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July 4th, 2008
corsetmakers
[ichigo_neko]
 | 11:56 pm - More grommet-setter questions (sorry!)
Ugh. The more I read, the less it helps! No offense intended... It's just such an abundance of information! (Of course, that's much better than the alternative.)
So this feels like a double-post, but my plan re: grommet-setters has shifted. Drastically. Basically I've been reading about 5 potential models (up from just considering the first thereof, based on a quick browse of the memories). I'm hoping for more information on the last 3 models, especially the last 2 (specifically, purchasing information, if anyone knows). Any input at all helps, though (in a two-edged-sword kind of way!).
Homepro LR: Pros are that it's cheap and can be very multi-purpose with the purchase of more die bits (which are also cheap). Cons are that while it's functional it isn't necessarily the best; there are some mixed reviews about it. $50, on ebay, scrapbook express
Osborne press: Pros - I know it works, and that it works well. Farthingales has this one, and I trust them a lot. Also that means I've used this one. Cons - expensive, especially because of the die bits. And since I've used it before, I also know that it requires a fair amount of strength to operate. $165 + cost of dies (up to $50 each!) corsetmaking.com
ClipsShop CSTEP-1: I don't know much about this one, but what I've read here about it has been positive. Moderately priced. I'm slightly wary of "self-piercing die[s]", but only slightly. $141 with dies metalgrommets.com, Edit: CSTEP-2 also looks tempting from the same source. (More leverage? Yes PLEASE.)
Craftool hand press: I know even less about this one, but again, positive reviews. I also read about it being modded into a foot-powered machine, which makes it very tempting. But I can't find it online anywhere to price it, let alone order it.
HP110 (??) overhand press from fastener supply: Again, can't find much on this... Hearing positive things from around here make me interested, but as with the one above, I can't actually find one. The fastener-supply.com website seems to be down ("Directory Listing Denied
This Virtual Directory does not allow contents to be listed.") and I can't tell for how long this has been the case.
So, any further help, input, etc... I apologize for starting yet-another post on grommet setting tools.
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bricktestament
| 06:30 am - Brick Testament Story
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fatshionista
[cherrypepe]
 | 01:19 am - Sales Post- Size 11 American Eagle Wedge Sneaker Thingy
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fatshionista
[camerapansleft]
 | 01:06 am - Sales Post: Tanks, tops, bottoms, accessories (XL, XXL, 18/20, 22/24)
( XL, XXL, 18/20, 22/24; Also got bridal corset & slip size 44B, 22W )
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fatshionista
[heysmilepretty]
 | 01:51 am - SALE! Tops, bottoms, a skirt, formalwear, purses, etc. Sizes L and XL, Torrid 0 and 1, 16-20
( SALE! L, XL, Torrid 0 and 1, 16, 18, 20! )
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fatshionista
[leighney]
 | 01:35 am - SALES POST: Sizes 2x-3x Pants, shirts, and dusters
( Size 2x-3x (size 24) Pants and Shirts )
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fatshionista
[enchanted_black]
 | 12:40 am - sales post: tops (XXL18/20, 22/24), bottoms (XL)
Current Music: BRMC- Howl
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fatshionista
[sylverhawk]
 | 12:34 am - sales post, xl, 18 white jeans, stripey top, red pin up heels sz 7, and a couple other goodies
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fatshionista
[proudcanuck]
 | 12:46 am - In search of an Old Navy dress...
I am desperately in search of this dress. It was part of Old Navy's collection in Summer 2007 and was available in four colours - purple, turquoise, black, and grey with black patches. After buying the dress in turquoise and realizing it was the most comfortable thing ever, I promptly bought it in all three of the other colours (ridiculously cheap in ON's end-of-summer sale, bonus!), and lived in the dresses through the end of my summer music festival jaunts last summer and the start of said jaunts this spring.
However, because I have worn them to death and because the one unfortunate thing about them is that they do shrink considerably (lengthwise) on first washing (even in cold water, sigh), I am looking for replacements. Does anyone have the dress in an XL or XXL in any of the colours and is willing to sell it at a reasonable price? Or can anyone find any on eBay? All my searches have been grand failures so far.
I have at least three multi-day music festivals still to go this summer and would be very happy to have The Dress to throw in a bag and go!
