Lynn Flewelling's Blog, page 101

I've been swined!

Finally got my flu shot! Having had something very like H1N1 two years ago, I sure don't want it again. Lost 10 days of my life to that and don't remember much about them, except pain.

Early Xmas present from Circlet Press

Cross posted from Outer Alliance:

So we do an annual thing at circlet.com where from December 1st to
25th we post a new erotic science fiction or erotic fantasy story
every day, just for a day.

It's my version of an advent calendar, where you get a little
something sweet every day while you count down to the big holiday of
love and joy. In my world, love & joy = erotic stories, of course!

The stories are like Circlet Press itself, varied, some gay, some
lesbian, some het, some kinky, some genderqueer...

Delirious

Still "couch sick". Advantage: catching up on all my recorded "Criminal Minds" and "Queer as Folk" reruns. Disadvantage: Beginning to confuse the two.

Dexter: I called it!

Perhaps you've seen those cute little stickers some people use in their car rear windows, little stick figures identifying Mommy, Daddy, and all the kids by name and relative size? At our house we refer to them as "the pedophile's menu."

Tonight on Dexter, serial killer Trinity uses them to kidnap a young boy, using the family names to convince the kid he's a figure of authority who knows his family.

Seriously folks—rethink those name stickers!

No Good Time Goes Unpunished

That otter above is not snuggly and asleep, she has a slamming headache and her sinuses hurt.

Great week with my son, great Thanksgiving, and then a Leftovers Night & Dominoes with friends last night. Today? Total collapse. I think my fibro is kicking up again. Too much rich food and salt; too little sleep. Amazing what you can get done in your bathrobe on the couch, including watching a string of Criminal Minds reruns and reviewing three teas, not to mention some galley editing. Just think wh...

Help Support Religious Freedom In Viet Nam

Religious Freedom in Viet Nam
Target:EU, US & ASEAN governments and UN High Commissioner, Human Rights
Sponsored by: Friends of Thich Nhat Hanh

Please sign this petition addressed to the European Union, the United States government, ASEAN governments and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to ask the Vietnamese government to formally recognize the Plum Village practice of buddhism. By joining the petition and the group of 100,000 people asking for religious freedom, you will m...

Rainy Day and Tea

We got up very early to take Tim to the airport. We're finally getting some winter rain. In fact, it's pouring, and in the distance the mountains are covered with snow far down their sides. We hit some heavy rain on the way to the airport, along with some pretty impressive lightning, and saw no less than five cars spun out or overturned by the side of the road and a two-car collision. Folks, you've got to slow down!

Great visit with Tim. He'd met Jackson as a pup last Christmas, but they hadn'...

White Road Bookmark Contest Winner(s)

Thank you for all the wonderful entries! I loved them all and appreciate them, too. As you will see, I had a hard time choosing just one, so instead I allowed myself a baker's dozen and we had a few ties. Here are the results. Please email me your mailing address: lbflewelling@roadrunner.com

1. Best Foreign Story: hikari shiroki

2. Best Book Pusher: asatomuraki

3. Best Guilting: tobyspit & ferretpaws

4. Best Not Mentioning the Word "Bookmark": tsuralai

5. Most Poetic: snowydragon & julzbat

6. Mo...

Thanksgiving: Stage Four

The obligatory and time-honored left over supper; games of dominos and Continental Rummy; Law and Order; now on my third steeping of Canton Tea Co. Jasmine Pearl tea made with Silver Needle white tea. Favorite with my kids and meditation group.

Thanksgiving: Stage Three

Turkey tackled.
Side dishes summarily dispatched.
Gravy gorged upon.
Pies plundered.

Tryptophane coma.