March 1^st saw witness to a brief but strong (and unexpected, to the ire of the weather people) bout of snow. Which, if you’ve never been to Ireland, is extraordinary rare – the last notable such spell we had was six years ago in March 2018, a cold front so strong it actually shut schools and college down for several days (all your Northern Americans and Canadians are yawning at this, I’m sure ).

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All the recent Everfree Northwest blogs have reminded me that UK PonyCon is fast approaching. I’ve been all booked for months now, but with it only six weeks away, I'm starting to get excited again. Too soon? Mayhaps, but I am an easily excitable spirit, least for the right things. Last year’s edition was the rare holiday for me where I didn’t have a “home sweet home” feeling when it was over, which should tell you how much it meant to me.

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Chances are you’ve already heard about this year’s Jinglemas having signups open already, but if you haven’t, here’s your notice. If you’ve never done it before, I strongly encourage you to: getting a story of your chosen characters is great, but honestly, writing one for another is even better. And if you’re worried about getting characters you don’t usually use, or would rather not use, well, take it

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First journal posted in a LOOOONG-ass time...and it’s to promote a neat lil’ short!

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If anyone...ANYONE...remembers

this,

this,

or any of these titles,

I will love you. I'll even put it in a comment! X3 MUH CHILDHOOD!!!!!

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Well, here we are. Generation 5’s about to start in the form it will be most defined by, a Netflix CG show, kicking off with the two-parter Make Your Mark.

Off the promos, trailers and clips, I have thoughts about it. Many… conflicted thoughts, not least about the animation (hey, a ghost's gotta have his priorities). But, now is not the time or the place for that, it can wait. In the meantime, let’s celebrate with another batch of just Generation 5 Ponyfics, shall we?

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And welcome to the second half of this countdown. As before, the full version of this countdown may be found on my DeviantArt account here.

Number Five: "Rabbit Seasoning" (1952)

Speaking of Bugs Bunny…

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Was dedicating three weeks solely to the 16 stories written for the Who Crossed Over My Little Pony? contest the best idea? Maybe, maybe not. Oh well, the reviews are all prepped now, let’s ride it out to the end.

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We’re approaching the end of my Author Spotlight catchup, where, as you may recall, to make up for not doing any for October through January, I’ve doubled up for four months starting in March. Meaning only three to go; after that, it won’t be a regular feature anymore, instead only when it best suits. And, this antepenultimate entry is the first of an author who’s a regular reader of Monday Musings: that being Rune Soldier Dan.

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Paddy’s Day came and went. Given I don’t drink alcohol at all and am not the most social phantom except in moderately-sized groups with close friends, acquaintances and colleagues, I naturally stayed in, even if large chunks of this emerald isle celebrated or got themselves wasted. Not that I minded, the national holiday gave me a three-day weekend, and those are always nice.

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My sister used to read the books that this series was based on to me as a kid, way back before I was old enough to read anything more than Hop on Pop or whatever. So I liked those books, I'd like to go back and read them sometimes, but I remember them being very funny and witty. So back when this series came out, I very much disliked it, because it's just a pretty different thing than how I remember the books. This is more of a silly and random-type comedy cartoon, whereas I remember the books

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Author Spotlight time again! Three times makes a tradition with the fortnightly edition now. And unlike last time, not just a cluster of small one-shots with small word counts; indeed, we’ve got two novelettes here aiming to be episode-like stories. Those are always curious. So, let’s look at some of Piccolo Sky’s work.

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Aw, geez, not even 15 blogs in, and I’m already reaching for things to say for these intros. Hope that isn’t a sign of things to come!

Okay, that’s not strictly true. I have been structuring my reading time a bit more, enough to slow/stop the decreasing backlog of prepared reviews. It’ll be a little while before it’s returned to the safe threshold of when I started these (that was nearly 50 stories, somehow), but it’s something.

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Eh, the cover screencaps/gifs and funny captions lasted 10 blogs, but they’re not worth the effort to bring up every week. Leave them for when inspiration strikes, I say! It’s all about streamlining, my friends.

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