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Can someone help me a little? I don't know where I can ask.

So can someone make userpics enable this -> https://pastebin.com/ipbCj2FA layout and make them circle? And make control strip looks pretty =) Original layout is from ~inconformista. I am sorry if this is not allowed.

rydra_wong

1) It's amazing what you can play if you don't mind being slow and bad at it.

There are definitely games that would be flat-out impossible for me, or demanding in ways that would just not be fun. But there's a bunch of stuff where I am slow and I am bad, but I have a very good time and I reach the end of the game.

The time it takes me to beat games is routinely at least two or three times the number of hours the internet thinks it should take (my record may be 5 hours for a "half hour" game). But since I don't actually care about this, it's fine.

2) I have come to realize that -- Look. This, from Gideon the Ninth:

But her brain had only seen the one thing, and her palms were damp with the sweat that came when you were both scared and dying of anticipation. So she said, "The arms kind of looked like swords. I want to fight it."

"You want to fight it."

"Yep."

"Because it looked . . . a little like swords."

"Yop."

It me. Gideon my sister. Show me a really cool-looking boss, perhaps made of swords, perhaps fucked-up in some other FromSoft sort of way, and I want to fight it.

I am not good at combat, but I do really really enjoy it.

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Posted by Jen

https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/missed-marks-spots-jeeps-and-impossible-mountains-2026

Amy asked for cheetah spots on her friend's birthday cake, kind of like this:

But instead she just got "spots":

Appropriately Timed Fun Fact: Did you know Brits call zits "spots?"

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Kelsee ordered this sculpted Jeep cake:

...but after driving her crazy, the baker's results fell flat:

I'd steer clear of this place in the future, Kelsee.

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And finally, Kendra wanted this gorgeous ombre number for her wedding:

You know that song, "Ain't No Mountain High Enough?"

This one was definitely too high.

Sorry, Kendra.

Thanks to Amy A., Kelsee S., & Kendra L. for letting us share their pain... and also laugh at it a little.

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P.S. I don't get many excuses to share these, but that "spots" cake is the perfect segue. Have y'all heard of "pimple patches"?

The Original Mighty Patch

I first thought these were basically camouflage stickers, but nope, way better. Go browse the thousands of rave review and/or customer photos, if you dare, haha. Fascinating stuff!

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And from my other blog, Epbot:

https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/missed-marks-spots-jeeps-and-impossible-mountains-2026

princessofgeeks

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torachan

1. The week is halfway over!

2. Today was actually not too terribly hot and sunny midday so I was able to take a short walk at work.

3. His eyes are so round!

princessofgeeks

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siria

Swaddle
The Pitt | Jack/Robby | ~1200 words | Written for

ghostalservice

(Also on AO3)

( Robby learns to treat himself. )

conuly

why my skillet is full of cat hair!?

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wychwood

I remembered about the eclipse about half an hour before the peak, which was good! So I went outside and sat on my bench, and met several neighbours I've never spoken to before (swapped numbers and also detective novels with one of them! She's lent me The Murder Game by Tom Hindle, and I lent her Death at Victoria Docks by Kerry Greenwood), and took some terrible photos of the eclipse (the sun looks like a potato, but it is at least clear that something is happening...).

The light was very weird, but I really should have invested in some proper eclipse glasses or something. We did get some cool eclipse shadows through the leaves of the tree we were next to, but it's not the same as actually looking at it.

And it turns out I have nearly the perfect tag for this post! Though of course it's not the moon being devoured.

conuly

All that I know
Of a certain star
Is that it can throw,
Like the angled spar,
Now a dart of red,
Now a dart of blue,
Till my friends have said, they would fain see too
The star that dartles the red and the blue!

Then it stops like a bird, like a flower hangs furled;
They must solace themselves with the Saturn above it.
What matters to me that their star is a world?
Mine has opened its soul to me; therefore I love it!

