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Title: Careful Motions
Fandom: Kamen Rider Gotchard + Kamen Rider Girls Remix
Pairing/Characters: Rinne/Nayuta
Rating: G
Word count: 150
Author's note: Prompts used were Motion from [community profile] 100_women, and hair braiding & 100 words for Fresh Femslash Salad Bar.
Summary: Rinne braids Nayuta's hair.
Also on Ao3, or read below the cut:

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Title/Link: Baby Sis
Fandom: Hey Arnold!
Character(s): Helga Pataki, Olga Pataki
Rating: G
Prompt: Pet Peeves
Summary: Nothing annoyed Helga more than Olga calling her Baby Sis.
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I don't recall anyone pointing out other people's gifs before (is that a thing?) but whether or not that's been done has no bearing on the fact that it is precisely what I propose to share today.

This lovely gifset by [tumblr.com profile] michaun and [tumblr.com profile] appleciders's other nice little collection of gifs here both illustrate how the Garvey sisters end up using one another's clothes quite often. That's a bit of a family tradition, it seems, that must have started as a pet peeve (see Bibi's line there, "That's my scarf, Becka", which the gifs don't show as followed by a hard "I want that scarf back, Becka!" and the justification that "she always keeps my shit" when Eva and Ursula look at her following the outburst). Regardless, it lends another lovely dash of colour to the sisters and yet one more fun thing to look out for as the episodes go by.

Day 8 Theme - Pet Peeves

Feb. 8th, 2026 07:17 am
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Today's theme is Pet Peeves.

Here are some ideas to get you started: There are some things that really get under her skin. Maybe it's someone who shows up five minutes early to a meeting while she's still getting ready, maybe it's that the store doesn't stock her favorite guilty pleasure item, maybe it's that her significant other keeps beating her at checkers. Sometimes the little things needle away and she hits her breaking point. Show us what bugs her and how she deals with it.

Just go wherever the Muse takes you. If this prompt doesn't speak to you, feel free to share something that does. You can post in a separate entry or as a comment to this post.

Want to get a jump start on tomorrow's theme? Check out the prompt list in the pinned post at the top of the page. Please don't post until that day.
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Hey, does anybody happen to know the answer to this question?

Back when Mr B and I started doing joint grocery orders, I started analyzing our budget like you do. In the course of doing so, I discovered something I hadn't realized: about a third of my "grocery" budget wasn't food. It was:

• Disposable food handling and storage supplies: plastic wrap, paper towels, aluminum foil, ziplocs, e.g.

• Personal hygiene supplies: toilet paper, bath soap, shampoo, skin lotion, menstrual supplies, toothpaste, mouthwash, Q-tips, e.g.

• Health supplies: vitamins, bandaids, NSAIDs, first aid supplies, OTC medications and supplements, e.g.

• Domestic hygiene supplies: dish detergent, dish soap, dish sponges, Windex, Pine-sol, laundry detergent, bleach, mouse traps, e.g.

None of these things individually needs to be bought every grocery trip, but that's good, because they can add up fast. Especially if you try to buy at all in volume to try to drive unit costs down. But the problem is there are so many of them, that usually you need some of them on every order.

This fact is in the back of my head whenever I hear politicians or economists or social commentators talk about the "cost of groceries": I don't know if they mean just food or the whole cost of groceries. Sometimes it's obvious. An awful lot of the relief for the poor involves giving them food (such as at a food pantry) or the funds to buy it (such as an EBT card), but very explicitly doesn't include, say, a bottle of aspirin or a box of tampons or a roll of Saran wrap. Other times, it's not, such as when a report on the cost of "groceries" only compares the prices of food items, and then makes statements about the average totals families of various sizes spend on "groceries": if they only looked at the prices of foods, does that mean they added up the prices of foods a family typically buys to generate a "grocery bill" which doesn't include the non-food groceries, or did they survey actual families' actual grocery bills and just average them without substracting the non-food groceries? Hard to say from the outside.

