainpower for it now. But soon! Hopefully! So this post is mostly just links.
( Some events going on right now... )
( Article links... )
( Drawing )
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silveradeptsnowflake_challenge would like us to take a moment, for challenge #12, and appreciate the people who make life better for you in your fandoms.Challenge #12
Make an appreciation post to those who enhance your fandom life. Appreciate them in bullet points, prose, poetry, a moodboard, a song… whatever moves you!
( I am not a rock, but neither am I someone who is in a great amount of community. )
Finally, I say this almost every time I talk about it, not because I believe that she'll ever come across it, but if that moonshot ever does happen, I want her to know it with certainty: Caroline, if you're still out there, we love 9th Elsewhere. And while we hope that maybe you'll pick it back up and bring it to a close, what we really want you to know is that the journey that Eiji and Carmen have taken holds a special place in all of us, so thank you for what you've done. I hope that knowing you have people who are fans and who have found this particular journey meaningful helps you with your own life, wherever you may be, and whatever you might be doing right now. I would love the opportunity to discuss umbrella-related poses with you again at some point.
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sageSo I got jabbed Wednesday afternoon and the guy warned me the side effects would be bad, like notably worse than a covid jab. He said to expect to feel awful for 48-72 hours. And at 48 hours, I had a fever of 100F, a painful, itchy arm, no energy, and sniffles. (Though the sniffles might be allergies.) All of this is on the information sheet. And the second jab will be in 2-6 months. Happily, it was free at my pharmacy, though it would cost $57 at my clinic. (Weird.)
I'm so tired.
I hope y'all are doing well. Stay safe in the frigid cold. We're due at least a quarter inch of ice tomorrow. :(((
I'm so tired.
I hope y'all are doing well. Stay safe in the frigid cold. We're due at least a quarter inch of ice tomorrow. :(((
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ysabetwordsmithCities Must Fix Inspections
Think permitting and inspections reform don't matter? Listen to this hellish account.
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Think permitting and inspections reform don't matter? Listen to this hellish account.
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delphi✓ kingstoken's 2026 Book Bingo: First Person POV
The Red Chesterfield by Wayne Arthurson is a 2019 crime novella (with a touch of magical realism) about a bylaw enforcement officer, M, who finds a body while investigating an abandoned chesterfield. The incident leaves M shaken and drawn into more than one mystery as the chesterfield keeps appearing and a regular on M's route disappears. But the book is less interested in answering "whodunnit" than it is with looking at characters' decisions about getting involved in crime and drama and how priorities around family, romantic relationships, career, community, truth and justice can shift the usual narrative shape of the genre.
This is one of those books that I want to take apart with a little eyeglass screwdriver to see how it works. It's an absolute marvel of efficiency. It's only 99 pages (that exact number being by design, I suspect) with large text and several half-page chapters, but it's packed with story. It covers a lot of ground without feeling like it's moving as fast as it is. We get to know so much about who M is as a person but from a deep enough position that we skip a lot of high-level markers or exposition. This story is built on implication and inference, and the reader's principally assigned to solving the protagonist rather than the plot.
I really enjoyed this one, and I'm looking forward to checking out the author's other work.
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kingstoken's 2026 Book Bingo: First Person POVThe Red Chesterfield by Wayne Arthurson is a 2019 crime novella (with a touch of magical realism) about a bylaw enforcement officer, M, who finds a body while investigating an abandoned chesterfield. The incident leaves M shaken and drawn into more than one mystery as the chesterfield keeps appearing and a regular on M's route disappears. But the book is less interested in answering "whodunnit" than it is with looking at characters' decisions about getting involved in crime and drama and how priorities around family, romantic relationships, career, community, truth and justice can shift the usual narrative shape of the genre.
This is one of those books that I want to take apart with a little eyeglass screwdriver to see how it works. It's an absolute marvel of efficiency. It's only 99 pages (that exact number being by design, I suspect) with large text and several half-page chapters, but it's packed with story. It covers a lot of ground without feeling like it's moving as fast as it is. We get to know so much about who M is as a person but from a deep enough position that we skip a lot of high-level markers or exposition. This story is built on implication and inference, and the reader's principally assigned to solving the protagonist rather than the plot.
I really enjoyed this one, and I'm looking forward to checking out the author's other work.
( An Excerpt )
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ysabetwordsmithToday is partly sunny and cold. Heavy snow and deep cold are predicted for the weekend. :/
I fed the birds. I've seen a small flock of sparrows and a male cardinal.
I put out water for the birds.
EDIT 1/23/26 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.
I've seen a large flock of sparrows and a female downy woodpecker.
EDIT 1/23/26 -- I did more work around the patio.
EDIT 1/23/26 -- I did more work around the patio.
I am done for the night.
I fed the birds. I've seen a small flock of sparrows and a male cardinal.
I put out water for the birds.
EDIT 1/23/26 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.
I've seen a large flock of sparrows and a female downy woodpecker.
EDIT 1/23/26 -- I did more work around the patio.
EDIT 1/23/26 -- I did more work around the patio.
I am done for the night.
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ysabetwordsmithSnowflake Challenge 12: Appreciation
Today's challenge is all about delivering appreciation where it's due. Who makes your fandom life better?
Make an appreciation post to those who enhance your fandom life. Appreciate them in bullet points, prose, poetry, a moodboard, a song... whatever moves you!
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Today's challenge is all about delivering appreciation where it's due. Who makes your fandom life better?
Make an appreciation post to those who enhance your fandom life. Appreciate them in bullet points, prose, poetry, a moodboard, a song... whatever moves you!
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sholioI don't think I posted about Amperslash when it revealed, but I got a lovely gift!
The Ties that Bind Us (Biggles, slightly ambiguous Biggles/EvS)
A very fun, sensual fic in which they are trying to squirm out of ropes tying them together, while also talking about Feelings.
And I got THREE gifts in Holiday Airdrop, the Biggles exchange I run! This time around, all are gen and Algy & EvS-focused.
Soft Landings, a wonderfully well realized, hurt/comforty AU in which Algy is the first person on the team to encounter Erich during Buries a Hatchet.
A Silver-Topped Cane is a lovely little post-Terai bit of comfort and bonding, in which Erich offers advice and maybe a little commiseration while Algy is healing.
Forge is deliciously iddy and visceral h/c in which EvS and Algy are handcuffed together in the desert.
Between the two exchanges, I wrote five fics, including some pairings I don't normally write! I'm looking forward to getting to 'fess up to them.
The Ties that Bind Us (Biggles, slightly ambiguous Biggles/EvS)
A very fun, sensual fic in which they are trying to squirm out of ropes tying them together, while also talking about Feelings.
And I got THREE gifts in Holiday Airdrop, the Biggles exchange I run! This time around, all are gen and Algy & EvS-focused.
Soft Landings, a wonderfully well realized, hurt/comforty AU in which Algy is the first person on the team to encounter Erich during Buries a Hatchet.
A Silver-Topped Cane is a lovely little post-Terai bit of comfort and bonding, in which Erich offers advice and maybe a little commiseration while Algy is healing.
Forge is deliciously iddy and visceral h/c in which EvS and Algy are handcuffed together in the desert.
Between the two exchanges, I wrote five fics, including some pairings I don't normally write! I'm looking forward to getting to 'fess up to them.