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Title: Draco’s Year
Author: fancypantsdylan (on LJ as rage_jt)
Pairing(s): pre-slash Harry/Draco, Severus Snape, Luna Lovegood/Dean Thomas
Word count: ~2,400
Rating: PG-13
Beta: katiebell_0408
Warning(s): Follows plot of DH but is AU, EWE
Disclaimer: All characters owned by JK Rowling, I just play with them. No profit made on use of characters.

( WriSoMisFu Day 8 - A Baker's Dozen Merlin Recs )

At least one person can't see the comments on the Baseball AU fic most of the time.

Even if you don't want to read the fic, it'd be nice if I could know if it's just her, or if there's actually a problem to report.

Fic is here. It's long, but at the moment there are a handful of comments. If you don't mind clicking, could you let me know if you can/can't see them, and if not, if there's anything unusual about your browser/viewer/whatever? If there's any common thread, I figure that's something the support folks need to know.

I originally posted this at http://florahart.dreamwidth.org/998084.html. Comments may be left here or there; you can comment there with OpenID even if you don't have an account.

Tea is evil!

That is all.

Title: Waiting
Author: torina_archelda
Pairing: Severus/Harry
Rating: G
Word Count: 647
Warnings: none
Summary: Severus waits.

Link to Waiting

Title: Looking Great
Author: alisanne
Pairing: Neville Longbottom/Bill Weasley
Word Count: 100
Rating: G
Warnings: Fluffy fluff!
Beta: sevfan
Challenge: Written for neville100's prompt #94: Neville and his women
Disclaimer: The characters contained herein are not mine. No money is being made from this fiction, which is presented for entertainment purposes only.
A/N: Neville has the perfect day.

( Looking Great )

I have very few personal passions in life, fandom/Snarry being the one you all know most about. :) Gaming and crafting area also passions of mine, but, my longest held passion is cooking. I don't have many memories from my childhood, but being in the kitchen makes up the majority of the ones I do have. I can vaguely remember helping my Great-grandmother fry corn fritters on her farm. I can remember getting after my grandfather for pushing the cooked eggs into the uncooked ones while he made me scrambled eggs, and I can remember watching my mom cook all sorts of delights for Christmas, granted this was while she was bitching about doing it, but seeing the happy people because of her food helped off-set that. I don't know if you all can tell, but I have self-esteem issues. (LOL more issues than Severus Snape had of Potions Monthly, I imagine. ^.^) While these issues hinder several areas throughout my life, cooking has been the one area where I am extremely confidant. I know, more often than not, if I make something it's going to be good, and most likely damned good. I LOVE to cook. And I love to share this passion, thus all the recipes. :)

Today's recipe is relatively easy one. And it's one that tends to disappear fairly quickly around here, which is funny, since it's a side dish.

Canned, cut green beans
Bacon (diced)
Onion (diced)
Summer Savory
pepper

The rule of thumb with these are three pieces of bacon for every one regular sized can of beans. But that's it. Everything else is too taste, and even the bean to bacon ratio can be changed. (which is why I like cooking and not baking. Baking is too exact.)

Heat a heavy bottomed pot, add bacon and onions, and cook until onions are soft. Add savory, stirring through. Add beans, liquid and all. Stir gently, just to combine. Turn heat down, and let almost all of the liquid cook away. Make sure heat is down low enough not to burn beans, as you won't want to stir these often. They tend to turn to mush if you do. When I make these for dinner, I normally use 2 cans of beans, and it takes anywhere between 20-30 min for the liquid to cook away. When I make them for holidays, I double that, and it takes 30-50 min, depending on how many other burners I have going as well. (I cook on gas. I HATE electric stoves with a huge passion.)

Enjoy! :D

Title: No More Dreaming
By: Bridget McKennitt
Pairing: RPS - Gina Torres/Monica Bellucci
Rating: PG
Word Count: 670
Summary: Both Gina and Monica say goodbye to their shared past as they take their separate paths into the future.
Contains: No warnings in as far I know that can't be extrapolated from the header itself.
Disclaimer: Any real person, location, or organization mentioned in the story below own themselves. This is only a fictional story meant for entertainment and not intended for profit or believing the real people mentioned are like this in real life.
Author's Notes: This is an AU where some people possess powers.

No More Dreaming

Fucking AWESOME!! lol This vid is lol funny!

God, this tragedy at Ft. Hood has everyone on edge in my town. You see, I live in a military/college town. A small town near Corpus Christi. We have a navy base and we have a major college. Before 9/11 we were able to get onto the bas easily. Shop, go to the bar, swim, all sorts of things. Afterwrds, they boarded it up. Literally. Have to be with military pesonel at all times. Security is tight as it should be. Things are just not the same.

Going to our college, we have over 8,000 Islamic/hindi/muslum students. And lots of them, I consider my friends. They certainly know how to party! Anyways, its sad that most people wil view this and start condeming a nation because of the actions of a few, And I don't need to tell you that this is wrong.

This article says it much better than I could...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re/us_rel_fort_hood_shooting_muslims

( In which the LIS work is overwhelming )

( Teaching stuff )

Also did the grocery shopping today, though SO did a couple of other errands (picking up dog food, for instance). Now going to go start working on the Greens and Herbs Tart we're having for dinner, since it takes a while. It's going to be more a side dish than a main dish this time, along with turkey sausage for SO and pulled pork for me, plus pureed turnip/potato/carrot, and pomegranate for dessert.

