Ravynstone Abbey

Updates on a Frosty Morn

2008-12-06T16:11:08Z

Did 14k on NaNo this year, so that’s better than I’ve done since I first started. Now to actually *finish*.

Currently using Thunderbird and IMAP to move emails to my new main account. Also trying out the MS Windows Photo Gallery Beta. It’s pretty and I can tag things and not have fifty million folders to keep photos organized. So there goes another thing to do, add tags to all my photos.

Using Windows Live Writer to do this post. I’ve always liked it better than the browser based post editors, so I believe I’ll stick with it.

Technorati Tags: windows live writer,updates,thunderbird

Chldhood Trauma, Part Seventy Billion

2008-11-22T19:54:44Z

Star Wars: Meet The Wife That Han Solo Never Had:

Married to a Wookie?

An Increase in Hate Crimes During the Election Season

2008-11-19T17:21:33Z

An increase in hate crimes during election season at Racialicious - the intersection of race and pop culture

Just reposting the link. Read and see how ignorance hurts everybody.

I’m GLAD We Didn’t Elect His Clone

2008-11-19T15:59:17Z

Last-minute Bush abortion ruling causes furor - International Herald Tribune:

A last-minute Bush administration plan to grant sweeping new protections to health care providers who oppose abortion and other procedures on religious or moral grounds has provoked a torrent of objections, including a strenuous protest from the government agency that enforces job-discrimination laws.

I have no words except this, it is not a doctor’s job to JUDGE a person’s morality when it comes to providing healthcare. Morality is not the concern of doctors and other healthcare workers. I believe strongly in a woman’s right to CHOOSE. Our social welfare system is already straining under the weight of babies and children born to parents who are not prepared emotionally, physically or economically to be parents. I’m also for teaching our children the truth about sex and how to be responsible for keeping yourself healthy and safe, not for only teaching that one shouldn’t have sex at all. The forbidden always sounds much more fun than waiting.

Surfacing

2008-11-20T02:18:10Z

Did some tweaks to the sidebars, and have added new header images to the theme.

The new Overlords :

Jazz is the teeny fluff of gray, Sansa is the calico and her sister is Oryx, the tabby. Jazz is Queen of the Overlords, if such a thing is possible?

Two of my headers are from personal photographs and the others are from various places on the Net, so all credit goes to the original photographers. All I did was crop them to fit.

Also added a new toy: Abbey Links. It’s my lifestream, everything I link or post to the Net.

Also pondering switching my gallery to NextGen Gallery and moving my custom pages to WP for easy management and one spot to manage them.

Another Try ;)

2008-09-27T04:15:00Z

Some Reading This Morning

2008-09-04T14:07:32Z

whisperwords: Sarah Palin

This post sums up some of the points to ponder re: Sarah Palin and her being chosen as VP by John McCain.

Just because someone is a woman, does not mean that I, as a woman, should vote for her. I vote based on ideas, not on skin color or gender. And if that makes all the difference to you as to what set of genitals someone has or what color someone is, then, really, I have no sympathy for your plight.

Housekeeping, Or, It’s kinda Dusty in Here, Isn’t It?

2008-08-07T03:44:56Z

Have done some minor housekeeping here, with cleaning up posts and tags, and also researching an easier to use layout for my main site.+

Will be updating my recs pages as I have time, now that school is back in session and I have my days free. I have a backlog of fics to read and rec from quite few fandoms, including my newest one, Iron Man.

REC: As Easy As This [Final Fantasy VII]

2008-07-25T22:16:52Z

Title: As Easy As This

Fandom: Final Fantasy VII

Rating: PGish, suggestive but not explicit

Pairing: Aeris/Zach/Cloud/Sephiroth

Author: cleflink @ LJ

Link

Why Should One Read This?: Super happy fixit fic.

Fic Pointer

2008-05-23T05:29:50Z

Title: Miami Bot
Fandom/Series: CSI: Miami/Transformers [2007 Movie] crossover
Characters: Horatio Caine, Ratchet primarily
Rating: K+ for some language, otherwise gen
Word Count: 3946 without headers
Beta: finchesenroute, who was also very helpful in feeding the muse.
Summary: When it’s hot, what is the difference between reality and illusions?
Prompt: Fire: Heat
AN: A cracky crossover brewed by a hot day watching CSI reruns last summer. A very late entry for the geekfiction Elemental Ficathon.

Book of Days - [Fic] Miami Bot, a CSI/TF Crossover