When we see a talking head on TV – a pundit or a politician – talking about the price of "groceries" but then say it, for example, has to do with farm labor, or the import of agricultural goods, should we assume they're just meaning "food" by the term "groceries"? Or it is a tell they've forgotten that not everything bought at a grocery store (and part of a consumer's grocery store bill) is food, and maybe are misrepresenting or misunderstanding whatever research they are leaning on? Or is it a common misconception among those who research domestic economics that groceries means exclusively food?

So my question is: given that a lot of information about this topic that percolates out to the public is based on research that the public never sees for themselves, what assumptions are reasonable for the public to make about how the field(s) which concern themselves with the "price of groceries" mean "groceries"? What fields are those and do they have a standard meaning of "groceries" and does it or does it not include non-food items?

This question brought to you by yet another video about the cost of groceries and how they might be controlled in which the index examples were the ingredients for a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, but, as usual, not the sandwich baggy to put it in to take to school or work.
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Day 7 - The Lover  

Title: Plenty of love to share (and friends to make)
Fandom: Hey Arnold!
Characters: Helga Pataki centric + her relationship with Arnold, her family and female friendships
Rating: Gen
Summary: “There’s nothing wrong with being passionate. You just need to… spread it. To different areas in your life, and people. That way, you can share your love with many people.”
Doctor Bliss and her ideas... but sure, Helga decides to give it a try. And realizes there are indeed many different types of love in life.

Story in ao3
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[personal profile] cmk418 posting in [community profile] halfamoon
Title: Sensual and Genuine
Fandom: Firefly
Characters: Kaylee Frye and Inara Serra
Rating: Teen
Word Count: 294
Summary: Inara gives Kaylee a pep talk

Sensual and Genuine )

One Year of Yeeted Teets

Feb. 7th, 2026 07:10 pm
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Yesterday was the one-year anniversary of my top surgery. I meant to post something at the time, but the day got away from me. Is there an accepted method of celebrating such things? Do the crepes I had for breakfast count? They are, like me, very flat. :3

It's incredibly difficult for me to remember that it was last year. It both feels like it just happened and like it has been many years already. I still someday want to write up more about what the experience was like. For the moment, though, I'm just glad to have it done. With everything going on, it's comforting to know that this is one change that cannot be undone or taken from me.

Four walls around me.

Feb. 7th, 2026 08:42 pm
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[personal profile] hannah
I did end up going to the movies as the main activity of the day. The only activity, when you get down to it, especially since I stayed in bed late enough into the morning I missed the breakfast window. I found it fairly remarkable how few people were out on the streets - not surprising, but remarkable. It made me want to walk around a bit more to appreciate the relative absence of people. Not enough to go through with it, but the desire was there.

It's cold enough in my apartment for socks and a bathrobe, and I've now broken out the fingerless gloves. If I had the space in my freezer for the loaves, I'd make bread as a reason to turn on the oven, and as I don't, I'm having to make do with hot tea.

Day 6 - Fic - Warrior Nun - Yasmine

Feb. 8th, 2026 12:53 am
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[personal profile] jacquelee posting in [community profile] halfamoon
Title: Finding Yourself in a New World – Chapter 6: Her Own Personal Code
Day/Prompt: Day 6 / Her Own Personal Code
Fandom: Warrior Nun (TV)
Character/Pairing: Yasmine, Camila, Ava, Mary, Shannon
Rating/Warning(s): T / None
Word Count: 4166
Summary: Despite Yasmine's fears about breaking the law, once she gets to know the workers on Kasar and sees how they are treated, she throws herself into helping them without regard for the risk. Yasmine even takes on an extra mission when she learns about an injustice that she can correct.
Author's Notes: So, life attacked me (or rather, the vibes were not right, they were right for watching a lot of shows but not writing, lol), meaning I have now broken my 401 day streak of posting one fic or chapter every single day. Honestly, I'm kind of relieved about it. But I am determined to finish this fic for Halfamoon, I just might be a bit late with some of the prompts.

