Easing back into RL

Nov. 30th, 2025 09:30 pm
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Posted by Sharon

I hate to waste a Buzz Lightyear stamp on the quarterlies (yes, I pay my fourth quarter in December), but that’s all I seem to have.

Also, it’s almost 11 hours from here to North Towinda NY, which — I’m trying to remember how we did that? Surely we didn’t go through Canada? I mean, we might — Oh. Wait.

We went via Pittsburgh.

Maine to Pittsburgh for Guest of Honor gig at CONfluence, then to North Towinda to the Herschell Museum, then to Niagra Falls, late, because that museum is awesome and we got lost for hours, and if you’re ever near enough for it to be even a tiny bit feasible, Do. It.

I remember coming home via Saratoga Springs, so that would have been 90 to 295.

Well. I’m glad I got that straightened out.

Looks to be more snow than mix outside, so, yeah, that’s still happening.

Maybe a cup of hot chocolate before I go down to cut some glass…

Firefly shared her blanket with me, even though I did not share my hot chocolate with her.
So that’s today’s fun with glass. I’d like to say I’m getting better, but what I’m actually doing is less “man that was awful” and more “that was a good cut.”

It’s now raining, and I’m thinking I should investigate the theory of lunch.

 

 

 

 

 

I think I’ve had enough fun for one day. I’m going to sign off, watch the last installment of Magriet, serve up Happy Hour when it’s time, read and go to bed on time. Tomorrow — is tomorrow.

Everybody have a good evening. Stay safe. Watch out for black ice.

I’ll check in tomorrow.

signed up for a 2026 Medicare plan

Nov. 30th, 2025 04:35 pm
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I signed up for a 2026 Medicare Advantage (part C) plan today. I had it narrowed it down to two plans, and decided yesterday which one I like better. There are minor differences--in particular, the one I chose has a lower copay for physical therapy--but there don't seem to be significant differences. It also has a slightly better rating, according to the Medicare.gov site, by half a star, but that might not be significant (an average 3.7 rounds to 3.5, and 3.8 rounds to 4).

Now, it should just be a matter of telling various doctors and pharmacies that my insurance has changed as of Jan. 1st, and maybe dealing with a new mail-order pharmacy for the Kesimpta.

They gave me a confirmation number, and if I don't hear from the company in the next few days I will call. (Normal open enrollment ends Dec. 7, but I have a "special election period" that runs through February.)

Easing back into RL

Nov. 30th, 2025 04:27 pm
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I hate to waste a Buzz Lightyear stamp on the quarterlies (yes, I pay my fourth quarter in December), but that's all I seem to have.

Also, it's almost 11 hours from here to North Towinda NY, which -- I'm trying to remember how we did that? Surely we didn't go through Canada? I mean, we might -- Oh. Wait. 

We went via Pittsburgh.

Maine to Pittsburgh for Guest of Honor gig at CONfluence, then to North Towinda to the Herschell Museum, then to Niagra Falls, late, because that museum is awesome and we got lost for hours, and if you're ever near enough for it to be even a tiny bit feasible, Do. It.

I remember coming home via Saratoga Springs, so that would have been 90 to 295.

Well. I'm glad I got that straightened out.

Looks to be more snow than mix outside, so, yeah, that's still happening.

Maybe a cup of hot chocolate before I go down to cut some glass...

Firefly shared her blanket with me, even though I did not share my hot chocolate with her.
So that's today's fun with glass. I'd like to say I'm getting better, but what I'm actually doing is less "man that was awful" and more "that was a good cut."

It's now raining, and I'm thinking I should investigate the theory of lunch.

 

I think I've had enough fun for one day. I'm going to sign off, watch the last installment of Magriet, serve up Happy Hour when it's time, read and go to bed on time. Tomorrow -- is tomorrow.

Everybody have a good evening. Stay safe. Watch out for black ice.

I'll check in tomorrow.


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Read The ‘Benefits’ Of Being At The Table

Me: "It sounds like you’re purposefully creating reasons to fire people to stop them the benefits they deserve."
Store Manager #2: *To my Store Manager.* "I thought you said he was cool."

Read The ‘Benefits’ Of Being At The Table

Penric audio news

Nov. 30th, 2025 08:29 am
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Some preliminary dates have surfaced for the release of "Testimony of Mute Things" by Blackstone Audiobooks.

General release is scheduled for February 14, 2026:

https://www.downpour.com/products/boo...

And at all the usual suspects/online vendors. Happy Valentine's?

In addition, Audible has an earlier release on December 16th.

https://www.amazon.com/Testimony-Mute...

I've no idea why Audible gets a 2-month exclusive head start; business matters I expect. It was the same for "Demonic Ox".

At any rate, "Coming Soon!" is roughly true.

Ta, L.

posted by Lois McMaster Bujold on November, 30

Final update on AO3 tag wrangling

Nov. 30th, 2025 09:44 am
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I finally got an answer on my AO3 tag wrangling application. I was not selected. I'm feeling pretty pissed-off and crappy and unwanted over the whole thing. I'll be over here having a pity party today; feel free not to come — I don't even like interacting with me when I'm in this kind of mood.

ETA: A couple of hours later, I'm feeling somewhat better.

