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05:48 pm
earthenwood
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Preview of Steampunk Style Jewelry
 heh. I am also amused that in the midst of my flailing/working tonight, I will be tearing my studio apart to look for a bag of the very clock hands that I used in the earrings above, in order to complete my new clockwork/steampunky ornaments. Whee! I know there are here somewhere!!! Back to work... Tags: book review, clockwork, craftside, designing, jean campbell, new work, ornamentea, ornaments, press, steampunk style jewelry, writing
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04:39 pm
puffdoggydaddy
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McDonalds and Nudity
I guess I've been leading a sheltered life. I never realized how many images there were of people flashing nudity at McDonalds.
Apparently there is quite a bit. :/
Don't get me wrong...I love nudity...don't necessarily want it around my food. :)
And no, you pervs, I'm not providing links. Look for them on your own.
Tags: fast food, nudity
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05:02 pm
theferrett
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Thank God I Found You!
From a spam mail:
"My company makes the computer memory USB flash drives that allow you to store and carry information, pictures, and presentations from your computer."
Oh my GOD! So YOU'RE the one! I'd been wandering around, trying to find the manufacturer who makes those rare and unique items - and by some crazy random happenstance, it turns out the one company who has a stranglehold on USB memory drives has contacted ME! Oh, thank God! Now we can proceed with our customized marketing schemes involving flash drives!
You wouldn't happen to know who makes these "pen" things, would you? I can't figure out who's in charge of manufacturing those, either, and I need some ones with my business name on it. I'll pay! I'll pay lots!
Yours truly,
Lost in the 18th Goddamned Century
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01:02 pm
techsupport
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01:36 pm
immlass
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Gaming-related stuff, What Price? edition
I haven't really talked about the grand finale for What Price? in large part because it's still ongoing. A bunch of us got together over the long weekend and planned it out. We're still playing bits and pieces of it for interested parties, with no obligation for those who have obviously moved on.
It's been nice to get one last hurrah out of the game without all the sturm und drang that Potterverse games seem to generate. I really like the universe but it'll be a long time before I consider trying to run an organized game in it again, if I ever do. I've seen a very small, irregularly paced game that I might take as a model somewhere down the road, but a large group or a same-date pace is too much hassle for me. I have that kind of grip on House of Cards and I don't think I can manage both, even if I were willing to deal with the drama issues.
I'm going to miss the 'verse and the characters when I get finished with the game and write the epilogues for my (surviving) characters. That's the feeling I like to leave a game with: mild nostalgia that tells us we didn't hang on beyond the expiration date, and with hope to play with some of the same folks in the future.
Current Mood:  pleased
Current Music: Book of Love, Lost Souls
Tags: rpg: what price?
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01:45 pm
alessar
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25 Days of Christmas
Here's a fun deal from Amazon.com's mp3 store. Each day until Christmas they'll post a free Christmas Music mp3. Some of it will be filler, I'm sure, but today you can get Snow Angel by Tori Amos for free!
Current Music: Snow Angel - Tori Amos
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12:38 pm
naturalliving
[ashleyjem]
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Intro and Vitamin D?
Hello naturalliving
I'm a college student who has left the home and all my mother's smart advice on organic living.
She is obsessed with being healthy and finding the best products to do so.
I am doing my best to turn over a new leaf ( away from late night pizza and not cleansing my skin before bed and so on and so on)
Its time to grow up.
I am a vegetarian and am thinking about becoming vegan
Thats just a little about me.
Now I was wondering of you know any good curs for stretch marks? I've used cocoa butter to no avail and read about Vitamin D...?
Also fake tanners ( which I do NOT want to put on my skin!)
Any suggestions?
~ Ashley Jem
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09:33 am
sirriamnis
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That's it.
No more collections.
I collect Nightcrawler stuff and the occasional hedgehog. No more Buildy-Bears, no more wargames. No more.
Jesus Christ do we have a lot of crap.
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09:26 am
sirriamnis
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I must be serious about this de-crapping.
I just emailed someone who wanted a guitar on Freecycle in order to give away mine.
Hell, if I ever have the time to learn to play, I can buy a new one at the Musican Trader. The flutes stay, though. I told Dr. T that I might be convinced to join his community orchestra since I'll live close enough to bike to practice.
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09:00 am
dorktowerfeed
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DORK TOWER, Wednesday, December 2, 2009 – Maya Day
http://www.dorktower.com/2009/12/02/dork-tower-wednesday-december-2-2009-maya-day/ http://www.dorktower.com/?p=4178 
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09:08 am
bolthy
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Pimpage: Addendum 1
In my pre-coffee haste this morning, I failed to mention that there are other authors worth noting involved in Cobalt City Christmas. While I don't know much about Nicole Burns, I can at least dig up a few things about Angel Leigh McCoy (a prolific game designer, author and journalist) and Rosemary Jones (who is most recently known for her recent Forgotten Realms novels, but also has several non-fiction books under her belt).
