Azure Jane Lunatic
@azurelunatic.bsky.social
Azz for short. Multi-field dilettante, writer, crocheter, hobbyist, chatterbox. Former professional squeaky wheel. I bump into things and find bugs. Alaska-grown, previously of Greater SF Bay Area, PNW-er. They/them.
(in book 6, he turns out to be a forced birth advocate in addition to being creepy and a zealot)
January 26, 2026 at 2:30 PM
(in book 6, he turns out to be a forced birth advocate in addition to being creepy and a zealot)
Possible first segments include
* The poetry of
- Jack Prelutsky
- Nael, Age 6
* something suitably grim from a Shapenote hymn
* something out of context from Much Ado About Nothing
* The poetry of
- Jack Prelutsky
- Nael, Age 6
* something suitably grim from a Shapenote hymn
* something out of context from Much Ado About Nothing
January 12, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Possible first segments include
* The poetry of
- Jack Prelutsky
- Nael, Age 6
* something suitably grim from a Shapenote hymn
* something out of context from Much Ado About Nothing
* The poetry of
- Jack Prelutsky
- Nael, Age 6
* something suitably grim from a Shapenote hymn
* something out of context from Much Ado About Nothing
Though if I'm using Alphaville, "Forever Young" has more scope for irony. *John.*
(That last is pronounced the same as "Cows have *friends*, *John*.")
(John is no longer a word, my brain can't understand why it's spelled)
(That last is pronounced the same as "Cows have *friends*, *John*.")
(John is no longer a word, my brain can't understand why it's spelled)
January 12, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Though if I'm using Alphaville, "Forever Young" has more scope for irony. *John.*
(That last is pronounced the same as "Cows have *friends*, *John*.")
(John is no longer a word, my brain can't understand why it's spelled)
(That last is pronounced the same as "Cows have *friends*, *John*.")
(John is no longer a word, my brain can't understand why it's spelled)
Modern freezing portioners and shapers seem like they would be super useful if I was still making big batch recipes. I love it for infrequently used perishable sauces like marinara, which I only use on mozzarella sticks. Also bacon grease! It's so nice to just toss a bacsicle in the pan!
January 9, 2026 at 7:40 AM
Modern freezing portioners and shapers seem like they would be super useful if I was still making big batch recipes. I love it for infrequently used perishable sauces like marinara, which I only use on mozzarella sticks. Also bacon grease! It's so nice to just toss a bacsicle in the pan!
I do appreciate the bread machine! Pizza night is so much easier. But I mostly use it on the dough cycle. Bread shape is important!
January 9, 2026 at 7:36 AM
I do appreciate the bread machine! Pizza night is so much easier. But I mostly use it on the dough cycle. Bread shape is important!
Stand mixer might be one for me, but the trouble there is, I was using a 60 quart one before I got my 6 quart, so it seems like a dollhouse toy instead of the thing that lets me still do recipes with extended stirring or any kneading.
January 9, 2026 at 7:33 AM
Stand mixer might be one for me, but the trouble there is, I was using a 60 quart one before I got my 6 quart, so it seems like a dollhouse toy instead of the thing that lets me still do recipes with extended stirring or any kneading.
I grew up with a rice cooker, and I think it was my mom's magic appliance, or my dad's. When my internet children went off to college I strongarmed the one who eats rice into getting a small rice cooker. No regrets.
January 9, 2026 at 7:24 AM
I grew up with a rice cooker, and I think it was my mom's magic appliance, or my dad's. When my internet children went off to college I strongarmed the one who eats rice into getting a small rice cooker. No regrets.
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Synopsis: You need to kick more people out.
You will actually have a larger base of customers/attendees if you kick more people out. You will make more money. I am dead serious.
You will actually have a larger base of customers/attendees if you kick more people out. You will make more money. I am dead serious.
January 6, 2026 at 8:09 PM
Synopsis: You need to kick more people out.
You will actually have a larger base of customers/attendees if you kick more people out. You will make more money. I am dead serious.
You will actually have a larger base of customers/attendees if you kick more people out. You will make more money. I am dead serious.
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Oh! Did I forget to get ridiculous on the necklace category? Can't have that.
OK, everyone in chorus now:
"WE KNOW HOW YOU GET"
OK, everyone in chorus now:
"WE KNOW HOW YOU GET"
January 1, 2026 at 5:39 AM
Oh! Did I forget to get ridiculous on the necklace category? Can't have that.
OK, everyone in chorus now:
"WE KNOW HOW YOU GET"
OK, everyone in chorus now:
"WE KNOW HOW YOU GET"
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Please share this with anyone you know who still uses LiveJournal. It could collapse next week; it could last another two years. I think "next week" is probably too fast and "two years" is probably pushing it, a lot; that's my only prediction.
January 1, 2026 at 11:26 AM
Please share this with anyone you know who still uses LiveJournal. It could collapse next week; it could last another two years. I think "next week" is probably too fast and "two years" is probably pushing it, a lot; that's my only prediction.
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I do not, to my very great sorrow, think LJ will survive in anything resembling even its "hollowed-out shell of what it used to be" current form for much longer. And I hate what it's become, but I'll cry when it dies, because it shaped SO MUCH of my life.
January 1, 2026 at 11:26 AM
I do not, to my very great sorrow, think LJ will survive in anything resembling even its "hollowed-out shell of what it used to be" current form for much longer. And I hate what it's become, but I'll cry when it dies, because it shaped SO MUCH of my life.
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If there is anything you still care about hosted on LJ -- posts, links, icons, photos, anything -- and you don't have a backup, get that backup ASAP. I have not stayed current on ways to back up. The ones I used to know of:
January 1, 2026 at 11:26 AM
If there is anything you still care about hosted on LJ -- posts, links, icons, photos, anything -- and you don't have a backup, get that backup ASAP. I have not stayed current on ways to back up. The ones I used to know of:
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Because of sanctions, it will be very difficult for them to find a buyer, and most of the potential options would be deeply not great. Given the lack of advance notice for the changes in that RU news post, I suspect the sale or shutdown will come equally without notice if and when it happens.
January 1, 2026 at 11:26 AM
Because of sanctions, it will be very difficult for them to find a buyer, and most of the potential options would be deeply not great. Given the lack of advance notice for the changes in that RU news post, I suspect the sale or shutdown will come equally without notice if and when it happens.
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I am very, very conscious of how it looks for me to be saying this, because I own and operate a direct competitor to LJ, but: I strongly suspect, from all these signals, that Sberbank is preparing to either sell the outside-Russia part of LJ if they can find a buyer, or shut it down if they can't.
January 1, 2026 at 11:26 AM
I am very, very conscious of how it looks for me to be saying this, because I own and operate a direct competitor to LJ, but: I strongly suspect, from all these signals, that Sberbank is preparing to either sell the outside-Russia part of LJ if they can find a buyer, or shut it down if they can't.