Stockpile, by adrestia_of_the_long_night (G)
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stargateficrecShow: SG-1, SGA
Rec Category: Jack O'Neill
Characters:Pairings: Jack O'Neill/Daniel Jackson
Categories: slash, post series, O'Neill and Sheppard are large and in charge
Warnings: none
Word Count: 6,741
Author on DW: none found
Author's Website: AO3 Profile
Link: Stockpile
Author's Summary:
Stockpile. Stockpiling is what occurs when a military force is left to their own devices without follow-on orders or guidance.
Atlantis Military personnel have been left alone onboard the city as they sit in the San Francisco Bay awaiting for guidance from the SGC and IOA about what their next steps will be. But when military members are left to their own devices without any of the civilians there to stop them they do as any military member would do while trapped in port. They start ordering supplies and making contingency plans.
Why This Must Be Read:
I'm a sucker for 'stealing Atlantis and going back to Pegasus' and this is right on the nose.
To be honest, this is largely an SGA story but Jack O'Neill is a primary player in this plot, and I'm glad to be able to share this fun story with you.
This is one of 12 stories in a collection titled "Stargate Downfall of Earth Various AUs" but they are all independent, so you can try just one to see if you'd like to try more.
( snippet of fic )
Rec Category: Jack O'Neill
Characters:Pairings: Jack O'Neill/Daniel Jackson
Categories: slash, post series, O'Neill and Sheppard are large and in charge
Warnings: none
Word Count: 6,741
Author on DW: none found
Author's Website: AO3 Profile
Link: Stockpile
Author's Summary:
Stockpile. Stockpiling is what occurs when a military force is left to their own devices without follow-on orders or guidance.
Atlantis Military personnel have been left alone onboard the city as they sit in the San Francisco Bay awaiting for guidance from the SGC and IOA about what their next steps will be. But when military members are left to their own devices without any of the civilians there to stop them they do as any military member would do while trapped in port. They start ordering supplies and making contingency plans.
Why This Must Be Read:
I'm a sucker for 'stealing Atlantis and going back to Pegasus' and this is right on the nose.
To be honest, this is largely an SGA story but Jack O'Neill is a primary player in this plot, and I'm glad to be able to share this fun story with you.
This is one of 12 stories in a collection titled "Stargate Downfall of Earth Various AUs" but they are all independent, so you can try just one to see if you'd like to try more.
( snippet of fic )
Daily Happiness
Mar. 9th, 2026 08:44 pmtorachan1. I walked up to Whole Foods tonight and dropped off my Amazon return and got an email saying the money was credited back to my account while I was on the walk home.
2. I did two store visits in Orange County today and Carla came with me and went shopping (one of the stores is right next to a Book Off) while I worked, so we could just go straight to Disneyland on the way home. We haven't been doing midweek trips as much this year, but a friend of hers is in town for work and this was the best time to meet up. (But since the Food and Wine Festival just started, there's a ton of new menu items to try, so it works out in that regard as well.)
3. Tomorrow I am just doing a store visit at the store near home and then WFH in the afternoon for meetings, so no long drives, which will be nice (especially with gas prices as they are, though I do get reimbursed for the store visits).
4. The weather was about 15 degrees cooler today than yesterday at home and around 20 degrees cooler down in OC. Much nicer than yesterday!
5. Molly has been really into the old cardboard cat house lately for some reason.
2. I did two store visits in Orange County today and Carla came with me and went shopping (one of the stores is right next to a Book Off) while I worked, so we could just go straight to Disneyland on the way home. We haven't been doing midweek trips as much this year, but a friend of hers is in town for work and this was the best time to meet up. (But since the Food and Wine Festival just started, there's a ton of new menu items to try, so it works out in that regard as well.)
3. Tomorrow I am just doing a store visit at the store near home and then WFH in the afternoon for meetings, so no long drives, which will be nice (especially with gas prices as they are, though I do get reimbursed for the store visits).
4. The weather was about 15 degrees cooler today than yesterday at home and around 20 degrees cooler down in OC. Much nicer than yesterday!
5. Molly has been really into the old cardboard cat house lately for some reason.
2026 Disneyland Trip #13 (3/9/26)
Mar. 9th, 2026 08:14 pmtorachanWe went down to DCA again today for dinner to meet up with a friend of Carla's who's in town for work but also spending all his downtime at Disneyland.
Since we'd just been to the park a couple days ago and also had had kind of a long day today before getting to the park, we didn't really do much other than have dinner and chat, and then walk around the park and chat, but it was a nice visit.