Here on AO3

[Multifandom] 11 podfics

Feb. 7th, 2026 05:34 pm
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[personal profile] xdiorix posting in [community profile] podfic_bingo
Pardon me while I dump all my podfic bingo eligible podfics...ahem. >.>


Cover art by: [archiveofourown.org profile] blackglass


Title: make you say my name again (you're no angel anyway) by [archiveofourown.org profile] calypsid
Reader: [archiveofourown.org profile] blackglass
Bingo Square(s): incorporate music, lower pitch effect
Fandom: Mass Effect Trilogy
Pairing: FemShep/Garrus
Length: 31:19
Summary: Shepard thinks that her soulmate must be another soldier, one just like her, the kind of person who doesn't give a shit about fancy shit or pretty clothes. Someone stark and uncompromising, who doesn't cut corners. She could respect someone like that.
Content Notes: No Archive Warnings Apply

Link to Podfic: At AO3



Cover art by: [archiveofourown.org profile] blackglass


Title: Truth in your eyes (hides the doubt on your lips) by [archiveofourown.org profile] dishonestdreams
Reader: [archiveofourown.org profile] blackglass, [archiveofourown.org profile] buries
Bingo Square(s): collaborate with someone new
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Pairing: Buffy/Faith
Length: 6:44
Summary: This thing she has with Faith doesn't mean anything. It doesn't not mean anything.

It's complicated.

Content Notes: No Archive Warnings Apply

Link to Podfic: At AO3



Cover art by: [archiveofourown.org profile] buries


Title: Snake Logistics for Spring Defenses by [archiveofourown.org profile] stifledlaughter
Reader: [archiveofourown.org profile] blackglass
Bingo Square(s): read while laughing
Fandom: FAQ: The "Snake Fight" Portion of Your Thesis Defense - Luke Burns
Pairing: None, gen
Length: 12:21
Summary: Hayley: Does this kid want the boa constrictor?
Hayley: THIS IS HOW YOU GET THE BOA CONSTRICTOR

Content Notes: No Archive Warnings Apply

Link to Podfic: At AO3



Cover art by: [archiveofourown.org profile] Tipsy_Kitty


Title: There's No "Risk" in Team by [archiveofourown.org profile] ramshackle_fey
Reader: [archiveofourown.org profile] blackglass, [archiveofourown.org profile] LittleRedRobinHood, [archiveofourown.org profile] ShakespeareStoleMyURL
Bingo Square(s): dialogue-only
Fandom: The Murderbot Diaries
Pairing: None, gen
Length: 3:09
Summary: "Query."

"Yeah?"

"What is wrong with your risk assessment module?"

"Three, if I knew that, I would've fixed it already, and we might not be in this fucking situation."

Content Notes: No Archive Warnings Apply

Link to Podfic: At AO3



Cover art by: [archiveofourown.org profile] TheLordOfLaMancha


Title: as lucky as us by [archiveofourown.org profile] surgicalstainless
Reader: [archiveofourown.org profile] blackglass, [archiveofourown.org profile] buries, [archiveofourown.org profile] LittleRedRobinHood, [archiveofourown.org profile] ChaosKiro, [archiveofourown.org profile] Tipsy_Kitty
Bingo Square(s): poetry, minor character
Fandom: MCU
Pairing: Darcy/Bucky
Length: 22:13
Summary: Jane circled the lab, shutting down machines and making sure everything was safe and secured for the night, only to be distracted by the sight of a familiar yellow legal pad. Was that — ?

It
was. A completed Shakespearean sonnet composed in honor of Bucky Barnes' arms.

