Farm update - RIP Egon
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luzulaToday Egon was taken by a goshawk, which ate at his body for a while before we discovered it had happened. I hope he died quickly. We will mourn you, Egon: you will never again cuddle with Eva, nor mate with a flirty female. I have tears in my eyes as I write this.
E and I took what was left of his body and salvaged his heart, liver, kidneys, one half of his breast, and one leg for us to eat. Although afterwards we discovered this page and realized there was more we could have used. I also examined what I realized must be the gizzard, which was quite interesting--I totally see now how they can swallow whole oat and barley grains and have them be crushed by the gravel in that strong hollow piece of muscle. It's strange to look at the other ducks now and know what they look like inside.
I made a three-course meal tonight, containing four things I have never cooked before, marked by numbers:
Starter: Duck heart, liver, and kidneys (1), fried with soy sauce, sesame oil, Sichuan pepper, garlic, rice wine, and a little bean paste. Thank you, Egon, it was delicious.
Main course: Hamburgers with acorn patties (2) and homemade French fries (3), with carrot slaw, homemade mayonnaise, grated homemade cheese, and chili sauce. The acorns had been leached for a long time and made quite a good base for minced "meat".
Dessert: Crème brûlée (4) flavored with rum, seared with E's new gas burner. It is really for killing weeds that have just sprouted, but why not take advantage?
E and I took what was left of his body and salvaged his heart, liver, kidneys, one half of his breast, and one leg for us to eat. Although afterwards we discovered this page and realized there was more we could have used. I also examined what I realized must be the gizzard, which was quite interesting--I totally see now how they can swallow whole oat and barley grains and have them be crushed by the gravel in that strong hollow piece of muscle. It's strange to look at the other ducks now and know what they look like inside.
I made a three-course meal tonight, containing four things I have never cooked before, marked by numbers:
Starter: Duck heart, liver, and kidneys (1), fried with soy sauce, sesame oil, Sichuan pepper, garlic, rice wine, and a little bean paste. Thank you, Egon, it was delicious.
Main course: Hamburgers with acorn patties (2) and homemade French fries (3), with carrot slaw, homemade mayonnaise, grated homemade cheese, and chili sauce. The acorns had been leached for a long time and made quite a good base for minced "meat".
Dessert: Crème brûlée (4) flavored with rum, seared with E's new gas burner. It is really for killing weeds that have just sprouted, but why not take advantage?
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Pride's Solace
12/4/26 16:28settiaiPride's Solace, a Dragon Age exchange focusing on Solas, when live a little while ago. I ended up getting not one but two lovely gifts from it!
First up is a fleeting moment, focusing on Lucanis & Solas & Spite post-Tearstone Island in DA:V.
Then there's Garden of Statues, focusing on Solas & Tarquin with Tarquin meeting Solas sometime pre-DA:V. There's also a lovely bit with Ashur towards the end.
First up is a fleeting moment, focusing on Lucanis & Solas & Spite post-Tearstone Island in DA:V.
Then there's Garden of Statues, focusing on Solas & Tarquin with Tarquin meeting Solas sometime pre-DA:V. There's also a lovely bit with Ashur towards the end.
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Book Bingo: N5 | Banned Book | Eleanor & Park
12/4/26 09:08seleneheartEleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
Blurb:
I checked out this book from the library based on the author's name alone!
The book is a great examination of first love between two teenagers. When holding hands feels monumental and daring. How sharing music leads to falling in love.
TW warning though: the book is searing indictment of the poor choices facing divorced women with children when the father doesn't fulfill his responsibilities. Abusive men. Predatory men, although he doesn't succeed - Eleanor gets away from him.
It was most likely banned because of its exploration of the burgeoning sexual awakening between two teenagers and its unfavorable opinion of abusive men.
DNF Note: I started In God We Trust (All Others Pay Cash), which is the series of essays that A Christmas Storywas based on. I had no patience for the misogyny and casual ageism in the first few pages.
