Another NaNoWriMo Bites the Dust!
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Miscellaneous Debris
The Free State of Florida — WTF?
So… every day I try to walk 10000 steps to stay active, and since I’ve been in New Jersey visiting my netinho, Vera, Chuck, and Dave…—No, silly… Joel Campbell!—these have been pretty cold walks. I’ve met beautiful people: a volunteer guard who helps children cross streets while getting buffetted all day by freezing wind, a
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Hugo Short Form Drama Category
Every year when I do the Hugo awards I spend so much time on the written categories that I never have time to get into the dramatic productions, and this year I am at a loss, so I am asking for volunteers. Here are the nominees: The Wheel of Time: The Flame of Tar Valon,
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Writing Progress – Finally
There is a hefty amount of irony in breaking a fast of nearly a year of blog posts to post about how I’m actually writing again. I mean, shouldn’t I be writing that instead? But that’s not right. Is it? Certainly by being here I’m not subtracting, and time I spend here talking about my
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PBS: Are the Quantum World and The Real World the Same Thing?
thenewenlightenmentage: Are the Quantum World and The Real World the Same Thing? By Andrew Friedman While quantum mechanics is arguably our most successful theory of nature, it is perhaps best known for its strangeness. Quantum theory—and its key mathematical tool, the wave function—excels at predicting probabilities for the outcomes of experiments. Yet, after nearly a
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writingwithcolor: Writing with Color: Description Guide – Words for Skin Tone We discussed the issues describing People of Color by means of food in Part I of this guide, which brought rise to even more questions, mostly along the lines of “So, if food’s not an option, what can I use?” Well, I was just
umbandasaber: #umbanda #umbanda #Oxum #Iemanjá #Axé #Sincretismo 💙🔯 O sincretismo que ainda é utilizado tanto na Umbanda como no Candomblé, faz surgirem dúvidas como essa: 💙🔯 Afinal dia 8 de Dezembro é dia de Iemanjá ou Oxum? 💙🔯Depende do sincretismo que a casa adotou. Em milhares de terreiros em São Paulo, Iemanjá é sincretizada com Nossa
atlinmerrick: veggiezombiex: syntheticorange: the-future-now: An audience member stopped World Science Festival host Jim Holt from speaking over physics professor Veronika Hubeny follow @the-future-now From Marilee Talkington’s post: So, after thinking about this over night, I’ve decided to share something that happened at the WORLD SCIENCE FESTIVAL yesterday afternoon in NYC that changed me. Or rather
nprfreshair: Sherman Alexie spoke with Terry Gross about growing up surrounded by violence on a reservation, his traumatic childhood, and how brain surgery has changed him: “It’s been, I guess, 19 months since surgery, and whenever I even ponder that question, as I am pondering it now, I start to cry. Waking up after surgery is
Mind Flayer, Ulitharid
thecreaturechronicle: Roughly one in a hundred larval mind flayers does not undergo ceremorphosis as normal, but instead develops into a much larger and more powerful creature known as a noble illithid, or ulitharid. An ulitharid towers over other mind flayers, standing at least nine feet in height. It possesses six tentacles, including two almost as
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Ambient sounds for writers
peaceheather: iamhisgloriouspurpose: queerenbian: icanneverbesatisfied: queerenbian: guysimbeingfollowed: 1000storyideas: Find the right place to write your novel… Nature Arctic ocean Blizzard in village Blizzard in pine forest Blizzard from cave Blizzard in road Beach Cave Ocean storm Ocean rocks with rain River campfire Forest in the morning Forest at night Forest creek Rainforest creek Rain on roof
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creepy girl ask meme
doll: some of your favorite makeup products bruise: the worst wound you’ve ever received taxidermy: your favorite animal(s) eyeball: some of your favorite films syringe: someone you trust with everything porcelain: your favorite article of clothing plush: your favorite childhood toy blood: some of your favorite foods pentagram: your faith or spirituality splatter: your favorite
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