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Since we'd just been to the park a couple days ago and also had had kind of a long day today before getting to the park, we didn't really do much other than have dinner and chat, and then walk around the park and chat, but it was a nice visit.
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Sit and watch my TV set
Mar. 9th, 2026 08:00 pmsovayI have been made the unexpected recipient of an unbirthday scarf. It is patterned as if with fossil leaves and irresistibly striped.
Monday Media Musings: February 2026 highlights
Mar. 9th, 2026 03:55 pmowlmooseClair Obscur: Expedition 33: I wanted to love this game, but the most I could muster up was an appreciation for its artistry, world-building, and ambition. Too much of the story was left clouded, hidden behind impossible bosses, and character motivations kept opaque to preserve surprises for the audience. ( Massive spoilers behind the cut. )
On top of that, T and I both found the combat difficult in an unsatisfying way, and having to learn not just entirely different skill trees but power-up mechanisms for every character felt unnecessary. Eventually we turned the difficulty level down, which helped, but in the end it felt like we were just slogging through the final battles to get to the ending and be done with it. Disappointing.Plur1bus: Like many folks, I was eagerly anticipating this one, based on my love for Rhea Seehorn in Better Call Saul, and it lived up to that expectation -- although in other ways I wasn't sure what to expect, and it certainly kept me guessing throughout. It's hard to say much without spoilers, so I'll limit my thoughts here to being just generally impressed by it, and blown away by Seehorn's performance, and also by Karolina Wydra, who played Zosia, a tough role on several levels. Excited to see where it goes!
The 2026 Winter Olympics: Despite all the problems, I do still love the Olympics -- getting to watch and learn about different sports, witness joy and heartbreak and feats of incredible athleticism, following developing storylines and experience the unexpected. I dipped in and out of a lot of events, but I ended up spending the most time on curling. T is a fan -- it's perhaps the only Olympic sport that he'll actively sit down and watch with me -- and because the athletes are all miked, you can hear them discussing strategy with each other, which is really interesting. I also caught some figure skating; in particular, the men's and women's free programs were fascinating case studies in the folly of expectations, and I genuinely loved watching the two gold medal winners put in the performances of their lives.
The Mysterious Tyranny of Trendy Baby Names
Mar. 10th, 2026 06:39 ammatsushima posting in longreadsAs Wattenberg and I examined the data together, a startling discovery came into focus: Back in the 1970s, singular names grew so popular that they became trends unto themselves. But “it just doesn’t work that way anymore,” Wattenberg said. Nowadays, trends are defined by many different names with similar suffixes. …-The Mysterious Tyranny of Trendy Baby Names (archive link) by Daniel Wolfe
According to Wattenberg, Jason barely registered in the 1950s when parents often picked a name following family tradition. If your great-grandfather was named Clarence Leroy, odds were a piece of that name would fall intact to you.
Then came the counterculture movements of the 1960s. For the first time, parents began straying from traditional names. With the guardrails of convention removed, people were free to make up their own minds and forge their own paths. And suddenly, by the 1970s, every other kid was named Jason.
Then a funny thing happened: Names started giving way to sounds. Jason begot Mason, Jackson, Grayson, Carson and a whole family of other “-son” names that together make up a major 21st-century trend for baby boys.
TV Stuff at High Prices
Mar. 9th, 2026 12:46 pmyourlibrarian1) I am starting plans for a fall foliage road trip in October through Michigan. Anyone have any recommendations?
2) Following up on what I wrote about in my last post, I watched several episodes of Paradise S2. I'm not sure why I'm still watching this. ( Spoilers )
3) By contrast, I saw the Muppet Show (special? Apparently a one-off?) and found it a delight. Disney has definitely struggled in finding a way to utilize the Muppets and two shows have now failed. I'm glad they tried to do something different with them, and I rather liked the show where they were trying to make a more realistic "behind the scenes" Muppet show.
But maybe these days a return to the past would be particularly welcome (and surely there's still a lot of appeal for kids). I've got to imagine they've got a potential guest list a mile long. My partner and I kept thinking that some of the puppeteers must have been filled with glee at being able to recreate this show.
It did make me laugh when Sabrina Carpenter said she'd watched the show, her parents had watched the show, and her grandparents had watched the show. We'd be rather young to be her grandparents but, yeah, 50th anniversary after all.