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fatshionista
[curves_sosuperb]
 | 11:52 pm - SALES POST : sizes large to 26 -- tons of tops, vintage, cocktail & shirtdresses & NWT DKNY DRESS!<3
( skirts, jeans, tops, dresses - VINTAGE, vintage-inspired, Z.Cavaricci, Venezia, Old Navy, Target, International Concepts, DKNY(NWT), style&co, banana republic, torrid, bisou bisou, eyeshadow & more >> great prices, lots of sizes<33 )
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snake_soup
[klwalton]
 | 11:14 pm - New here
Thanks, ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) nou!
I've got these ribs in the refrigerator, and will be cooking them tomorrow. In the process I've learned how to trim spareribs "St. Louis Style", and I've got a bunch of the meaty trimmings in the freezer ready to be used for stir fry or tacos.
Tomorrow I will take pictures and let you all know if these ribs are as delicious as they sound!
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grindeldore
[musicgeekgirl26]
 | 11:04 pm - Fic: Perfectionism
title: Perfectionism
summary: Gellert is never quite as in control as he'd wish.
characters/pairings: Gellert Grindelwald, miscellaneous unimportant original characters, implied AD/GG
genre: drama
ratings/warnings: PG
word count: 697
disclaimer: Sadly, this all belongs to JKR.
a/n: I apologize for somewhat spamming this community with fic, I can't seem to help it.
(perfectionism)
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ap_racism
[daysofthegun]
 | 12:38 am - Reason #53 Why I <3 TED.
Unfortunately, I couldn't get the video to embed, so here's the link:
Ernest Madu: Bringing world-class health care to the poorest
Add Ernest Madu to the chorus of voices saying that the West needs to quit it with the patronizing charity, Live 8 concerts and footage of starving kids.
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corsetry
[ste_mairet]
 | 12:08 am - CORSET SALE (again!)
Now, this one TOTALLY breaks my heart, because it still fits me perfectly and is beautiful to the point of super beauty, but unfortunately times are tough right now, and food, gasoline and rent are more important than pretty clothes for the new little family of myself and boyfriend. So, I figured I'd check on the interest and see what's up.
This is a 29" standard-sized overbust longline corset by Electra Designs made of raspberry dupioni, black devore overlay and black ribbon accents and laces. The exact measurements I do not have at present (but can get for serious inquiries and will update the post later), but the waist completely closed is 29" (with the recommended 2" gap, it's 31"). The ribbon and devore overlay are only on the front.
This is a VERY well-made item, and when Alexis starts taking orders again and I have more expendible moolah, I will order again- you will NOT be let down.
The corset to have made was roughly $340.00, I'm asking $250 initially or best offer. PLEASE contact me via my email- jennifer.m.griggs@gmail.com- NOT HERE for serious inquiries only. I need the money fairly soon, so I cannot take holds over 48 hours.
Here are some pics behind the cut:
( peeektures of pretties )
Again, SERIOUS inquiries only TO MY EMAIL ADDRESS- jennifer.m.griggs@gmail.com. Thanks!
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bradhicks
 | 12:04 am - Maybe Obama Actually Means It: Faith-Based
(Editorial note: Happy American Independence Day, or Fourth of July. In honor of the holiday, I wanted to interrupt this two-part series and insert a traditional, even for me, bit of patriotic glurge, because I really am like that. Fortunately, I came to my senses. There is nothing more patriotic, during a Presidential election year, than actually discussing with my fellow Americans what principles we want to be governed under for the next four years. So screw glurge; politics is my patriotism.)
This is another journal entry, like yesterday's, where in order to verify that I understood the facts of the matter, I had to wade through a ton of absolutely garbage journalism. Yesterday, I wrote about Democratic presidential nominee-presumptive Senator Barack Obama's announcement that he intends to vote for the current version of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act renewal, the one that gives the telecom companies that spied on American's phone calls (whether or not anybody actually listened to the calls so tapped, it's technically still spying, technically) without the niceties of even the shallow fig-leaf of a FISA warrant application. Journalists all over the world have "knowingly" (cynically) assured people that Barack Obama doesn't "really" mean it, that he can't "really" mean to eliminate the penalties whenever the NSA taps Americans' phone calls without a warrant, that he's just pandering to the crowd who are afraid the Democrats will be "soft on terrorism." I spent yesterday's journal entry documenting the reasons why that theory is almost certainly false; it is much more likely that Senator Obama really does intend for America's spies to keep violating the law, and even the Constitution, and relying in in-agency and telco whistle-blowers to protect us from actual harm, just like every US President since Lincoln.
