ONCE AGAIN I have physically attached to my computer a note distinguishing supra from infra. Having looked it up and thought *deeply* about superior v. inferior, I will retain this information for approximately two days. But by next Monday, forget about it. It'll be gone again.

Three women converge on a City of Refuge: a girl destined for the perfect marriage, an apprentice torn between the right thing and the life she loves, and a mercenary who just wants to get paid but can't sit by when one of her own violates the laws of Sanctuary.
#QuestPit #F #LGBTQ

I think this is a big part of why I loved Section 31 despite... some notes. Michelle Yeoh is so obviously having fun, and it is SO contagious.

Okay, I 1000% get the objection to this particular recovering heroin addict, but I'm not sure about this gotcha. Isn't it... a good thing that a heroin addict can recover and have the chance to be awful in front of the Senate?? I mean, again, not this particular one.

5 year old is utterly delighted by my extremely basic sleight of hand magic tricks, and it is possibly the best thing ever.

Got outside whilst partner had kiddo, dodged the drizzle and winced through a squelchy lawn, to put down some more compost and straw and pull a few weeds. Just a lil half hour or so, but WHEW that garden time felt so good!!

An underrated joy in life is finding a great series really late in the game. What's that, I found a book I love and there are like 9 books more I get to read?? Like sinking into a warm bath... which happens to be full of snarky magical lawyers. (yes, it IS @maxgladstone.bsky.social's Craft sequence)

When people argue about navigating Santa and the Tooth Fairy with kids, there are usually two things: the truth and the magic of childhood.
But there's a secret third thing:
the opportunity to pull a very wholesome con. I can't lie, the con may be my favorite part.

J'adore when a letter writer to an advice column is very clearly The Problem. Recently:
-final letter at slate.com/advice/2024/...
-final letter at slate.com/advice/2024/...
-final letter at slate.com/advice/2024/....
BONUS wtf does "an old dodge charger (think serial killer)" even mean??

Things That Delight Me at 40
-watching two different kinds of squash grow despite using just one seed packet
-putting half a dozen sf/f books in my hold queue
-scheming pizza toppings for a lil party
-wearing things I’ve knitted
-achieving fancy buns (hair)
-finding fancy goops that work (skin)