4) I found the first of my top 3 shows of the year last month when we watched How to Get to Heaven from Belfast. I'd quite enjoyed Derry Girls, so was interested in trying this. I found it had a lot of the fun from Derry with an added mystery at the center. ( Read more... )
5) When in his latest charity auction batch Stephen Colbert listed a Lord of the Rings sword that had been on the stage wall, we couldn't believe he'd be selling such a thing at any price. Turns out it's a replica of the actual sword used in the film, which he already has (and he joked he would be buried with). Even so, I figured it would go for a lot, and it's going to be well over $25,000. His neckties are going for over $1000.
2) Following up on what I wrote about in my last post, I watched several episodes of Paradise S2. I'm not sure why I'm still watching this. ( Spoilers )
3) By contrast, I saw the Muppet Show (special? Apparently a one-off?) and found it a delight. Disney has definitely struggled in finding a way to utilize the Muppets and two shows have now failed. I'm glad they tried to do something different with them, and I rather liked the show where they were trying to make a more realistic "behind the scenes" Muppet show.
But maybe these days a return to the past would be particularly welcome (and surely there's still a lot of appeal for kids). I've got to imagine they've got a potential guest list a mile long. My partner and I kept thinking that some of the puppeteers must have been filled with glee at being able to recreate this show.
It did make me laugh when Sabrina Carpenter said she'd watched the show, her parents had watched the show, and her grandparents had watched the show. We'd be rather young to be her grandparents but, yeah, 50th anniversary after all.
4) I found the first of my top 3 shows of the year last month when we watched How to Get to Heaven from Belfast. I'd quite enjoyed Derry Girls, so was interested in trying this. I found it had a lot of the fun from Derry with an added mystery at the center. ( Read more... )
5) When in his latest charity auction batch Stephen Colbert listed a Lord of the Rings sword that had been on the stage wall, we couldn't believe he'd be selling such a thing at any price. Turns out it's a replica of the actual sword used in the film, which he already has (and he joked he would be buried with). Even so, I figured it would go for a lot, and it's going to be well over $25,000. His neckties are going for over $1000.
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[519] I work all night, I work all day to pay the bills I have to pay... ain't it sad?
Mar. 9th, 2026 10:34 ammerridiaOkay, hi, hello! I have not looked at Dreamwidth in like a month due to a combination of work being crazy, Mom's constant freaking out about her work wearing me down, and general winter depression exacerbated by more acute 'the movie theatre will be closed for another three goddamn months' depression, but here I am! Going to try to turn things around!
I have seen two local theatre productions (Fiddler on the Roof and The Lion and the Jewel) and one ballet (A Midsummer Night's Dream) since my last update, and while it doesn't fill the gaping hole in my life left from going to the movies on the regular, it has certainly helped a lot. Arts! They're also going to screen all three extended editions of The Lord of the Rings this weekend, so that's something else to look forward to, even if the seats there are not nearly as comfortable as those of our lone cinema.
It was six degrees above zero on Saturday. It was back down to -30 this morning. I'm TIRED.
My grandmother had a very scary health crisis a week ago; we went downtown to essentially say goodbye to her Monday night after she had a seizure and was sent to the ER before being diagnosed with a massive brain bleed. A few hours later, however, once they were able to get a proper look at her scans, it turned out to actually just be a tumour the size of a golf ball, which is, somehow, a much better immediate outcome? She was released back to her care home the next day and seemed fine when we went back to visit her. She's on anti-seizure meds and some steroids to bring down the inflammation and life just goes on, I guess, big-ass tumour and all. Her sister came up from Edmonton to visit for the weekend, which was nice.
I have let my inbox get up over 1000 unread emails again. I was doing so well for a while.
In better news, my upcoming vacation is completely booked. I did forget that WPW tickets went on sale Friday until that evening and had to settle for a standing room only ticket, but at least it wasn't completely sold out yet (as it is now). My presence for Mercedes' crash-out era is confirmed, I hope Jody Threat throws her off the Nonsuch.
Revolution this weekend. If Hangman and Kris both losing big world title matches on the same night is the karmic price I have to pay for All Out, so be it. Still at the exact same time as the Oscars, which is deeply infuriating, but maybe they're doing it to save me from how sad they would probably just make me, because the last movie I was able to see in a theatre was fucking Anaconda. Hopefully I'll be able to still catch Hoppers somewhere once I'm travelling in a couple of weeks. If C&C don't finally show back up after the tag title match, I will self-harm by watching Money Plane.