Blurb:
Bono met his wife in high school, Park says.
So did Jerry Lee Lewis, Eleanor answers.
I’m not kidding, he says.
You should be, she says, we’re 16.
What about Romeo and Juliet?
Shallow, confused, then dead.
I love you, Park says.
Wherefore art thou, Eleanor answers.
I’m not kidding, he says.
You should be.
Set over the course of one school year in 1986, this is the story of two star-crossed misfits—smart enough to know that first love almost never lasts, but brave and desperate enough to try. When Eleanor meets Park, you’ll remember your own first love—and just how hard it pulled you under.
I checked out this book from the library based on the author's name alone!
The book is a great examination of first love between two teenagers. When holding hands feels monumental and daring. How sharing music leads to falling in love.
TW warning though: the book is searing indictment of the poor choices facing divorced women with children when the father doesn't fulfill his responsibilities. Abusive men. Predatory men, although he doesn't succeed - Eleanor gets away from him.
It was most likely banned because of its exploration of the burgeoning sexual awakening between two teenagers and its unfavorable opinion of abusive men.
DNF Note: I started In God We Trust (All Others Pay Cash), which is the series of essays that A Christmas Storywas based on. I had no patience for the misogyny and casual ageism in the first few pages.
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The case of the missing notifications
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dw_maintenanceI keep forgetting to post about this: we've been troubleshooting the "missing notifications" problem for the past few days. (Well, I say "we", really I mean Mark and Robby; I'm just the amanuensis.) It's been one of those annoying loops of "find a logical explanation for what could be causing the problem, fix that thing, observe that the problem gets better for some people but doesn't go away completely, go back to step one and start again", sigh.
Mark is hauling out the heavy debugging ordinance to try to find the root cause. Once he's done building all the extra logging tools he needs, he'll comment to this entry. After he does, if you find a comment that should have gone to your inbox and sent an email notification but didn't, leave him a link to the comment that should have sent the notification, as long as the comment itself was made after Mark says he's collecting them. (I'd wait and post this after he gets the debug code in but I need to go to sleep and he's not sure how long it will take!)
We're sorry about the hassle! Irregular/sporadic issues like this are really hard to troubleshoot because it's impossible to know if they're fixed or if they're just not happening while you're looking. With luck, this will give us enough information to figure out the root cause for real this time.
AO3
11/4/26 21:24settiaiNothing makes you feel old like looking at your AO3 profile, glancing at your user ID, and suddenly remembering that it's a really fucking small number because you technically joined before they were even in open beta. By, like, a day. But still. I remember the length of the queues back then.
Seriously, I was still living in Tennessee when I made that account. That's terrifying.
Seriously, I was still living in Tennessee when I made that account. That's terrifying.
the spirit is willing
11/4/26 20:12aethel1. I visited an art museum today, and now I need a nap.
2. More sorting games!
3. Books finished: I was skeptical about whether I'd enjoy Star Shipped, given that it was a contemporary romance. I was perhaps less interested in the main pairing than in how the novel incorporated fandom activity for the fictional show and how I've definitely read slashfic with the same gimmick before. I also recently finished Sorcery and Small Magics, a fantasy/romance (romantasy?) with an interesting magic system and enjoyable forest adventures. The only thing that bothered me was that it seemed to have the aesthetics of pre-Industrial England, but inconsistently modern sensibilities in terms of gender and sexuality. Of course, it's a fantasy world and not actually imperial Britain. I also fell asleep multiple times listening to the audiobook and may have missed an explanation about the setting. In any event, I'm looking forward to the sequel, because the romance part is still unresolved, argh!
4. Currently reading: Still Hitler, the Germans, and the Final Solution, mainly because I keep picking up other books that are on more pleasant topics and have larger font sizes. I'm also listening to the audiobooks for Cinder House (Cinderella retelling, with ghosts) and Between Two Rivers: Ancient Mesopotamia and the Birth of History.