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Found at

greatpoetry

conuly

and then my computer restarted and my browser updated and I lost all my open tabs and I couldn't just restore the old window from history! Thank goodness I found a workaround, but it was a slow, tedious process to open (most of) my old tabs again.

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Posted by Jen

https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/beauty-is-in-the-eye-of-the-b-holder-2026

Something terrible has happened to the letter V, minions. It's gone missing.

Obviously this disappearance spells disaster for V lovers everywhere, but officials claim they've narrowed their investigation to a few bold characters.

"Action words and Bs have had it in for V for years now," stated one official close to the case. "So rest assured we're having a serious talk in here about the verbs and the Bs."

The same official turned out to be a real font of knowledge. When asked about punishments, he responded, "We're looking at life sentences."

Thanks to Grace T., Leslie W., & Anna H. for putting the B in "subtle" - plus all these other words for some reason.

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P.S. Here's another giggle for your grammar nerds:

Punctuation Saves Lives

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And from my other blog, Epbot:

https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/beauty-is-in-the-eye-of-the-b-holder-2026

torachan

1. They put out the foodie guide for Disney Halloween season today. Lots of yummy looking stuff. Can't wait for next weekend!

2. We walked up to Handels for ice cream tonight after dinner, hoping to get the pink lemonade flavor they've had for the summer, but it was too late and they don't have it anymore. Instead Carla got peach, which was very tasty, and I got my usual chocolate peanut butter brownie, which I love, and also a scoop of buckeye, which is a peanut butter ice cream with chocolate and caramel, and some sort of candies called buckeyes, which also seemed to be chocolate peanut butter. It was really good! Would definitely get that again.

3. So sneepy!

kaberett

Last night/this morning I was once again reminded that (1) for me, inadequate hydration over the course of the day seems to be highly correlated with insomnia, and (2) it is basically impossible to fix this constructively once you have realised it is The Problem.

My watch does buzz at me to remind me to hydrate but tragically I do... not do great with paying attention to that, sigh, and I am not sure if there are any Things I Can Do to make doing so easier.

(I could reactivate the meds alarm, but. BUT.)

FOR BONUS POINTS I am abruptly using shiny new-old bike as Primary Bike on account of Something is abruptly going wrong with the rear tyre/inner situation on the Dutch upright and it is going to take me. A few days. To order a new inner and then grit my teeth through the whole involved mess of replacing it. Shiny new-old bike... does not have a bottle cage. None of the bottle cages currently in my possession are super compatible with how damn narrow the frame is. This, too, is a problem that will require executive function to fix.

Bodies! Always needing something!

wychwood

( 165. Robot Visions - Isaac Asimov ) These have dated a lot even since I first read them, never mind when they were written! I'm not sure I would recommend (or re-read) them, but I did somewhat admire the different ways he found to play with the Three Laws of Robotics.

( 166. The City We Became - NK Jemisin ) Looking forward to the sequel!

167. The Hands of the Emperor, Victoria Goddard - Yes, again. Yes, that is 66 hours of audiobook in three weeks. Cliopher and I will not be taking any further questions at this time.

( 168. Orlando - Virginia Woolf ) I guess I'm glad to have read it??

( 169. Vain Command - Roland J Green ) Mostly persisting out of stubbornness, but this isn't bad.

( 170. The Redoubtable Pali Avramapul - Victoria Goddard ) The reunited Red Company are a delight and I look forward to more of them.

( 171. Hidden Nature - Nora Roberts ) Roberts is reliable but this wasn't anything special; forgettable but pleasant enough.

( 172. Out of This World - ed. Catherine Lundoff ) There's tons of fantastic queer SFF out there, but I did not think this was it.

( 173. Bridge of Birds - Barry Hughart ) Casual misogyny aside, this was moderately entertaining.

( 174. At the Feet of the Sun - Victoria Goddard ) Honestly just a lot of feet-kicking glee with this one. Definitely looking forward to the eventual third book!