The case against the supposed political motivation of Obama's "tack to the right" in his speech outlining his plan to expand government funding to faith-based charities (PDF) is an even easier slam dunk. It annoys me what it says about how little the almost entirely white journalism establishment understands about black Americans that they think that the first credible black Presidential candidate would only shovel money to churches for political reasons. This is one area where black history and white history are diametrically opposed. First, the relevant white history: even the most religious white colonists who first came to America, the Puritans who made up over 80% of all the non-natives in America by 1640, came here fleeing from a church. From two of them, actually: the Catholic Church, and the Church of England. They had fought a war in England against the imposition of state-sponsored Catholicism. They took one look at what state-sponsorship was doing to their own Protestant faith and its ministers, and came here opposed, at least initially, to that, too. Stamped in the DNA of white America is a deep and abiding suspicion of organized religion. Even the most pious fundamentalist assures himself (delusionally, in many cases) that he, not some clergyman, let alone some government-supported clergyman, is his own highest moral authority after God and the Bible. For crying out loud, white American Catholics believe that, and that's 100% opposed to stated Catholic doctrine.
And in fact, even the limited extent to which the Southern Baptists have gone along with the current administration's Office of Faith-Based Initiatives has startled me. When I was being trained in Christian theology and Republican politics by Independent Baptist and Southern Baptist teachers back in the 1970s, they were entirely opposed to this kind of thing, for two solid practical reasons. First of all, they explained to me as a kid, just because your church is on the approved list for government funding this year, doesn't mean that it will be next year, not if the voters get any say in it, and we do elect a new administration every 4 to 8 years. And secondly, their own limited experience with accepting even the most indirect of government funding, through grants to private schools, left them with a sour taste in their mouths. They told me that every time, the politicians and government bureaucrats had waited until the churches' organizations were dependent on that money coming in, and then made intolerable demands in order to keep it. After one particularly horrific experience nearly bankrupted St. Louis's second-largest Protestant school back in the 1970s, the Missouri Union of Christian Schools passed a resolution forbidding any of their member schools from taking any government money. The state legislature had allocated funds "to promote physical education" by making grant money available to any school that wanted to build a gym, public or private. But then didn't allocate enough money to pay for one in one year. St. Louis Christian Academy had 2/3rds of the money they needed, paid the architect, got the permits, dug the foundation for their new gym. Then their legislator came in and said, in so many words, that the legislature was thinking of cutting off the funding to any school that didn't use the state-approved textbooks, including pro-evolution science textbooks. So SLCA said, fine, and tried to drop out of the program. The next day, a building inspector came by, asked them how they were going to finish that gym, and when he found out that no construction was ongoing, he condemned the building. It took fund-raising all across the state to raise the money in time and to pay the legal bills to fight that condemnation. So tell me why, with stories like that in circulation, churches want to let legislators and bureaucrats in Washington get their hooks into the churches' budgets? Can their greed have so thoroughly overruled their own knowledge and common sense?
What's more, at least two Christian legal organizations have already spotted one potential trap-door in Barack Obama's proposal, too, that's making them nervous. Obama gives what seems to him to be the reasonable requirement that if the taxpayers are funding someone's salary, then hiring for that job can't discriminate against applicants on religious grounds, or any other protected status like race, ethnicity, or Vietnam veteran status. He's on solid constitutional ground, there, in theory; I recall working indirectly on the case of a Wiccan clerical worker for the Salvation Army who won her case on the grounds that her duties were not in any way religious, so Sally's couldn't claim that sharing their Christian faith was a bona fide occupational qualification, a BFOQ. But as both the Center for Law and Religious Freedom and the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations have pointed out, this gets problematic fast given Obama's commitment to roll these grants out to smaller and smaller churches, because those churches have hardly any paid employees, maybe even only one. Commingling of funds becomes automatic, impossible to avoid. And a commenter at the Center for Religious Freedom's blog pointed out an even bigger trojan horse in this proposal: the same law that Obama refers to covering discrimination in hiring, Title VII, is one that he's already promised gay and lesbian groups that he intends to amend to protect sexual orientation. So under Obama's proposal, any church that takes dollar one of federal funding and allows one thin dime of that money to commingle with church general revenue can no longer fire the pastor, or any other employee, if they find out he or she is gay.
