And here's another "cars go round a track in the snow" video to commemorate it.

I just learned about this:

https://derpibooru.org/images/3495508?q=spacesuit

Fuck.

Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck.

I'll try to get to work on horse words and similar things tomorrow, since it's obvious I'm going to need extra income, but today those five words are about all I can manage.

But I've had the idea in my head for a decade now, so this exorcises it.

New kind-of-a-story.

The last three parts are all padding, so read at your own risk.

I've got a much more serious short jelling in my head, and I'm piecing together something for another contest which I may or may not write.

Apparently Earth once had rings like Saturn.

And they caused a major extinction event, but you can't have everything be good...

And I've been towed quite a few times in my driving career, a couple of times sitting behind the steering wheel with the car in neutral so I could work the brakes before the rope went slack.

But this experience topped them all. Wasn't even close.

I'm tempted to take a page out of Admiral Biscuit's repertoire after this experience.

https://www.facebook.com/kristan.overstreet/posts/10161536028782528

On the way to New Orleans for Anime Conclave, my van got rear-ended. The rear right cargo frame is stove in- very likely that will total the van by itself.

What that means:

(1) I'm typing this from a crap hotel in Lafayette, Louisiana because AAA couldn't find a tow truck willing to drive me back to Texas after 5 PM (because that would mean they'd get home after midnight). So that's money out of pocket.

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Chronologically this would be the earliest story so far in the CSP/Maretian setting, but I would NOT recommend reading it first.

That Time I Stopped the Invasion of Canterlot

Back in June, I was idly toying with going to EFNW in person this year, if I met certain financial goals.

Then the following things developed:

(1) All attempts to find help getting the feral kittens at my house fixed cheaply and adopted out fell through;

(2) Hurricane Beryl put a tree on my back porch (and a corner of my house);

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(1) Today I'm doing prep for an endoscopy-colonoscopy tomorrow. I was due for it anyway (5 years since the last), and recent increases in acid reflux and intestinal discomfort makes it good timing.

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