Elizabeth Le Fen
@fenbeast.bsky.social
Martial artist with creaky knees. Only functioning pancreas in the fam. Fiber arts & STEM editing. She/her. Language NSFW. Opinions mine. My cat Anakin stares at you.
She is the cutest. The “Elf” photo is adorable.
November 29, 2025 at 12:03 PM
She is the cutest. The “Elf” photo is adorable.
The part that was really scary was that Angus was on the verge of a fighting frenzy, and he was holding himself back because I was there. He has only gone into a frenzy once before, with Rain—the time I got between them & Angus bit me on the ass.
Loki would’ve been toast if Angus had let loose.
Loki would’ve been toast if Angus had let loose.
November 29, 2025 at 11:55 AM
The part that was really scary was that Angus was on the verge of a fighting frenzy, and he was holding himself back because I was there. He has only gone into a frenzy once before, with Rain—the time I got between them & Angus bit me on the ass.
Loki would’ve been toast if Angus had let loose.
Loki would’ve been toast if Angus had let loose.
Which is why I’m thinking his cojones won’t be, uh, hanging around much longer. We usually keep boydogs intact until they’re fully grown as long as they’re not near any intact females (Holly was spayed earlier this year) but if that aggressive male dominance shit keeps up, a snip will cool his jets.
November 29, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Which is why I’m thinking his cojones won’t be, uh, hanging around much longer. We usually keep boydogs intact until they’re fully grown as long as they’re not near any intact females (Holly was spayed earlier this year) but if that aggressive male dominance shit keeps up, a snip will cool his jets.
Yeah, you’re not in a position to be breaking up dog fights.
If it had just been the two of them, I’d have been okay on my own. Holly was the major obstacle to that. If Eric hadn’t come I would have had to grab a frying pan and bonk Loki over the head. He was in a frenzied state.
If it had just been the two of them, I’d have been okay on my own. Holly was the major obstacle to that. If Eric hadn’t come I would have had to grab a frying pan and bonk Loki over the head. He was in a frenzied state.
November 29, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Yeah, you’re not in a position to be breaking up dog fights.
If it had just been the two of them, I’d have been okay on my own. Holly was the major obstacle to that. If Eric hadn’t come I would have had to grab a frying pan and bonk Loki over the head. He was in a frenzied state.
If it had just been the two of them, I’d have been okay on my own. Holly was the major obstacle to that. If Eric hadn’t come I would have had to grab a frying pan and bonk Loki over the head. He was in a frenzied state.
Loki has a very poor sense of his own size and strength and he will get into trouble if we don’t make it clear that he’s not allowed to treat his packmates like that.
Yet another goddamn teenager.
Might be time for him to lose his cojones
Yet another goddamn teenager.
Might be time for him to lose his cojones
November 29, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Loki has a very poor sense of his own size and strength and he will get into trouble if we don’t make it clear that he’s not allowed to treat his packmates like that.
Yet another goddamn teenager.
Might be time for him to lose his cojones
Yet another goddamn teenager.
Might be time for him to lose his cojones
Ten minutes later everyone was friends again.
November 29, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Ten minutes later everyone was friends again.
That was enough to break Loki out of his fighting frenzy. At which point Mark came over, took hold of him and put him down on his side until he submitted. Meanwhile I checked Angus out for injuries, but Loki had grabbed the back of his neck where the fur is thickest & never broke skin. Thank god.
November 29, 2025 at 3:45 AM
That was enough to break Loki out of his fighting frenzy. At which point Mark came over, took hold of him and put him down on his side until he submitted. Meanwhile I checked Angus out for injuries, but Loki had grabbed the back of his neck where the fur is thickest & never broke skin. Thank god.
Eric came to help but even he couldn’t get Loki off Angus. Finally Mark, who is our dog whisperer, came limping out on his walker and literally shoved the walker into Loki’s face to make him back off (which is when I grabbed his scruff, got bitten, and then got hold of an ear and twisted.)
November 29, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Eric came to help but even he couldn’t get Loki off Angus. Finally Mark, who is our dog whisperer, came limping out on his walker and literally shoved the walker into Loki’s face to make him back off (which is when I grabbed his scruff, got bitten, and then got hold of an ear and twisted.)
I should state at this point that all dogs are fine, no blood was shed, and the only injury sustained in the ruckus was a pair of bruises inflicted by Loki on my left arm — he snapped at me when I tried to get him off Angus left handed while holding Holly back right handed.
November 29, 2025 at 3:38 AM
I should state at this point that all dogs are fine, no blood was shed, and the only injury sustained in the ruckus was a pair of bruises inflicted by Loki on my left arm — he snapped at me when I tried to get him off Angus left handed while holding Holly back right handed.
…where Loki is, there also is Holly, who is both taller and heavier than Angus. She is Bronn to Loki’s Tyrion. Even though she’s a bit of a coward, she’s protective of Loki.
Which meant that, instead of pulling Loki off Angus for Loki’s protection, I had to hold back Holly for Angus’s protection.
Which meant that, instead of pulling Loki off Angus for Loki’s protection, I had to hold back Holly for Angus’s protection.