But Senator Obama's proposal is neither proof that he's a right-wing Democrat in disguise, nor a dishonest attempt to portray himself as more moderate than he is, nor a liberal plot to advance the homosexual agenda. How do I know this? Occam's Razor. It is far, far simpler to believe that he is just that much of a believer in the black church, like nearly every educated black man in America. Remember that different black-versus-white historical experience I mentioned earlier? Let me finish that thought. Because, you see, black Americans' ancestors didn't come here fleeing any kind of church; they were captured by enemy tribes back in Africa and sold to white plantation owners as slaves. Those plantation owners lived in constant fear of organized revolt by their slaves; the term "monomania" was originally coined by southern plantation owners, for whom this "obsession" that black slaves had with getting free, their unwillingness to accept their fate, was seen as a mental sickness. But the one organization that black slaves were allowed, the one time they were allowed to gather under their own authority without white overseers, was in church on Sunday morning. At the time of emancipation, all black leaders in America were ministers, except for a tiny handful up north. And under the Jim Crow laws that were enacted to keep "freed" slaves enslaved in practice, and in the face of substantial barriers of institutionalized racism in education and hiring, it stayed true for another hundred years. Virtually the only black college graduates were seminary graduates in the American Methodist Episcopal and American Baptist churches; until the 1964 Civil Rights Act, practically the only good-paying job for black Americans was pastor of an AME or a Baptist church. As a result, up through 1964, the pastorate was a highly coveted job, one that without almost any exceptions attracted the best of the best, the brightest of the brightest. There have even been some black intellectuals who've complained about one of the unwanted side effects of the 1964 Civil Rights Act being that the black church lost its monopoly on intellectual and moral authority, and a few of them blame that at least as much as they blame racist economics for the high rates of single parenthood in black America.
So given that difference in how white Americans and black Americans feel about their churches, if you thought that America's first black President wasn't going to funnel money any which way he can to the African Methodist Episcopal church, and probably the American Baptist Church, and conceivably even smaller black denominations like the Nation of Islam, by any means possible, whether you or I or any white person likes it or not? If you think you have to make up some implausible conspiracy theory to explain why he'd suggest he wants to do so? If you think that your conspiracy theory is more likely than that he just plain likes and respects the black churches that much and wants them to be richer whatever it takes? Then I think you just plain don't know what you're talking about.
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lupin_snape
[geri_chan]
 | 06:46 pm - FIC: The Return of the Slytherins (PG-13)
This is my first entry for Snapedom's Summer Fest exchange, which is similar to our Trading Places fic/art exchange. Technically it's gen, but I couldn't resist throwing in a few Snupin-y hints, and I would eventually like to write a sequel where they actually get together. The story revolves mainly around Snape; Lupin shows up about halfway through.
Title: The Return of the Slytherins
Pairings: Gen, but with a few slashy hints if you look at it the right way.
Rating: PG-13
Word count: ~19,420 total
Disclaimer: No money is being made off this story; consider it a little wish fulfillment on my part.
Summary: Written for Snapedom's Summer Fest exchange, and based on the_bitter_word's art, Severus Crossing the Hogwarts Lake. Snape survives Nagini's attack, and returns to fight in the battle at Hogwarts--and is surprised when his Slytherins want to join him.
Author's note: For readers of my Snupin stories, the Theodore and Blaise here are based on the canon version of the characters, not the the Theo and Blaise from the Always series, although I did borrow the character of Serafina Avery to help round out the Slytherins. Hope that doesn't confuse anyone.
I've posted the chapters to my LJ: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5
And the original Snapedom posts can be found here on IJ: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5
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fatshionista
[bina121]
 | 12:30 am - Sales Post: Sizes Large to 26/28 Plus sizes''''HAPPY 4TH OF JULY.
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xkcd_rss
| 04:00 am - I Am Not Good with Boomerangs
http://xkcd.com/445/ 
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fatshionista
[isweariloveyous]
 | 12:24 am - SALES POST: Tops/Jackets(2x-4x & 26/28) Bottoms(22-28) Handbags and Shoes(9.5-10)
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fatshionista
[reachingxout]
 | 10:15 pm - Sales Post: L-2X, 16-20 tops, jeans, bathing suits etc.
( Closet cleanout time! )
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fatshionista
[diseased_inside]
 | 05:38 pm - Let's tell Lip Service.
Hello my fat homies.
I am a long time lover of Lip Service clothing and they have a poll up currently about what people would like to see. There are options in the poll to indicate more plus sizes.
I think Fat folks need to represent.
I recently wrote a whole big thing about their current plus sizing/line and you can see that in the ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif) lippy_addicts community here. To see the size chart I am referring to see here.