It would be
such a shame if Darcy just hid it in a drawer somewhere, never to see the light of day...
Content Notes: No Archive Warnings Apply

Link to Podfic: At AO3


Title: The Cleric and the Paladin by [archiveofourown.org profile] TheLordOfLaMancha
Reader: [archiveofourown.org profile] blackglass, [archiveofourown.org profile] TheLordOfLaMancha
Bingo Square(s): sing
Fandom: Critical Role
Pairing: Fjord/Jester
Length: 3:02
Summary: Fjord and Jester sing a duet at their wedding. A filk set to "The Countess and the Common Man" from Anastasia, written by TheLordOfLaMancha and performed by blackglass and TheLordOfLaMancha.
Content Notes: No Archive Warnings Apply

Link to Podfic: At AO3


Title: War Honey by [archiveofourown.org profile] lferion
Reader: [archiveofourown.org profile] blackglass
Bingo Square(s): unfamiliar fandom, unfamiliar pairing, random fic
Fandom: Chalice - Robin McKinley
Pairing: Liapnir/Mirasol
Length: 1:09
Summary: Mirasol contemplates a gift
Content Notes: No Archive Warnings Apply

Link to Podfic: At AO3


Title: Parting Gifts by [archiveofourown.org profile] BoldlyNo
Reader: [archiveofourown.org profile] blackglass
Bingo Square(s): no dialogue
Fandom: The Murderbot Diaries
Pairing: None, gen
Length: 1:02
Summary: Goodbyes with humans are weird. Mensah's kids don't make that any easier.
Content Notes: No Archive Warnings Apply

Link to Podfic: At AO3



Cover art by: [archiveofourown.org profile] vexbatch


Title: Hayden Pike, Noted Ally by [archiveofourown.org profile] eden22
Reader: [archiveofourown.org profile] blackglass
Bingo Square(s): pov outsider, boy slash, read slowly (for you), monthly theme challenge (heart)
Fandom: Heated Rivalry
Pairing: Shane/Ilya
Length: 32:23
Summary: Hayden knows what he saw. Clear as day, right there in the middle of Shane’s text thread with Lily.

A dick pic.

Hayden keeps mindlessly scrolling Instagram—a pantomime of paying attention, not really taking in anything that’s passing across his screen. Mind racing as a series of realizations wash over him.

Christ, no wonder Shane was so cagey about Lily. No wonder he didn’t want to introduce her to the guys.

Hayden would like to believe that everyone would be chill with it, but he could think of at least five guys off the top of his head that would a hundred percent take issue with Shane dating a trans woman. He can imagine, far too easily, the kind of slurs that would get thrown around the locker room if anyone ever found out. Towards Lily, sure, but towards Shane too—because Shane had to be gay, if his girlfriend had a dick, right?


Or, Hayden finds out something that he was never supposed to, and decides that the only thing he can do is show his best friend that he can be the best ally ever, if he just gives him the chance.

Content Notes: No Archive Warnings Apply

Link to Podfic: At AO3


Title: Instructional Diagrams by [archiveofourown.org profile] TPauSilver
Reader: [archiveofourown.org profile] blackglass
Bingo Square(s): polyamory/polycule, art and craft, read deadpan
Fandom: Bleach
Pairing: Ichigo/Rukia/Renji
Length: 4:52
Summary: Ichigo had long since learned to wince in anticipation when Rukia took out her sketch book. For all the things the girl was amazing at, drawing wasn’t among them and, given the context, seeing it this time almost made him fall over backwards in fear.
Content Notes: No Archive Warnings Apply

Link to Podfic: At AO3



Cover art by: [archiveofourown.org profile] Tipsy


Title: Contingencies by [archiveofourown.org profile] EdosianOrchids901
Reader: [archiveofourown.org profile] blackglass, [archiveofourown.org profile] MelancholyMorningstar, [archiveofourown.org profile] Ravin
Bingo Square(s): canon-typical x, monthly shape challenge (diamond)
Fandom: The Murderbot Diaries
Pairing: None, gen
Length: 11:34
Summary: In retrospect, this was incredibly stupid. Any situation that ends with me dangling over a pit of twenty-meter-long worm things with way too many teeth is stupid. I should have said no to the idea of going on this fucking planetary survey in the first place.
Content Notes: No Archive Warnings Apply

Link to Podfic: At AO3
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Title: Go, Be Gay, And Delinquent
Fandom: Dragon Ball
Pairing: Caulifla/Kale (F/F)
Rating: T
Word count: 2240

Summary: Caulifla realizes she has feelings for her best friend and teammate Kale. But the confession is delayed until she deals with some bratty girls and later dragons (?)

