To those who celebrate Christmas[1]: A very merry Christmas. To those who do not, a very merry Monday, a spiritually-fulfilling Saturnalia, and so on. :)

[1] Or, rather, those who Celebrate Christmas today. I know you are out there my Russian readers... Also Armenian and Serbian, I believe. None of those, as far as I know[2].
[2] Prove me wrong! :)

I have managed to salvage a week of vacation this year (all those 20 hour days paid off!) and, so, I will be spending it away from easy access to the 'net. During the next week I'll be even worse about my correspondence than I usually am which is saying something. :)

If you have to contact me, my e-mail is the best way.

Cheers, everyone!

By the state of my feed, everyone is at Bronycon.

I am not. This distresses me greatly.

But worry not, I will be with you in spirit. Also in spirits.

You see, in support of this august occasion, I offer the recipes for the following libations, paired by pony:

Rarity's Rose Kiss
In a chilled deep coupe glass combine:
1 part creme de cassis
1 part rosolio
8 parts Champagne (or substitute, I personally prefer a nice Prosecco)

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Present Perfect has a really fun blog where he asked people to tell him about their jobs and a bunch of people answered him with interesting information. I think it'd be even more interesting if more people answered which, dear readers, is where you come in. :)

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This is the prettiest, stupidest movie I've ever seen.

There. That's your capsule review in case you are teetering on the edge of seeing it. I'm not sorry I saw it, but by the GODS is it stupid.

Okay, now for the actual review during which I will also ramble briefly on the subject of writing, fanfic, and skill.

HEREAFTER BE SPOILERS

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So, I tried to kill myself with overwork. I mean, I didn't set out to die, but y'know, at some point you look at your schedule, realize you've booked a week of 20 hour days, solid, and realize you have what the mental health community refers to as a Problem-with-a-capital-P. Unfortunately, in this as in so many other things, Aragon has beaten me.

Annoying.

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Nothing.

Not a goddamn thing.

Because I've signed up to do the same thing next week.

Wish me luck people, and to all of you wondering if I'm avoiding you or something: Nope. I'm just stupid. Will see y'all on the other side of this... thisness.

[1] I have three jobs now. This may or may not be too many jobs.

In case you weren't aware[1], Bad Horse does these amazing posts regarding the history of art and criticism leavened with insightful leaps from one field of study to the next. They are great fun and not one hundredth as dry as you might suspect. He was recently laboring on this amazing post regarding the

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Hello my most delightsome readers.

I have a new chapter up in Obiter Dicta called "The Other Princess" and it has it all! Comedy! Intrigue! Gossip! Latin!

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From @Kyle Marquis (@Moochava) via Twitter:

Yearly reminder: unless you're over 60, you weren't promised flying cars.

You were promised an oppressive cyberpunk dystopia.

Here you go.