( 175. The Return of Fitzroy Angursell - Victoria Goddard ) A delightful romp with some emotional pain and growth to make it worth it.

siria

Whiptail and I
Ride or Die | Judith/Debbie | ~7000 words | Thanks to

sheafrotherdon for betaing.

"Debbie was technically twelve days into her Interrail trip when Judith messaged her; eleven, if you allowed for how the Eurostar service they'd been on had caught on fire just a teensy, tiny bit by the time it had pulled into the station at Lille, and so Debbie had had to spend several hours convincing Interpol that she wasn't planning to make a habit of popping up in various parts of Europe in the company of a complement of dead assassins."

or, Debbie and Judith's big gay Italian holiday.

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Posted by Jen

https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/catch-22-2026

Sometimes what starts out as a cute idea for a cake can go very, VERY wrong.

That's where I come in.

Ready?

I *think* this is a groom's cake.

Let that visual sink in for a moment.

(Get it? "Sink in?")

Because it only gets worse from THIS angle:

0.O

Oh.

My.

Freudian Field Day.

(Is it fair to say this wreckerator really blew it?)

But on the plus side, at least there's no hook through the bride-to-be's cheek! Haha, am I right? I mean, THAT might have been a little weird.

Thanks to an anonymous minion for the bait & switch.

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P.S. Speaking of potentially dirty things (heh), let me introduce you to the handiest little kitchen gadget for under $8:

Dishwasher "Dirty/Clean" Slider Bar

The whole thing is magnetic, and comes with double-sided adhesive for non-metallic machines. Also comes in black or this prettier cursive option, if you don't like the bright red/green:

Super helpful if you have kids or bigger households!

https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/catch-22-2026

torachan

1. Ollie had a goopy eye for most of the day yesterday, but we were hoping maybe he just got dust/something else in his eye and it would clear up on its own. By later in the evening it didn't seem to be dripping anymore and today is totally back to normal, so no vet visit necessary, thankfully.

2. I got an email from the Natural History Museum about something called Dino Fest coming up at the end of August and tickets are free with our annual membership, so I went ahead and reserved tickets. Looking forward to it!

3. Yesterday our Verizon cell service was out almost the entire day. Apparently there had been some wires cut in the area. I saw someone on Facebook saying it was out in the valley, too, so that really took out a huge area. But since we were just at home during the day, we could use wifi and not really be affected. Originally when I'd seen the notice on their website, the ETA for service to be returned was sometime today, so I'm glad they got it up and running a lot sooner than expected.

4. Because we're in a lull on my main project at work right now as another portion of it that I'm not directly involved in was delayed, causing delays in the main timeline as well, I've been doing some small tasks for my former supervisor, including creating a manual on how to take a business trip as we currently have no manual and the policy for business trip expenses is eight years out of date (and does not actually give instructions on what to do). Since I've only taken a business trip once myself, it's not exactly familiar territory, but I asked around to make sure I was getting everything correct and got it all put together and turned the finished thing in today (after checking with a couple people who have never taken business trips before to see if they felt comfortable using this guide and they said yes) and my former supervisor was super happy with it and said it was so easy to understand and looked really great. So I'm happy about that. And happy about the fact that we will have a guide now lol.

5. We ordered Indian food for dinner tonight and everything was so delicious. There's a place just a little under a mile up the street, so I just went and picked it up on my bike and got a nice evening ride in, too. (I was able to take a longer ride before work this morning, too, and avoid being out in the worst of the heat midday.) It ended up being tons of food, so we'll have leftovers for dinner tomorrow night, too.

6. Sometimes I think I should throw away these old fence boards that the neighbors seem to have mistakenly left in our yard when they replaced their fence, but Tuxie loves them so. It's not like our yard is nice looking, so a pile of old boards doesn't ruin anything. Might as well let him enjoy!

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The Spanish Civil War by Hugh Thomas

This is the 1977 edition, which is distinctly fatter than the original 1961 one.
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