I didn't even get into the fact that the sizing on the individual items doesn't even go with any of their listed sizing.
I had an all too brief email exchange with their CS people and haven't heard anything back. I really think they need to hear more about it.
I pointed their staff to this community and the Flickr community but I don't know if my yammering will make much of a difference. However a bunch of us giving some feedback would be awesome.
It's kind of difficult to actually find the plus size clothes so here is a link to their current three pieces.
I might be an aging goth but damn it I still want my kick ass clothes. Feel free to link this to your plus sized goth homies or other interested parties.
ETA
I got overexcited and forgot to link the poll here it is.
ETA#2
Hot DAMN all those votes that is fabulous. And I am super tired and feeling stupid but thanks. Especially those of you who are not on the goth side of the force. You are made of awesome and win.
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fatshionista
[leah_puppette]
 | 06:40 pm - I love you Jane Bon Bon
I just got this today... Go to Etsy.. her stuff and her work is fabulous!
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spacefem
 | 09:13 pm - resolving
i have decided to eat healthy and exercise. i've been tracking my food all week on daily plate and it's going okay... if I could drink less, that'd be good. I mean, i can't believe I consumed 600 calories of alcohol last night. That's a little above average, sure, but I do drink almost every night (I've found out, now that I track).
Part of the reason I have this new resolution is to help my husband out. since getting married, we've collectively put on like 60 pounds. I've never really gained weight before and it's freaking me out. also, the doctor said some not-so-encouraging things about the man's health, and I feel like I'm partially to blame because I love going out to eat and making cheesy foods.
people are annoying about weight loss! I mean, if we talk about saving money, everyone's pretty cool and honest and advice-giving about it. there are lots of logical ways to make yourself save... budgeting, direct deposit changes, the cash method, etc. when it comes to weight loss everyone's just like, "get off your ass and stop eating shit." um, thanks, I can do basic consume-burn calorie storage math. human brain discipline is the challenge. I have a bad habit of going on these little fitness kicks once a year or so, and it always fizzles out.
there's a health club about 3/4 mile from where I live, so I think I'll join that. I'm going to buy a new yoga DVD tomorrow. I made a spreadsheet that says what I'd like to weigh every week if I lose 1 lb a week.
I know I'm not fat, but I also know that I just don't feel great. I've got that nasty out of shape feeling and the extra 10-15 lbs confirm it for me. i'll feel better if I'm active and eating less. I'll sleep better. have better posture. it all goes together.
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cat_macros
[killer_bii]
 | 10:04 pm - oh hai...
I'm a n00b. I have 2 pictures of my cat, Sophie.
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marnanel
 | 09:13 pm - Sous les pavés, la plage.
I've been working at the new job for a week now, and I'm enjoying it a good deal. The coworkers are friendly and the work has a lot of new challenges. I'm not sure how much I'm allowed to blog about. I'll find out.
I spent a good while playing Packrat cooperatively with Fin this evening.
I have started microblogging over at identi.ca, which is synched to my twitter account. There are two reasons I'm using identi.ca rather than any of the dozens of others: firstly, its engine, laconi.ca (which somehow my brain keeps thinking has a far more interesting name) is free software and you can modify it or run your own; secondly, it uses an open protocol based on XMPP (like Jabber) so that anyone who wants can run their own microblogging site and join a big distributed network. It will be interesting to see how this develops.
There's a fair to celebrate the Fourth of July, and we went there yesterday. After about an hour the entire field had a power cut, and there was brown smoke going up in the air from one corner and an acrid smell. The field was full of people groaning with disappointment. Five minutes later the power came on again, only to fail once more soon after: it kept doing this for four or five times. In the end they gave out cards if you'd arrived recently enough to let you come in free another time.
The Fourth of July fireworks in neighbours' gardens are also making the dogs around here bark. There are some interesting Metacity bugs I'm working on, but I think I'll get an early night.
And! Happy birthday to Carmen, who is of course one of the most awesome and special and wonderful people in California or anywhere! Many many happy returns.
Link soup:
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baaaaabyanimals
[preciouslaura]
 | 06:13 pm - pixel (pixl) the puppy
( pixel the puppy! she's new. )
i love her to bits -- she's so obedient, friendly, and playful. i knew this would be the perfect place to brag about our little love... :)
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cat_macros
[27lorinda]
 | 06:10 pm - They ALWAYS say that!