So if Nate and I are not enough of a draw, Angel and Rosemary may very well be.
Current Mood: helping!
Tags: devil cat, pimping
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11:40 am
warhammer40k
[silvester10528]
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looking for advice on an IG list
I'm looking to start using my Kroot as IG and need advice on list composition. I
have the following:
1 stanard Leman Russ with bolter sponsons
2 proxy Punishers with no sponsons
1 proxy Basilisk
1 standard Chimera
2 proxy Chimeras
1 proxy Vlkyrie/Vendetta - not equiped yet
3 proxy Sentinels with lascannons
16 proxy Rough Riders
10 proxy Ratlings
70 infantry figures
16 proxy Storm Troopers - winged figures with sergeant with bolt pistol and
maybe a chain sword
1 Commisar
1 Senior Officer
2 Junior Officers
5 Psychers
1 Primaris Psycher
1 proxy Advisor - probably Officer of the Fleet or Master of Ordinance
10 or 12 Sergeants with bolt pistols, some with chain swords, some with two
pistols
18 or 20 special weapons figures - I think it is 4 meltas, 5 flamers, 5 grenade
launchers, 3 vox casters, 5 plasma
1 mortar team
1 missile team
potential for 5 additional heavy weapon teams with lascannons or autocannons
I'd like to end up with playable 1750, 1850 and 2000 point lists and get advise
on additional vehicles that would help flesh out a possible mechanized list.
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11:38 am
storn_cook
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Diaspora Art
. My character is Anton Kilkenny and is basically Bret Maverick who is an ex-starship engineer.
The "VA" was my quickie logo for "Valiance Arms", a sorta proxy for the Dutch East Indian Company for this scifi world. We work for Valiance Arms as explorers, diplomats and traders in the game itself.
Next up is the spaceship, Libertine. Which is based on some concepts from Atomic Rocket. These ships are never atmospheric. It was my morning warm up sketch this morning.
Atomic Rocket: [url]atomic rocket/[/url]
These works are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 License.
Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.5 Generic
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10:37 am
techsupport
[yanni85]
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Lesson of today
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11:29 am
theferrett
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I've Heard Two Songs About Fireflies And Liked 'Em Both
So it's a little crazy on Ye Olde Ferrett front between deadlines, writing, and family visiting, so I have at least three essays I want to take the time to write and haven't gotten to: - A discussion on edges in the game of Magic: the Gathering and how they apply to life
- A review of "Rules of the Game," the pickup manual workbook for lonely men (which should surprise some people)
- Describing a new player archetype: Chaotic Brutal
Alas, all of these require the time to write them, which I don't have right now. Probably tomorrow.
Anything you'd like to see me write about? I'm always happy for ideas, even if the answer to "What do you think of X?" is "I agree with him," "I think it's bad," or "I've never heard of it."
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08:24 am
sirriamnis
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Whee!
Ok, now that I can quit obsessing about us getting a place, you'll get to see me obsessing about getting into that place.
We'll be fine. The purging has begun. Honestly, this weekend will see the hind end of several large pieces that we have needed to get rid of for a while. There is going to be a lot of "Do I love it? Do we need it? Will it fit?" going on in our place for awhile.
If anyone has a deep love of sf/f short story collections, let me know. I'm pretty sure most of them are going to be culled. And I've been collecting them since I was in my early teens. There's a lot of older stuff there.
AH!!!
I'm ok. I think the purging will be good for us. We both come from long lines of packrats and we really need to get rid of this stuff. Really.
Current Mood:  anxious
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11:06 am
jer_
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Anti-Jer Campaigning
This needs some backstory... So the other day at work, a student’s phone starts ringing with another of those pop-sounding not-quite-midi-but-not-quite-the-real-song ringtones that are ALMOST more annoying than hearing the actual song. Oh, and it was on LOUD. After the student let a verse or two play out (easily 15 or 20 seconds) he answered the phone. Loudly. So I wandered over and—trying to keep it light (because the above mentioned people are also the exact sort to immediately take offense to even the mildest rebuke)—I said, “Hey, is that for me?” He responded that it wasn’t, so I said, “Aww, then you’ll have to take it outside then.” I chuckled, he chuckled, then he walked toward the door. Mission accomplished and, as a bonus, everyone is in a good mood. Well, they WERE in a good mood. Read the rest of the story and the text of the angry manifesto...
