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An Ancestor of Mine . . . (formerly SpockLock)

Can Professor Moriarty blackmail Sherlock Holmes? He has evidence that the examination of a cosmic string by StarTrek’s Mr. Spock went horribly awry, and stranded him in Victorian England. In his new home, a surprise onset of Pon Farr leads to an encounter with a Wold Newton descendant - Violet Rutherford, a progressive English adventuress with eclectic interests and friends. Their relationship stretches the Prime Directive to the breaking point and leads to the birth of both Mycroft and Sherlock Holmes.  It could explain so much!

Coming December 10th to Archive of Our Own – ArchiveOfOurOwn.com.  Free download. Eight years in the making, announced at 221bCon in 2014.

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Took a year to complete this quilt! Pattern is by NASA Astronaut Karen Nyberg called Cupola View. Fabrics used were also designed by Karen, the collection is called Earth Views.

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Korean TV or movie recs?

Any Korean TV shows or movies that you highly recommend right now? I'm headed to Korea in a few weeks and watching something helps get my spoken Korean back up to speed. For guidance on my taste, the two shows I adored in the past year were Extraordinary Attorney Woo and Reborn Rich. I liked the quality of the writing and acting. I'm not so big on horror or competition shows.

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Thank you to @emmagrant01 for finding these photos of the time I borrowed a sewing machine from a figure skater's mom (all skaters' moms own sewing machines) in Las Vegas and whipped up upholstery for the Potterlock Lounge at Leviosa according to @foxestacado's vision, using fabric she bought in L.A.'s garment district. Fox and Emma each brought an inflatable sofa, I sewed the sofa wraps and made sofa pillowcases (temporarily borrowing hotel room pillows), we had @dixiebell's hand-stenciled wallpaper backdrop, we made a crime scene fireplace, and Fox somehow singlehandedly created entire living room fixtures out of a shipment of cardboard recycling that Qui diverted to our hotel.

I can't remember why we did this? We thought it would be a good idea? So much fun.

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Thank you to @emmagrant01 for finding these photos of the time I borrowed a sewing machine from a figure skater's mom (all skaters' moms own sewing machines) in Las Vegas and whipped up upholstery for the Potterlock Lounge at Leviosa according to @foxestacado's vision, using fabric she bought in L.A.'s garment district. Fox and Emma each brought an inflatable sofa, I sewed the sofa wraps and made sofa pillowcases (temporarily borrowing hotel room pillows), we had @dixiebell's hand-stenciled wallpaper backdrop, we made a crime scene fireplace, and Fox somehow singlehandedly created entire living room fixtures out of a shipment of cardboard recycling that Qui diverted to our hotel.

I can't remember why we did this? We thought it would be a good idea? So much fun.

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"Content," Day 4: Winding yarn looks so much fancier than it actually is. A routine chore turned fun.

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"Content" now that I'm trying to return to tumblr, Day 3: Birthday cake for 19-year-old. Dried, pressed edible flowers and leaves: peppermint, parsley, dandelion, pansies, cherry blossoms, roses, forget-me-nots, columbines, clover.

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"Okay FINE, I'm here," Day 2:

Umm, I should repopulate my tumblr with "content." Um, okay. What have I been up to lately? Here's a time recently when I felt sort of cool for a little while.

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Okay, FINE. I'm back on tumblr, @themrsscience. For you. See my thrilled face. ;-) Let's see if my tumblr 3.0 attempt goes any better than attempts 1.0 and 2.0!

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I miss him. I miss him. I miss him.

Look at my beautiful friend. He's supposed to still be here. Every other time I went a couple of years without seeing him, I got to see him again and catch up. I can't do that anymore so I am just trying to show other people: look at my friend. Look at how beautiful and gifted he was.

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Jin Do Jun strengthening family bonds. > Reborn Rich (2022)

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Get-to-know-each-other bickering. Emotional version. > Reborn Rich (2022) ep. 04

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This scene was so on-the-nose and thoroughly, thoroughly satisfying.

Can’t a man dream? Don’t you know dreams come true? | Reborn Rich ep 3

+bonus: Jin Dojun - who knows exactly how well Hyungjun’s dreams come true

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Back in the early 1990s, the college where I'd gotten my BA asked if I would make a quilt for the English department. Dug up this photo today from when they framed and hung the quilt. I'm told it's still there.

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Goncharov Lore Thus Far, based on the top tumblr post results

Main cast are Goncharov himself, his wife Katya (née Michailov), and Andrey��

One side character is named Mario Ambrosini. He is described as a “sad boi” and is involved in gambling. 

Set in Naples and involving a drug ring/mafia. The plot seems to involve Russian organized crime attempting to get a foothold in Italy. 

There is a Boat Scene. Katya survives via resourcefulness. 

Andrey and Goncharov have a substantial amount of homoeroticism. Andrey also has an internet in Katya. This forms a true love triangle. 

At some point, Katya threatens to shoot Goncharov. This is framed as a Girlboss Moment. 

There is also a Beer Bottle Scene. 

Katya fakes her death. 

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One of the tiniest but greatest triumphs of my marriage came about because of Alice's Restaurant. I grew up in Korea and didn't know about this song until college, but gathered that it's a beloved Thanksgiving tradition to play this war protest song that was instigated by an ill-fated trip to a garbage dump that was closed for Thanksgiving.

One Thanksgiving, thoroughly American husband was musing that maybe he would use his time off work to drive some large broken appliances to the dump. I said, "If it's open." He replied, "Why wouldn't it be open?"

I looked at him suspiciously, but he wasn't being funny. He wasn't setting me up for a punchline. He was asking in genuine innocence.

I could not believe this was happening to me. With a feeling like the sun bursting through clouds, and probably an incredulous and thrilled look on my face, I started humming the chorus of Alice's Restaurant.

Husband gave me full marks for that one. Ah, this memory is like a precious jewel.