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Aoi Hana→13 Hourou Musuko←4 LIFE→5 Love DNA XX←8 Zombie-Loan→13 misc animals←6 HELLO AGAIN, FOLKS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24...

Up Against Your Will 1/4

... going to level with you. William told me about the book, and what it does. From your expression, I guess you know he wants it.” Kevin cut him off with a gesture. “It’s not available for sale, loan, theft or exchange.” He gave his word, he was never letting go of it. The guy nodded amiably. “Figured as much. Anyway, William sent me to ask nicely, but,” he counted it out awkwardly on his fingers,...

End of year/New year summary

...friends. Cycling. Fixing and mending things (including bicycles and clothes). My favourite stuff: I feel good that many of the things I own get so well-used. As with previous years, my computer (on indefinite loan from Cameron), my bicycle, and my backpack get the most use. I've also appreciated and made good use of: the music player Helen gave me, good shoes (1 pair of sturdy boots for winter, ...

Investment Plan

...with the best return over the longest period of time (5 year minimum) 3rd, if you have a credit card or loan (except business loan or mortgage) that is higher than like 7%, work on paying that off. Paying off a 12% loan is similar to making 12% on the stock market. Or to use the earlier analogy, using a credit card that pays 12...

Mirth Winternight's Journal

... so He struggles to shape us, or Mowren thinks it’s all too funny. Once again we are out of our depth even as we are the only ones available. This time, a necklace owned by the Empress and on loan to a giant noblewoman had been stolen. It is possible that no one in the group is less useful in such circumstances than I am. I have no notion of how to proceed with an investigation, and I don’t have ...

New Year's Day!

...' resolutions, and will you make more for next year? Last year's: No Smoking [Yes! I had ONE cigarette] Lose Weight [No] Pay off a Credit Card [Kind of, my dad gave me a low-interest loan, so they are all gone now!] This year's: Pay off overdraft and Half of Dad Lose Weight Go to Whitby Visit 3 cities 3. Did anyone close to you give birth? red_mel had twins! 4. Did anyone close to ...

2009 2008: LJ Year in Review

... for me for the year was to get Peter is the Wolf in book form- twice over. This was done- barely, and only with borrowing money from PitW's artist. (I still owe him some on that loan, plus a good bit on royalties on sales of the book, dammit.) The book finally brought WLP to the breaking point with Diamond Comics Distribution , which means that WLP's future as a comic publisher is, at best...

... his boots from a block away,” “Do not toy with me anymore, Holmes,” I asked. “Speak plainly,” “Why tell, when I can show?” Holmes responded, shaking the man’s stiff right wrist. When Roger the Loan Shark’s concealed knife slipped, as always, into his palm, I remembered where it was I had seen a suit of such a distinctive blue. I AM GOING TO TRY MY DAMNDEST TO FINISH THIS BASTARD. WISH ...

Books so far this year #220-231

...#222-The Mystery of The Blue Train-Christie (new) (library) #223-Contacting Aliens: an illustrated guide to David Brin's uplift universe-Brin and Lenagh (library) (new) irritatingly, the library (including inter library loan) only has Sundiver and Startide Rising. Oh, and this. Ugh. I don't like any of the series but Sundiver enough to own them, but I felt like revisiting it. Guess I can't then. ...

On Vox: It's not such a Wonderful Life

... lesson. A lesson that the viewer can swallow like a harmless sugar pill: Your own desires are not important. Did George Bailey make the right choice when he decided to take over the building and loan instead of seeing the world? The film asserts that he did. If he hadn't been around, Bedford Falls would have turned into an amoral and over-developed hellhole. His choice represents an interest in ...