Link: AO3 Publication

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Feb. 7th, 2026 08:27 pm
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[personal profile] angrboda
My estimate of snow depth turns out to have been a little exaggerated. About 16-17 cm in this part of the garden. Elsewhere in the garden I measured 23, but apparently failed to get a photo of that. The other two photos are from a few days ago, documenting a couple of garden visitors.

Also, the projected -20 next sunday was downgraded first to a still severe but less unusual -13, and then to a much more reasonable -5. They are however saying there's a risk of second load of snow next week. Lovely... Hopefully that's going to get downgraded as well.

(Husband, who can work from home, finds shovelling a good trade-off for the excitement of a lot of snow, and is keeping a running Snow Watch commentary...)

Pandemic Garden Club

Feb. 7th, 2026 10:35 am
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Welcome to the January edition of Pandemic Garden Club! Growing good things in strange times!

Anyone is welcome to comment with what they're growing right now, things they would like to try, problems they're encountering, and questions they have. Share resources, answer questions, shout encouragement.

As for myself...

Read more... )

3d printing! and other life stuff

Jan. 28th, 2026 12:18 pm
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The fun development at our house recently is that we got a 3d printer for Christmas! We had been thinking of getting the kids a Nintendo Switch because there are a few games they've been interested in that aren't available for PC but Jeff and I were not ... excited ... about the prospect of litigating turn-taking between three kids and one device. At pretty much the last minute I was thinking about how eldest really likes playing with the 3d printed dragons her friend made her and idly wondered how much printers go for these days and lo and behold, there are models that cost less than a nintendo switch! So we pivoted to that plan and it's been great. So many articulated dragons. Jeff's been printing minis to play some combat games with the kids and I've been printing some bookbinding tools too. Along with various just, helpful gadgets! I have a lamp with a switch that's really hard to turn in a circle so I designed a cap for it that sticks out wider on the sides and it just snapped right on and works great! I'm still figuring out various 3d modeling software, I've tried OpenSCAD, Autocad Fusion, and TinkerCad (I'm also learning Blender against my will because Eldest is interested in some more artistic sculpting and it's a tricky program for a 9yo to figure out on her own). Not sure which I like best yet but I am having a lot of fun.

A couple of weeks ago we got a massive amount of snow and it hasn't really gotten above freezing since, so we still have a massive amount of snow. The kids got two whole snow days out of it and they're using "by the time the snow melts" as a timeline for their current computer gaming goal (getting into space in Factorio). I am enjoying the snow a little less (my boots have holes. Any recs for not-too-expensive snow boots for wide feet?)

I mentioned before that I had picked up the Guardian drama again, well, I convinced Jeff to watch it with me (apparently "it's a bit cheesy and kind of reminds me of early seasons of BTVS" was a convincing rec) so we re-started from the beginning. Forgot to mention it was based on a danmei but he figured that out for himself at episode 8. We're now up to episode 12 which is *almost* where I left off.

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Title/Link: Cold Feet
Fandom: Quantum leap
Character(s): Donna Elesee, Verbena (Bena) Beeks (and appearances by Sam Beckett and Al Calavicci)
Rating: Teen and Up
Prompt: The Lover
Summary: Donna gets cold feet.
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Day 6 - Her Own Personal Code  

Title: Out of all candidates, why you? 
Fandom: Danganronpa v3
Characters: Shirogane Tsumugi centered + featuring the rest of the cast
Rating: T
Summary:  There are some really awful dehumanizing shows out there. Thank God Danganronpa™ isn’t one of them. It’s the best of the best and therefore they need the best cast as well. Or Tsumugi's long audition day.

This was an already written piece that really fit with the theme. This story is set in an AU that assumes certain end game revelations are true, so very spoiler-ish. 

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