Peridot & Sunset Shimmer.

Bacon-flavored Doritos.

So I can't do anything with this in-'verse, and as far as doing anything outside it, I've pretty much hit my "Are you kidding?" quota for the week. Given that, I thought I'd post it here. Because I had this idea at about three in the morning and clearly my sensibilities still aren't fully awake.

The concept:

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Some of the wounds may be starting to heal from the first time, and we can't have that.

Once again, part of today will be spent working on a standalone piece, which I hope to have submitted before midnight. I'm going to give you a very few scant details about the story, plus the title -- and then you guess what the story is actually about.

Here are today's total non-clues.

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Love is friendship that has caught fire.

-- Ann Landers

As inspired by real life horses.

So. Turns out metallics are just about real. And if you made a version called a shimmer pony, you'd be there.

Who knew?

Yes, I'm aware that on this site, 'breeds rarer than alicorns' currently includes earth ponies, pegasi, and unicorns.

Some of the things I try to earn Internet cash from are activities I would be doing anyway. Checking the weather falls into this category, and thus mPoints, the Weather Channel's official program affiliate. Check the forecast, check the radar, check in my location if I happen to be in a store, and hope they throw an opportunity for extras my way. This is truly minimal earning: I generally measure mPoints in tenths of a cent. But... I was going to be checking the forecast anyway. And

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I can complain about not having something to play for, at best, something under a day.

I can complain about having something to play for at least six weeks.

I feel cheated.

What's especially frustrating is that most other English-speaking countries already had their versions. Supposedly we'll get something NFL-themed later, but...

When you come to the fork in the road, take it.

With the Stateside political season (1460.25 days out of every four years, with a brief pause for counting ballots) at the point of inducing death wishes in many of those forced to witness it, my thoughts have been turning towards getting the @#$$ out of the country --

*sigh*

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I was recently informed that my building had developed a flea problem. This wasn't too surprising: a number of people own pets, and all it takes is one companion coming in from a walk with a few new friends. I hadn't seen any in my own residence, but the owners wanted to bomb every apartment as a precautionary measure.

Fine -- sort of, at least for that value of 'fine' which breaks down to 'So that's going to be what, five days of trying not to claw my own eyes out?'

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