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.

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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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As I've said before, I try to keep my politics out of my writing and off this platform for the most part. My attitude is that people need space and time to rest from the stresses of the world, and that's something I try to provide with my stories.

But outside of this platform I am INTENSELY political. Left-of-Bernie, wokity-woke-woke-woke political.

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I was a little rude to a fan.

At the time I didn't think much of it for various reasons, not least of which being that my left shoulder got messed up a couple months ago and has been getting progressively worse, so these days I'm always in at least a little pain in my left arm.

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That's how long the power was out this time.

Oh, and there's a tree on my house now (porch, technically), so I get to deal with that next week.

... and she left me a blackout and a tree on my house.

Fun times.

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... and found to be comfort food at best.

Well, since that's pretty much my target for writing, I'll accept that.

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