http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2008/11/merkley_declares_victory_thurs.html ( in_the_blue says, not unlike Minnesota and Florida, that the urban areas are blue whereas the more rural parts of the state are quite red. Oregon was not a given.)

Happy belated birthday wishes to three lovely ladies:  super_pan  ,  aggiebell90  , and  in_the_blue  .  Y'all are great, and deserve more than belated wishes, but I seem to suck at the internet lately. I hope you all had fantastic days!

Happy birthday to the wonderful in_the_blue ! I hope you had a great weekend and birthday. All the best in the coming year.

On the theory that we could all use a hearty dose of positive energy and general warm fuzziness while we wait, none too patiently, for better times; that *no* one I know is getting told often enough what a good job they are doing just getting through this crazy, lovely world. Take a second, and mention something you like about me (if such a thing exists) in the comments. Then repost this to your own...

Remember way back when I asked for drabble prompts and so many of you wonderfully amazing people helped me out?  I'm guessing my now you've decided that I'm just a flake and am not going to finish them.  You're wrong! I'm still working on them.  Real life has just, unfortunately, left little room for writing lately.  But I'm chipping away at them and, today, I bring you the next entry! This fic...

The Omnivore's Hundred is a list of foods the gastronomic Andrew Wheeler thinks everyone should try at least once in their lives. The rules of the meme: bold those you have tried, strikethrough those you wouldn't eat on a bet. 2a) Italicize any item you'll never eat again. 2b) Asterisk any items you'd be interested in trying but have not yet. 1. Venison 2. Nettle tea 3. Huevos rancheros 4. Steak...

On an entirely different note: I have finally finished all the fics from the prompts I requested from you guys like two months ago. Slow and steady? Um. ANYWAYS. For completeness' sake, and for anyone who may have missed theirs, I am going to link them all here! If some of them are insane, that is because you guys ASKED FOR INSANE THINGS. For agonistes : Jayne and Kaylee in matching costumes...

 I've learned that, when I'm writing regularly, new ideas seem to come to me with relative ease.  But when RL intervenes and keeps me from writing, I can't come up with a new idea to save my life. Hence, a meme! Taken from nattieb . I will write a drabble for the first five (or so) commenters to request one by giving me a prompt in the comments. In return, they have to post this in their...

Back to 'work' at 20:00, which translates into 'what do I clear off my desk today?' Interview upstairs tomorrow, if we can get coordinated. At Debbie's work, the VP who was needed for the hiring process is back today and apparently reviewing resumes. Ummmm, what else. Oh yeah, broke two Corel Grab-Its and a relatively irreplaceable Visions saucepan yesterday or thereabouts, so I'm upset about that...

I'm cross-posting a snippetito that I wrote for a writing challenge at the awesome in_the_blue 's LJ. The prompt was "in the dark, every sound is magnified." "It's snoring, River. Snoring isn't dangerous." "It gives me an uncomfortableness." "Please don't quote Jayne. I don't think I can take it on top of the snoring." The horrible noise was ten times louder now that River had opened...