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The hot water is not working in my apt, I'm guessing it's like that all over the bldg and I tried to call the front desk about it this morning but they apparently left early for lunch soo I'll have to call them back later. I wonder if the earthquake screwed up the hot water heater. (There was a 4.3 earthquake at about 2 in the morning in Berkeley, I live in Oakland so that's definitely close enough to feel it. My glasses fell off the bedside table but they didn't break.)

Bar Harbor's Best (by wojelah) (Mature)

Shows: SGA
Rec Category: AU - no Stargate
Characters: Rodney McKay/John Sheppard, Teyla Emmagan, Ronon Dex, Elizabeth Weir, Jeannie, Kaleb, Madison.
Categories: M/M
Words: ~8200
Warnings: no AO3-type warnings apply
Author on DW:

wojelah
Author's Website: wojelah on AO3, Wojelah on LJ
Link: Bar Harbor's Best on LJ (and backup on Wayback). There's also a podfic read by rhea314.
Why This Must Be Read: This is an enjoyable no-Stargate AU in which John is a lobster boat and whale-watching charter skipper. Rodney is a brewer and winemaker from a local vineyard family who'd left Bar Harbor in Maine for a few years after an argument with his family, but who's now returned to renovate the local pub. The usual suspects are translated into local characters - Ronon a chef, and Teyla an environmentalist, for example. There's romance, adventure at sea, and of course a happy ending - it's a lot of fun!

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Current Mood: accomplished

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Round 176: Ambition

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Sue Sylvester Kurt Hummel. Kurt Hummel

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Current Music: the Mojo Men

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Last night I had a very long phone conversation with L. Now I know why I hadn't been hearing from them recently. Two very crappy things happened. They were dating somebody but broke up because this person (not somebody I knew) started treating them really badly and as if that wasn't bad enough, the person they're an in home caregiver for, who has a spinal condition so she can't really take care of herself, had this condition get a LOT worse to the point where she had to go to the hospital. Right now nobody knows for sure if she's going to have to stay in the hospital or some other care facility indefinitely so L. may need another job and place to live and may have to move really far away.
Oh, on top of that somebody dumped garbage in front of my apt door!

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Challenge Eighty One-Eyes Wide Open-Voting!

Welcome to the voting for Challenge Seventy Nine: Victorian Era. For this round we received a lovely 15 icons for you to vote on. Please read the following rules before casting your votes!

RULES/GUIDELINES:

1. For this challenge, people will be asked to vote for their Top THREE favourites in order, Best Crop and Best Colour icons by leaving a comment on this post. Mods will also decide on which icon gets Mod's Choice.
2. Participants are allowed to vote in this challenge; however they are not permitted to vote for themselves or encourage others to vote for them.
3. When deciding please vote for icons that you think are the best and/or represent the theme, rather than on your favourite subject/s in the icons.
4. People have three days to vote. Voting will end on 25th September, Thursday 2025 at midnight in your timezone. If they are any tie/s we need to break, we will post additional posts.
5. Lastly, if you have any questions or concerns, please leave a comment below.

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What makes something a period drama?

Hi, all! So, I've been wanting to get a better idea and feedback from other users about this topic regarding this topic ever since I started posting the challenge posts with rules and guidelines.

What can be considered old enough to be considered as period drama?

For me, anything up to the 1960s looks very old and distinct enough to establish a 'period'. The internet is divided in some ways so I thought let's take some comments and suggestions to see what we would love to see in the comm.
Don't hesitate to engage in the comments!

Poll #33643 What can be considered as a period drama/movie?

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 6

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Era & genre

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Set in the 20th century but before the 1970s
3 (50.0%)

Set in a historical time period (pre-20th century)
5 (83.3%)

Fictional stories set in a past era (not necessarily based on real events)
6 (100.0%)

Fantasy with strong historical vibes (e.g. Bridgerton, alternative history)
6 (100.0%)

Adaptations of classic literature (e.g. Austen, Dickens, Brontë)
5 (83.3%)

Your favourite period

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Medieval
4 (66.7%)

Renaissance
4 (66.7%)

Regency
5 (83.3%)

Victorian
5 (83.3%)

Edwardian
3 (50.0%)

Early 20th century(1900-1945)
2 (33.3%)

Mid 20th century (1945-1970)
2 (33.3%)

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Round 176: Ambition

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tomorrow when the war began

Saturday Night Recs

(I'm still awake so it's still Saturday night, right?)

All of these are fics I read in the past week and added to my fanfic database, and which I flagged for either being a favorite fic, or one I thought was exceptionally well-written. (For all fics I added this week, leave a comment and I can make a special post for you, or you can browse the regular posts linked in my master recs post.)

This week I was concentrating on fics from the Australian YA book series beginning with Tomorrow, When the War Began, as well as fics for the 2010 film by the same name. If you've never heard of either, I highly recommend them.

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Below are the recs:

( Tomorrow When the War Began (book & film) )

If any of the non-dead links above no longer work, please let me know so I can flag them as "Dead" in my database, thanks!

Enjoy! :)