Oh, and I shall pimp again the 3fan_holidays ficlet fest! Signup post is here; so far there's only 3 folks signed up, plus me. *makes puppy dog eyes* C'mon, you know you want to write a holiday drabble or ficlet for someone and get one in return!

Title: Aromatic
Rating :PG
Author: lilyseyes
Word Count: 100
Challenge: snape100 #306: Smell
Warnings: *AU, post-war/Hogwarts, fluff, implied Mpreg*
Disclaimer: JKR owns the Potterverse – I just play in it. No money is made from these amateur works.
Summary: Headmaster Snape sometimes wished his remarkable nose didn't work quite so well.
Thanks to the_minx_17 for the once-over! *smooches*

( Aromatic )

Ooops!
I missed a birthday several days ago. *sheepish*

Happy Belated Birthday to

demonkitty03! on the 3rd

and

Happy Birthday today to

gin_tonic!

and



jaxinny!

Many happy returns to you all! ♥

Title: Drowning In Memories
By: Bridget McKennitt
Character: Tamara
Rating: G
Word Count: 327
Challenge: supernatural100's prompt grave
Contains: No warnings in as far I know that can't be extrapolated from the header itself.
Disclaimer: Supernatural is owned by Eric Kripke and other companies. They are used here without permission, and for entertainment purposes only. No challenge or infringement upon the copyright is intended, nor should any be inferred.

Drowning In Memories

Title: Rays of Sunshine
Author: alisanne
Rating: G
Pairing: Severus Snape/Harry Potter
Summary: Severus and Harry prepare for the inevitable.
Word Count: 100
Genre: General
Warnings: Mpreg implied
A/N: Written for prayer_at_night, who successfully guessed which of the snarry_ldws week 7 fics was mine. Her prompt: rays of sunshine. I hope this makes sense. ;)
Beta: sevfan
Disclaimer: The characters contained herein are not mine. No money is being made from this fiction, which is presented for entertainment purposes only.

( Rays of Sunshine )

Ok, so sleep took place of posting yesterday. I'll post twice today to make up for it.

Really don't know why I did it, I knew I'd be pissed off when I left, but I went to get my haircut in a salon any ways. I'm very picky when it comes to my hair. It is very fine, and if it's not cut just so, it won't stay out of my face. I went in, told her that it had to be cut in a certain way, and that was it. Don't do anything else to it. "Oh, I can do that. No problem!" Well, in the end she cut off my points. I'm not sure who I'm more pissed at, her for not listening, or me for going ahead and letting someone else but me cut it. Really, I would have loved for someone to come in and tell me that you only have to make five snips at most, and you are done. But no, she had to keep on snipping. I'm not sure who is more cut happy, Plastic Suregons or Hairdressers. (and yes, I'm a hairdresser. I just happen to be one of the few that respects long hair.) So, now, I have to go back and cut off another several inches to fix what she killed. GRRRRR!!!

Today's recipe is one of my favorite desserts. My grandmother always made this for my birthday when I was growing up, and I've been making it since I was big enough to. (Long before I ever saw it in the freezer section made by Hershey's)

1 Oreo already made pie crust (this is a recent addition. I don't like the original baked crust. It had walnuts in it.)
1 lrg package of Jello Chocolate pudding (made using the Pie directions.)
1 package of cream cheese (room temp)
1/4 cup powdered Sugar
1 very large container of cool whip (defrosted)
1 T Vanilla extract

in a mixing bowl add the cream cheese, powdered sugar, 1 1/2 to 2 Cups of cool whip, and vanilla. Mix thoroughly. Then spread over the bottom of the pie crust in a half inch layer. (You may have some left over. I like dipping fruit in it.) Top with pudding, then remaining cool whip. Chill for an hour, then cut and serve. Yum!

I am discovering that it is virtually impossible to write with kittens in the room.

( Cut for kittens )

Short one today. First of all, marmots! How can you not like marmots? Everyone likes marmots. We like deer and we like marmots and we like all the fluffy animals and we really like the moon. ;)

There is now a mouse designed specifically for use with OpenOffice. I am intrigued but feel I wouldn't use half the functionality.

Many of you may be familiar with Failblog. Well, now there's a blog detailing the opposite - Succeedblog! There are some truly impressive feats in there, although in some cases, I do have to ask why?

ION, someone's found a mandrake!

This is really clever and yet disturbing - Face Paint artist from Michigan paints his face to look like the members of Kiss, octopi and a dog's arse. Um. Yes. It's good, but it's not right! Not for the face paint phobic, that.

Everyone's got a Twitter now, and now even Big Ben's got one. Nifty but a tad repetitive, I feel.

Daily Fail's current poll is more leading than even I'd expect. Should female MPs be allowed to employ cleaners on expenses? Well, yes obviously. Get in there and skew it, my friends. :)

And finally! Got kids? Worship the Elder Gods? Want to make sure the kids grow up in your footsteps (or flipper tracks or tentacle trails, depending on just how far you've gone with it)?

Look no further. Let this educational video assist you. The Adventures of Lil' Cthulhu. I feel it lays the finer points of the mythos out quite adequately. :)