( Album #519/1001: ABBA - Arrival )
Okay, hopefully I will continue with the regular updates again, back to work! Going to spend my lunch break with this joshi match pack somebody put together. Monday's match is Mina Shirakawa, Maika, and Mei Seira vs. Saya Kamitani, Tam Nakano, and AZM from Supercard of Honor 2024, which I recall as being a low-key banger, so I welcome you to join me!
PS: Fuck daylight savings!
I have seen two local theatre productions (Fiddler on the Roof and The Lion and the Jewel) and one ballet (A Midsummer Night's Dream) since my last update, and while it doesn't fill the gaping hole in my life left from going to the movies on the regular, it has certainly helped a lot. Arts! They're also going to screen all three extended editions of The Lord of the Rings this weekend, so that's something else to look forward to, even if the seats there are not nearly as comfortable as those of our lone cinema.
It was six degrees above zero on Saturday. It was back down to -30 this morning. I'm TIRED.
My grandmother had a very scary health crisis a week ago; we went downtown to essentially say goodbye to her Monday night after she had a seizure and was sent to the ER before being diagnosed with a massive brain bleed. A few hours later, however, once they were able to get a proper look at her scans, it turned out to actually just be a tumour the size of a golf ball, which is, somehow, a much better immediate outcome? She was released back to her care home the next day and seemed fine when we went back to visit her. She's on anti-seizure meds and some steroids to bring down the inflammation and life just goes on, I guess, big-ass tumour and all. Her sister came up from Edmonton to visit for the weekend, which was nice.
I have let my inbox get up over 1000 unread emails again. I was doing so well for a while.
In better news, my upcoming vacation is completely booked. I did forget that WPW tickets went on sale Friday until that evening and had to settle for a standing room only ticket, but at least it wasn't completely sold out yet (as it is now). My presence for Mercedes' crash-out era is confirmed, I hope Jody Threat throws her off the Nonsuch.
Revolution this weekend. If Hangman and Kris both losing big world title matches on the same night is the karmic price I have to pay for All Out, so be it. Still at the exact same time as the Oscars, which is deeply infuriating, but maybe they're doing it to save me from how sad they would probably just make me, because the last movie I was able to see in a theatre was fucking Anaconda. Hopefully I'll be able to still catch Hoppers somewhere once I'm travelling in a couple of weeks. If C&C don't finally show back up after the tag title match, I will self-harm by watching Money Plane.
( Album #519/1001: ABBA - Arrival )
Okay, hopefully I will continue with the regular updates again, back to work! Going to spend my lunch break with this joshi match pack somebody put together. Monday's match is Mina Shirakawa, Maika, and Mei Seira vs. Saya Kamitani, Tam Nakano, and AZM from Supercard of Honor 2024, which I recall as being a low-key banger, so I welcome you to join me!
PS: Fuck daylight savings!
Radio Free Monday (March 9, 2026)
Mar. 9th, 2026 09:02 amthelaughingmuse posting in radiofreemondayWelcome to Radio Free Monday for the week of March 9, 2026. RFM posts links to peoples' personal fundraisers asking for community assistance, on Tumblr, Dreamwidth, and the Fediverse.
==== Ways to give ====
Tumblr user Moogle is raising funds for housing, after being kicked out by their abusive family in January. Their friend, Tumblr user thecottageinthedark, is helping with fundraising. Read more, reblog, and support the fundraiser here.
Tumblr user Terrie02 is sharing ways to support the community of Columbia Heights in Minneapolis MN USA. They're paying rent for families, helping get them food, and helping them get safe transportation. Read more, reblog, and support the fundraiser here.
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This has been Radio Free Monday. Submit items for my attention through this link (use English for your submission-text, please. If necessary, use Google Translate.)
Knights Errant (by Sholio) (Teen)
Mar. 10th, 2026 12:54 ammific posting in stargateficrecShows: SGA
Rec Category: John Sheppard
Characters: John Sheppard & Rodney McKay, Elizabeth Weir, Jeannie Miller, Jennifer Keller
Categories: Gen
Words: 5300
Warnings: no AO3 type warnings apply (except Rodney died and is now a car, I guess)
Author on DW:sholio
Author's Website: Sholio on AO3, Sholio's own site (most of the SGA fics)
Link: Knights Errant on LJ, and on Wayback
Why This Must Be Read: Sholio describes this as a cracktastic AU - it's a fusion with the 1980s TV show Knight Rider. Sheppard is the detective rescued from death and paired with a modified Pontiac Firebird Trans Am controlled by an AI (ah, for the days when AI was cool!) - which is Rodney, in the fic. It's very cool and funny (when we get to Rodney), and an excellent read!
