I had a happy one. It was quiet. It was me and the cats. I am thankful for naps, which I don't get to take enough of. I've got lots of grading to do, but today I actually spent some time on the couch just letting my cats use me as furniture and petting them. It was great, except that my girl is so affectionate that she has to pat me on the face with her paw, which contains a punch of dirty hypodermics, so I had to get up and get Neosporin and trim her claws, and then we resumed.

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I'm sure you've heard by now of the terrible things that happened in Paris. It always takes a while for these things to sink in. London getting bombed came as a bigger shock to me than 9/11: and I grew up in New Jersey and had an aunt living in mid-town Manhattan. But London was where I first lived by myself as an adult and my first apartment. I lived in a basement flat for almost a whole year and surfed the Tube so hard that when I went back there two years ago, it took only an hour to get

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Yes, you do. Yes, you really do.

Bronies React: Crusaders of the Lost Mark

Even if you're not a fan of the Bronies React series or of reaction videos in general, this one's special for a number of reasons. If I told you why, it would ruin the surprise. So just carve out a half an hour of your time and watch this.

Also:

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Right now, Equestria Daily has a discussion question up: "Which Fanfiction Would You Like To See Adapted as a Pony Movie or Series?"

The answers are all Past Sins/Fallout: Equestria/Rainbow Factory/Cupcakes.

YAWN.

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It is here.It's only today and stuff is selling out FAST. As in, they ran out of the long boxes while I was placing my order because I am slow.

If you want any of these, grab 'em.

PS: As far as I know, you'll still be able to play it on Steam and stuff and print out the card--MAYBE--but I'm not taking chances.

Well, I have a nasty cold. It was 100 degrees and dry when I left California a week ago, and now it is close to 50 degrees and rainy. I called in sick and tried to rest. Today I also got all my mail delivered, and this book was released.

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Thanks to those of you who wished me a happy birthday! It's kind of weird not to be able to go to Comikaze or, what would be even better, spend it with my family. Two years ago, I was able to celebrate my nephew's birthday (the 28th) and mine (the 31st) together. It had been decades since my family had sung "Happy Birthday" to me, and I was surprised at how much it made me tear up. Last year, my Mom and Dad flew all the way to California to be with me, and that was awesome, too. My town has

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When you come up on an episode that will probably Joss your fic, I guess you can have two different attitudes: excitement or fear. My unfinished story, Command Performance, is all about different winter holiday traditions: how different families celebrate the same holiday, and how some don't celebrate the same holidays at all. But my Pinkie already had a solution, rooted in being a party pony:

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--which is not mine, but is by my friend and partner in (reviewing) crime, Elric of Melnipony: From Dat Place To Dis Place. It's a parody of Displaced fics, which I've been seeing a lot of in my role of Rage Reviews admin.

But what is a Displaced fic?

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Don't ask how I feel. Terrible. But meh. There is good news from New York Comic Con! There will be a sequel to Under The Sparkling Sea. And it has dragons:

The Dragons of Dazzle Island!

Source: Equestria Daily.

If nothing else, it will have gorgeous art:

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