November 29, 2025 at 3:35 AM
…where Loki is, there also is Holly, who is both taller and heavier than Angus. She is Bronn to Loki’s Tyrion. Even though she’s a bit of a coward, she’s protective of Loki.
Which meant that, instead of pulling Loki off Angus for Loki’s protection, I had to hold back Holly for Angus’s protection.
Which meant that, instead of pulling Loki off Angus for Loki’s protection, I had to hold back Holly for Angus’s protection.
Aside from which, you can find plenty to mock about a bull in a china shop, but the wreckage and waste it creates are far from funny. Especially to those whose well-being depends on that china shop being able to serve clientele.
November 29, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Aside from which, you can find plenty to mock about a bull in a china shop, but the wreckage and waste it creates are far from funny. Especially to those whose well-being depends on that china shop being able to serve clientele.
… given that the fauxto had some glaring flaws and the photo I recommended was a better version of the same subject matter, I would’ve been justified in giving a verbal smackdown.
November 29, 2025 at 3:09 AM
… given that the fauxto had some glaring flaws and the photo I recommended was a better version of the same subject matter, I would’ve been justified in giving a verbal smackdown.
Oh so this.
An image in a book chapter I’m proofing was pretty clearly AI generated. I found, on the very same stock photo resource no less, a photo of similar composition and content that was pretty obviously genuine. I suggested that they swap the slop for the real thing. Not in those words, but…
An image in a book chapter I’m proofing was pretty clearly AI generated. I found, on the very same stock photo resource no less, a photo of similar composition and content that was pretty obviously genuine. I suggested that they swap the slop for the real thing. Not in those words, but…
November 29, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Oh so this.
An image in a book chapter I’m proofing was pretty clearly AI generated. I found, on the very same stock photo resource no less, a photo of similar composition and content that was pretty obviously genuine. I suggested that they swap the slop for the real thing. Not in those words, but…
An image in a book chapter I’m proofing was pretty clearly AI generated. I found, on the very same stock photo resource no less, a photo of similar composition and content that was pretty obviously genuine. I suggested that they swap the slop for the real thing. Not in those words, but…
Curtis was OK too, at least in my experience as his TA. But God, the Mayanists were terrible.
November 28, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Curtis was OK too, at least in my experience as his TA. But God, the Mayanists were terrible.
But those two experiences showed me that the advisers I had chosen because I trusted other women to have my back— didn’t. And that was a big part of my eventual decision to find another career.
November 28, 2025 at 2:10 PM
But those two experiences showed me that the advisers I had chosen because I trusted other women to have my back— didn’t. And that was a big part of my eventual decision to find another career.
… I replied at length in a manner intended to bore her spitless, refusing to allow interruptions.
She smiled at me about 10 minutes into the monologue, so she got the message.
She smiled at me about 10 minutes into the monologue, so she got the message.
November 28, 2025 at 2:08 PM
… I replied at length in a manner intended to bore her spitless, refusing to allow interruptions.
She smiled at me about 10 minutes into the monologue, so she got the message.
She smiled at me about 10 minutes into the monologue, so she got the message.
… I had been trying to show that I had the botanical knowledge that was my weakest area going into my studies and pointed out that if she really wanted to be assured of my knowledge of site-specific evidence, she should ask me in the orals. She said ok. And when she asked the question, …
November 28, 2025 at 2:05 PM
… I had been trying to show that I had the botanical knowledge that was my weakest area going into my studies and pointed out that if she really wanted to be assured of my knowledge of site-specific evidence, she should ask me in the orals. She said ok. And when she asked the question, …
What I did to Julie in my oral exam was way better.
Julie said she wasn’t sure she should pass me on my written exam because I didn’t talk enough about the paleoethnobotanical evidence from specific Mesoamerican sites (which I knew she didn’t know anything about). I told her …
Julie said she wasn’t sure she should pass me on my written exam because I didn’t talk enough about the paleoethnobotanical evidence from specific Mesoamerican sites (which I knew she didn’t know anything about). I told her …
November 28, 2025 at 2:02 PM
What I did to Julie in my oral exam was way better.
Julie said she wasn’t sure she should pass me on my written exam because I didn’t talk enough about the paleoethnobotanical evidence from specific Mesoamerican sites (which I knew she didn’t know anything about). I told her …
Julie said she wasn’t sure she should pass me on my written exam because I didn’t talk enough about the paleoethnobotanical evidence from specific Mesoamerican sites (which I knew she didn’t know anything about). I told her …
I dunno, her face when I said “we both know I speak it better than you do” was pretty priceless. I mean, she laughed and agreed, and dropped the subject, but still.
November 28, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I dunno, her face when I said “we both know I speak it better than you do” was pretty priceless. I mean, she laughed and agreed, and dropped the subject, but still.
Oh, name names. If he was a Mayanist, I might’ve known him.
November 28, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Oh, name names. If he was a Mayanist, I might’ve known him.
18 minutes in, my 20 yo shows up and insists I restart it so he can watch it too.
November 28, 2025 at 1:40 AM
18 minutes in, my 20 yo shows up and insists I restart it so he can watch it too.