2. More sorting games!
3. Books finished: I was skeptical about whether I'd enjoy Star Shipped, given that it was a contemporary romance. I was perhaps less interested in the main pairing than in how the novel incorporated fandom activity for the fictional show and how I've definitely read slashfic with the same gimmick before. I also recently finished Sorcery and Small Magics, a fantasy/romance (romantasy?) with an interesting magic system and enjoyable forest adventures. The only thing that bothered me was that it seemed to have the aesthetics of pre-Industrial England, but inconsistently modern sensibilities in terms of gender and sexuality. Of course, it's a fantasy world and not actually imperial Britain. I also fell asleep multiple times listening to the audiobook and may have missed an explanation about the setting. In any event, I'm looking forward to the sequel, because the romance part is still unresolved, argh!
4. Currently reading: Still Hitler, the Germans, and the Final Solution, mainly because I keep picking up other books that are on more pleasant topics and have larger font sizes. I'm also listening to the audiobooks for Cinder House (Cinderella retelling, with ghosts) and Between Two Rivers: Ancient Mesopotamia and the Birth of History.
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Mood Theme in a Year: Second Medium Track Run
10/4/26 21:50soc_puppet posting in dw_community_promoHello, everyone! Over at ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
moodthemeinayear, the second Medium Track run has just started.
For those not familiar with the schedule over there, the Medium Mood Track lasts about three months, and covers all of the higher-level moods: The fifteen absolute minimum moods you need for a complete custom mood theme, and the next nineteen that have moods that branch off of them (plus two extra). If you want to create a custom mood theme that's fairly well filled out but don't want to go for the whole 132 graphics, the Medium Track may be for you!
If you want to try and min-max your mood theme, on the other hand, the Minimum Track has also restarted; it lasts six weeks, and takes you through the bare minimum fifteen moods you need for a complete custom mood theme, plus the next three most populous higher-level moods, so you get the most image diversity for the least amount of work 👍
Feeling ambitious and want to go for the whole thing? Jump in now and follow along with the Medium and Maximum Tracks simultaneously! The Medium Track will catch you up to all of the moods the Maximum Track has already covered, while the Maximum Track covers all of the moods that aren't in the Medium Track.
Come check it out, and maybe earn some Dreamwidth points while you're at it!
moodthemeinayear, the second Medium Track run has just started.For those not familiar with the schedule over there, the Medium Mood Track lasts about three months, and covers all of the higher-level moods: The fifteen absolute minimum moods you need for a complete custom mood theme, and the next nineteen that have moods that branch off of them (plus two extra). If you want to create a custom mood theme that's fairly well filled out but don't want to go for the whole 132 graphics, the Medium Track may be for you!
If you want to try and min-max your mood theme, on the other hand, the Minimum Track has also restarted; it lasts six weeks, and takes you through the bare minimum fifteen moods you need for a complete custom mood theme, plus the next three most populous higher-level moods, so you get the most image diversity for the least amount of work 👍
Feeling ambitious and want to go for the whole thing? Jump in now and follow along with the Medium and Maximum Tracks simultaneously! The Medium Track will catch you up to all of the moods the Maximum Track has already covered, while the Maximum Track covers all of the moods that aren't in the Medium Track.
Come check it out, and maybe earn some Dreamwidth points while you're at it!
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The Witch Hat Atelier Kink Meme
9/4/26 14:21whamod posting in dw_community_promo
A new kink meme based around the manga and anime series Witch Hat Atelier! If you're looking for some old-school fandom fun, this is the place! Open to all ratings and ships. 18+ only.
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whakinkmeme | Rules, Intro, Mod Contact | Current Prompt Post | Fills PostAurendor D&D: Summary for 4/8 Game
8/4/26 21:38settiaiIn tonight's game, ( the rest under a cut for those who don't care. )
And that's where we left off, because the DM's internet died again (as the game's start was already delayed because of internet issues).
And that's where we left off, because the DM's internet died again (as the game's start was already delayed because of internet issues).
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