( snippet of the fic under here )
Rec Category: John Sheppard
Characters: John Sheppard & Rodney McKay, Elizabeth Weir, Jeannie Miller, Jennifer Keller
Categories: Gen
Words: 5300
Warnings: no AO3 type warnings apply (except Rodney died and is now a car, I guess)
Author on DW:
sholioAuthor's Website: Sholio on AO3, Sholio's own site (most of the SGA fics)
Link: Knights Errant on LJ, and on Wayback
Why This Must Be Read: Sholio describes this as a cracktastic AU - it's a fusion with the 1980s TV show Knight Rider. Sheppard is the detective rescued from death and paired with a modified Pontiac Firebird Trans Am controlled by an AI (ah, for the days when AI was cool!) - which is Rodney, in the fic. It's very cool and funny (when we get to Rodney), and an excellent read!
( snippet of the fic under here )
International Women's Day Belated Post
Mar. 9th, 2026 11:33 amoursinI am given to understand that there is a campaign afoot to get a Blue Plaque for Dame Rebecca, as, quite shamefully, there is not one already.
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Dorset Archives Trust seeks donations for archive catalogue: we feel they might foreground rather more than they do that this is for the papers of Sylvia Townsend Warner???
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The Woman Who Invented the Penny Bank - I do not think I had heard of Priscilla Wakefield before.
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Ladies of the Lights: Female Lighthouse Keepers in the UK and the US (Of course I knew about Grace Darling, even before Jessica Mitford wrote about her.)
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Sadder stories of women: Hidden lives of female prisoners past and present:
The lives of female prisoners in the 19th Century and those experiencing the criminal justice system today are not dissimilar, a charity worker has said.
An exhibition at Newcastle Cathedral is documenting the untold stories from female prisoners at the former Newcastle Prison, which stood in the city's Carliol Square between 1828-1925.
Volunteers from a family history group have begun transcribing the records of at least 6,000 women, imprisoned by Cambridge University in the 19th Century. I have read the book by Biggs (The Spinning House) but was underwhelmed as a result of her stylistic narrative choices. I am all for this sort of project.
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Hmmmm. While I would certainly agree that female desire is not taken seriously enough: A very paternalistic attitude’: why is female desire still not taken seriously?, I am massively, massively, massively cynical about the potential of the 'pink pill' or female viagra as I had several posts here some years back about the very unprepossessing results produced*. In particular I adduce this link to the ever sensible Dr Petra Boynton's thoughts. Is this just being bigged up by pharma entrepreneurs???
*And, of course, the notion that you can fix women's libidos with a magic bullet pill.
SGA: Fieldwork by Rheanna (and Homework by busaikko)
Mar. 10th, 2026 12:42 ammific posting in fancakeFandom: Stargate Atlantis
Characters/Pairings: Ronon Dex/John Sheppard, Rodney McKay, Dave Sheppard
Rating: Teen, Gen
Length: 3158 (Homework is 963)
Content Notes: no AO3 warnings apply
Creator Links: Rheanna on AO3, busaikko on AO3, susan_voight on AO3
Themes: Siblings, Friendship, Going home, Established relationship
Summaries:
Ronon starts his e-mail correspondence with Sheppard's brother more or less by mistake.
For some reason, after his father's funeral Dave Sheppard keeps getting e-mail from Ronon Dex.
Reccer's Notes: This is a remix of Homework by busaikko, and they can be read in any order - this is basically a rec for both fics, Fieldwork being from Ronon's POV, and Homework, which is just as good, from Dave's POV. Ronon's in a relationship with John and as part of learning English he starts emailing John's estranged brother, Dave. Rodney then gets involved as Ronon goes to him for help. The characterisations of Ronon, John, and Rodney here are spot on, and it's both funny and moving - a wonderful set of stories.
Fanwork Links: on AO3: Fieldwork and Homework
Alternate DW links: Fieldwork and Homework
Susan_voight podficced both stories, both separately and collated.
Characters/Pairings: Ronon Dex/John Sheppard, Rodney McKay, Dave Sheppard
Rating: Teen, Gen
Length: 3158 (Homework is 963)
Content Notes: no AO3 warnings apply
Creator Links: Rheanna on AO3, busaikko on AO3, susan_voight on AO3
Themes: Siblings, Friendship, Going home, Established relationship
Summaries:
Ronon starts his e-mail correspondence with Sheppard's brother more or less by mistake.