November 2025 in Review

Nov. 30th, 2025 10:29 am
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21 works reviewed. 11 by women (52%), 10 by men (48%), 0 by non-binary authors (0%), 0 by authors whose gender is unknown (0%), and 8 by POC (38%).

Book by book, closer to aleph null.

November 2025 in Review

Sunday Snowing

Nov. 30th, 2025 02:55 pm
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Posted by Sharon

The below is apt.

Yesterday, I did needed chores, ordered in from Asian Cafe, set up my Happy Light, took a shower, dressed in snuggly clothes and watched the penultimate Magriet, cats in attendance. I plan on doing more of the same today.

This morning starts a new winter tradition as I have my first cup of tea with the Happy Light and read FB on Steve’s tablet.

Hope everyone’s doing well.

Sunday Snowing

Nov. 30th, 2025 09:55 am
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The below is apt.

Yesterday, I did needed chores, ordered in from Asian Cafe, set up my Happy Light, took a shower, dressed in snuggly clothes and watched the penultimate Magriet, cats in attendance. I plan on doing more of the same today.

This morning starts a new winter tradition as I have my first cup of tea with the Happy Light and read FB on Steve's tablet.

Hope everyone's doing well.


A Titanic Misunderstanding, Part 2

Nov. 30th, 2025 02:30 pm
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Posted by Not Always Right

Read A Titanic Misunderstanding, Part 2

Me: "I found this one. James Cameron."
Friend: *Frowning.* "Never heard of him. He probably made films with a lot of bombings and shootings, which I don't watch."
Me: "Yes, you do know him. He made that movie... heh, that movie with the blue people..."
Friend: *With a large smile.* "Oh, he directed The Smurfs?"

Read A Titanic Misunderstanding, Part 2

2025.11.30

Nov. 30th, 2025 07:06 am
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All the president’s millions: how the Trumps are turning the presidency into riches
Tom Burgis
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/nov/30/all-the-presidents-millions-how-the-trumps-are-turning-the-presidency-into-riches

How to boost your calorie-crunching brown fat in the cold winter months
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https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20251128-how-to-boost-your-calorie-crunching-brown-fat-in-the-cold-winter-months

At least 193 dead in Sri Lanka flood, many more missing
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yq26x0dd6o

Seated salsa - the miracle movement to help ease back pain
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https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20251106-seated-salsa-the-miracle-movement-to-help-ease-back-pain
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Hello, friends! It's about to be December again, and you know what that means: the fact I am posting this actually before December 1 means [staff profile] karzilla reminded me about the existence of linear time again. Wait, no -- well, yes, but also -- okay, look, let me back up and start again: it's almost December, and that means it's time for our annual December holiday points bonus.

The standard explanation: For the entire month of December, all orders made in the Shop of points and paid time, either for you or as a gift for a friend, will have 10% of your completed cart total sent to you in points when you finish the transaction. For instance, if you buy an order of 12 months of paid time for $35 (350 points), you'll get 35 points when the order is complete, to use on a future purchase.

The fine print and much more behind this cut! )

Thank you, in short, for being the best possible users any social media site could possibly ever hope for. I'm probably in danger of crossing the Sappiness Line if I haven't already, but you all make everything worth it.

On behalf of Mark, Jen, Robby, and our team of awesome volunteers, and to each and every one of you, whether you've been with us on this wild ride since the beginning or just signed up last week, I'm wishing you all a very happy set of end-of-year holidays, whichever ones you celebrate, and hoping for all of you that your 2026 is full of kindness, determination, empathy, and a hell of a lot more luck than we've all had lately. Let's go.

Snow, Tree, and Fish

Nov. 29th, 2025 11:06 pm
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It has snowed a lot here today. A ruler in the back yard carried by younger child measured in excess of six inches at around 6 PM. It is still snowing now. Happily, the snow is supposed to clear out by 6 AM which means that the roads should be clear for K to take her bus back down to Ball State for Monday classes. All I have to do is get her to the pickup site before noon. Assuming that I can get out of the as-yet-unshovelled driveway...

The tree was purchased and placed in its stand yesterday. Late today, the lights and ornaments were added and it is very pretty. We are not sure what Calvin the Very Hungry Dog is going to make of the tree, but I am sure that we will find out. I really wanted to get this done this weekend, because I wanted K to be able to help decorate and I didn't want to wait to get a tree for another two weeks. And so it is done. :)

The news came down the line yesterday that Leslie Fish was very ill and in home hospice, followed today by the news that she had passed. I was never particularly close to her for a wide variety of reasons, none of which were particularly anyone's fault. Nor was I likely to have ever agreed with her politics in general, although I might have agreed with one thing or another at one time or another. This is somewhat akin to two blind squirrels discovering the same acorn.

But there was music. So *much* music! And when Off Centaur Publications was being a tremendous force in the filking community and being built on the contributions of so *many* different people, well, to filk Kipling, "It was Fish, Fish, Fish." And that made a difference in my life and that of many other people. She wrote a lot of songs and some of them were great ones.

Maybe that's not a bad way to be remembered.

Stoppard.

Nov. 29th, 2025 10:57 pm
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 He were brilliant.

Mr Ford took me to London (first class, yet, as he had to use up a lot of frequent flyer miles on a reorganizing airline, so we went fancy) to see Arcadia at the NT. It was stunning.

Glad we had him on the planet. He will be missed.

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