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cat_macros
[hildybrant]
 | 09:02 pm - Severian
Hello! I've been lurking for ages but never posting until this picture happened...
This is my cat, Severian... and if you "get" the name, I guess you get a gold star... anyhow, I swear on the very tubes that comprise this interweb, I Photoshopped nothing into this aside from the text. That's his tongue. Really.
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ljsecret
[rivka_]
 | 06:03 pm - Secrets #663
I just logged into LJ and saw the secrets weren't up. o_O Sorry, guys! Dunno where today's mod is.
NSFW!!
001. 
( more )
NOTICES & REMINDERS: Unposted Secrets: 08 (05 broken link || 02 exceeds pixel limit || 01 copyright)
Outstanding Secrets: 27 pages left to be posted from Secret Submissions Post #75
The next secrets post will be tomorrow (Friday, 07/04.)
Next submissions' post (#76) will be on Saturday, July 12, 2008 @ TBA EST.
All secrets posts will be posted around 7PM EST.
Need to read our F.A.Q.? Or have a suggestion, comment or problem to share with us? Click on the following link for assistance! [[ HERE!]]
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niceboots
[fishnetforplay]
 | 10:17 am - repost.
Sales repost, all must go, please!
Lip Service skirt for sale - Size Small, fantastic condition.
$40
x- posted...
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quibbler_report
[inthesewalls]
 | 01:12 pm - The Quibbler Report: Thursday 3 July
Crumple-Horned Snorkacks (Fic):
• Anonymous for weasley_fest wrote The Onyx Runes. A chronicle of the events leading to Bill Weasley’s abrupt change of career during the summer of 1995. (Bill, G)
• Anonymous for weasley_fest wrote No Regrets. Hermione and Charlie learn how a summer fling can turn into so much more. (Charlie/Hermione, NC-17, pregnancy)
• Anonymous for percy_ficathon wrote High Strung Chairs and Pornographic Paperclips. Percy's most important project for the new Minister of Magic:find all the information available on Metamorphmagi to help save thelife of Nymphadora Tonks. Unfortunately for Percy, that's easierordered than accomplished. (Percy, Tonks, G)
Blibbering Humdingers (Art):
• lovelessinma drew Ginny and Luna (G)
• zephre drew Key 16: The Tower (Sirius, PG)
• pennswoods drew Gryffindor, Through and Through (Neville, G)
• ![[info]](http://www.insanejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) ponderosa121 drew Fallen Grace (Draco, PG)
Thestrals (Challenges, Communities, and Discussion):
• founders_gifts sign-ups close tomorrow!
• Today's featured community is hp_girlslash
Report:
If you have a link for us, feel free to e-mail us at quibbler.report@gmail.com or leave a comment to this post.
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feanelwa
 | 12:44 am
I am helping at an open day tomorrow. We have instructions that if Oxbridge Admissions turn up and start touting for business among the prospective students we are to call the Welcome Desk who will send some Security men over to give the snotty bastards the good kicking they so richly deserve politely inform them that there is a byelaw in Cambridge against aggressively approaching people for business in such a way and they would be wise to desist. So there we go, that's our opinion of them.
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July 3rd, 2008
crack_van
[ancastar]
 | 07:29 pm - The Other Side of the Window by Laura McEwan (PG)
Fandom: STARSKY & HUTCH
Pairing: Starsky/Hutch (pre-slash/gen)
Length: 7K
Author on LJ: lauramcewan
Author Website: http://www.hawksong.com/~lauramcewan/index.html
Why this must be read:
In the spirit of full disclosure, Laura wrote this for me for the Me and Thee Yahoo Group's 2007 Secret Santa. I'd admitted h/c was a favorite genre of mine and she went to town. This is a complement to the two-part episode The Plague. It's not a missing scene so much as a look at the action through Hutch's eyes. Gravely ill, he is all but sure he's dying. Certain things become clear as his time ticks away. He only wonders if he'll ever have the opportunity to say what needs to be said. The story isn't super long, but it's delicious. Think of it as an angst truffle. Yummy!
Hutch struggled, his eyes darting frantically as if searching for an escape in the ceiling. "Just take care of the little -- little sucker that's - t-twisting my chest into a knot." An impossible, desperate request, he knew, but Starsky reached for him. Their hands came together fiercely, Hutch needing something solid and alive to hold onto as his body tried to drive his consciousness away. He resented the cool feel of the latex instead of the warmth of his partner's hand. But it would do.
The Other Side of the Window
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