For some reason, after his father's funeral Dave Sheppard keeps getting e-mail from Ronon Dex.
Reccer's Notes: This is a remix of Homework by busaikko, and they can be read in any order - this is basically a rec for both fics, Fieldwork being from Ronon's POV, and Homework, which is just as good, from Dave's POV. Ronon's in a relationship with John and as part of learning English he starts emailing John's estranged brother, Dave. Rodney then gets involved as Ronon goes to him for help. The characterisations of Ronon, John, and Rodney here are spot on, and it's both funny and moving - a wonderful set of stories.
Fanwork Links: on AO3: Fieldwork and Homework
Alternate DW links: Fieldwork and Homework
Susan_voight podficced both stories, both separately and collated.
The Jewish War: Second half of Book 2
Mar. 8th, 2026 10:07 pmcahnLast week: Lots of discussion of various contemporary Roman emperors and their families: Claudius, Agrippina, Nero, Britannicus. Quinctilius Varus and Arminius make an appearance as well. Also Josephus wants to tell you ALL about the Essenes, and none of us knows why but maybe we will find out sometime in the future?? (ugh, I haven't finished replying to comments yet on this either, sorry! -- hopefully will get to that tomorrow)
This week: The Jewish war starts! It's a mess. We do finally meet our hero Josephus, who is just the most heroic, clever, and brave guy. (Probably devilishly handsome too, although this is admittedly not in the text.)
Next week: where shall we read to in Book 3? ETA: All of book 3 for this week!
This week: The Jewish war starts! It's a mess. We do finally meet our hero Josephus, who is just the most heroic, clever, and brave guy. (Probably devilishly handsome too, although this is admittedly not in the text.)
Next week: where shall we read to in Book 3? ETA: All of book 3 for this week!
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Mar. 8th, 2026 10:01 pmyuuagoSaw somebody refer to Squidgeworld Archive as "Squidward" and now I will never be able to read it as anything else for the rest of my days.
Kakuriyo: Bed & Breakfast for Spirits, Vol. 11
Mar. 8th, 2026 11:56 pmmarycatelli posting in booksKakuriyo: Bed & Breakfast for Spirits, Vol. 11 by Waco Ioka
And so we begin in medias res -- spoilers ahead for the earlier volumes
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And so we begin in medias res -- spoilers ahead for the earlier volumes
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Daily Happiness
Mar. 8th, 2026 08:40 pmtorachan1. We went to Best Buy this morning to look at mice in person and I ended up getting a different Logitec one, the MX Master 3S, which fits almost as well in my hand as the Microsoft Sculpt. I set up a return for the other one to Amazon. I do like some things about it, but it felt at the same time too small and too large, and while I didn't have wrist pain after I got used to it more, it just never felt comfortable. I do like that this new one, like the one I'm returning, is bluetooth rather than USB, especially since apparently it was the USB dongle that was causing my PC's sleep issues with the Sculpt (all these years I had no idea!).
2. It was so hot today. Not the hottest we've ever had, but record setting for early March, and it just felt awful. Like that baking desert feel whenever you step outside. I'm so glad we didn't have anything that required being outdoors during the day today, just errands in the car in the morning. I did take a short midday walk, trying to stick to the shadiest streets, but even then I couldn't stay out for long. Tomorrow is supposed to be about 15 degrees cooler, so fingers crossed.
3. Despite the heat, I made Japanese curry for dinner and it turned out delicious. I found a bag of frozen kabocha in the freezer the other day so I put some of that in as well, and that gave it a little something extra, even though I didn't feel like frying croquettes with it as I'd originally planned, or doing fried eggs over top like I sometimes do.
4. This pic was taken the other day. Not even Chloe wanted to be under the blankets today!
2. It was so hot today. Not the hottest we've ever had, but record setting for early March, and it just felt awful. Like that baking desert feel whenever you step outside. I'm so glad we didn't have anything that required being outdoors during the day today, just errands in the car in the morning. I did take a short midday walk, trying to stick to the shadiest streets, but even then I couldn't stay out for long. Tomorrow is supposed to be about 15 degrees cooler, so fingers crossed.
3. Despite the heat, I made Japanese curry for dinner and it turned out delicious. I found a bag of frozen kabocha in the freezer the other day so I put some of that in as well, and that gave it a little something extra, even though I didn't feel like frying croquettes with it as I'd originally planned, or doing fried eggs over top like I sometimes do.
4. This pic was taken the other day. Not even Chloe wanted to be under the blankets today!