Current Mood:  amused
Tags: life, work
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09:12 am
warren_ellis
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flickrgeist 2dec09
1. I will never get over you, 2. tunnel, 3. Tiger Style, 4. untitled, 5. I would imagine so, yes, 6. Fishhead Revisited
(Automatically crossposted from warrenellis.com. Feel free to comment here or at my internet church at Whitechapel. If anything in this post looks weird, it's because LJ is run on steampipes and rubber bands -- please click through to the main site.)
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10:53 am
naturalliving
[shadowshow]
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Integrating With the Natural Medicine Community
I'm sure many people in this community have holistic healing practices. I just got certified as a Guided Imagery Practitioner and will be building an integrative mind-body therapy practice. For those of you in the natural "healing arts," are there websites or directories you've found to list your services and connect with like-minded practitioners? I'm so excited to get started!
Thanks!
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09:20 am
robin_d_laws
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Code Of Everand
Code Of Everand is a free browser-based MMORPG aimed at pre-teens. I worked on this project earlier in the year, developing the setting, naming streets and critters, and writing quests. It was created for the UK Department of Transport as essentially an interactive public service announcement. The game’s missions and mythology tacitly encourage players to be safety-conscious while crossing the street. If you’re in the UK and know a kid in the target age range, check it out and pass along a recommendation.
Tags: announcements, computer games, gaming hut
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05:54 am
bolthy
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Cobalt City Christmas
Here's another project that I'd been involved with but was keeping under wraps:
My friend Nathan Crowder has developed his own comic book universe through a series of novels he has put out on Lulu. When he decided to put together an anthology of stories written by other writer friends, I jump on the opportunity. The story I turned out was absurdly fun to write.
The anthology is Cobalt City Christmas.
Diving into it is probably something like diving into a comic book series you aren't familiar with. If you are interested in this but would like some context, my favorite book in this universe is Greetings from Buena Rosa.
Tags: devil cat, pimping
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07:59 am
wistling
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A Nice Mention
At the end of a night of insomnia, a cheery mention in Rich Horton's Year End Summary 2009 for On Spec here:
My favorite story this year was Tony Pi's "Come-From-Aways" (Spring), about a linguistics professor in Newfoundland who risks her career when she decides that a strange shipwrecked man is really the [12th Century] Welsh Prince Madoc.
In other news...completed a draft of "Stilts and Sorcery" yesterday (fun!) It's now off to the First Reader and the Stopwatch Gang for critique. Can't wait to see what the writing group makes of this one. :)
And does anyone know why I can't find any chamomile tea anywhere in Toronto? Is there a shortage?
Current Mood:  sleepy
Tags: onspec, review, writing
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05:16 am
jarnoldi
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Gaming Update
http://www.skyseastone.net/nuadha/hand/008125.html After I posted a few posts last time here, no one commented. I figured that no one is reading this. If someone reads this, please leave a comment here or on LJ to let me know. In one of my...
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11:13 pm
naturalliving
[amberskyfire]
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Cleaning Bones
Is there a natural way to clean bones that does not involve bleach? I was thinking I might like to make our turkey wishbone into a Christmas tree ornament this year, but I don't want to attract ants or roaches.
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02:25 am
naturalliving
[westcoastred]
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OCM
Just wanted to share... I have oober sensitive skin that overreacts to everything, unless I leave it alone. Luckily, I learned this early, and simply splashed my face a few extra times in the shower. However, as I am fast approaching my thirties, I realize I should be doing more to safeguard my skin from the ravages of time.
So, I tried OCM using 50/50 castor and olive oils. Hated. Every. Second. As well as the following explosion. Last night, however, I used olive oil into which I'd infused lavender, chamomile, rose, comfrey, and calendula. (Well, I infused lavender, chamomile, and rose in a jar, then comfrey and calendula in another, and mixed them after straining.) Anyway, my face is so happy, smooth, and moist without being oily! Blackheads: gone! Also, I don't know if it was the OCM, or the calendula and comfrey, but my surprise lines visibly reduced, and I can't feel them any more when I rub them... yes I'm obsessed, I know at least half of you are, too. Wonderful method!
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I am interrupting my crazy-flail-getting ready for the Potters Market madness to blog about this cool preview of a cool new book coming out soon. It's Jean Campbell's Steampunk Style Jewerly! This is going to be an amazing book! It is available for preorder now (I recommend going to Ornamentea to order it... you get a free steampunk starter kit with your order!) I was scrolling through my Facebook and saw Jean post about this preview, which was blogged over on Craftside. It just happens to be a pair of earrings I designed for the book, using clock hands and a pair of my porcelain gear links. ooh this is exciting!