Theo, I'm so sorry about Debra's passing: it sounds like it was a complete shock to everyone. I never met her but I enjoyed her work and followed her on LJ/DW.

in other terrible news, Rachel Caine died this weekend -- she was known in fandom as Roxanne Conrad but she also wrote several fun urban fantasy series. I'd been reading her work for years, and only learned recently that she was struggling with cancer.

It's been a shitty weekend for SFF fandom.

NGL, flea, with a year-and-a-half old and no access to out-of-household childcare, a captive, non-driving 18 year old sounds hella useful. We even have a separate-entrance in-law suite downstairs.

We should probably put together our cards for this year, but, theres not a surfeit of energy around here (except from the toddler)

The new board is weirdly white (I had my CSS set to grey), but verra nice.

Sounds like we should do a Buffista child exchange -- put 1-3 kids in a box, ship it around. Kidless recipients get their choice of one, send on the rest. (I'm not sure if I'll take a toddler or one older. Both grammar school and high school are in easy walking distance...)

This week is going to be a hundred days long.

Consuela, I didn’t know her fandom name, but I posted a link in Literary earlier. So sad I really enjoyed her presence on Twitter, and she was so hopeful about getting better until recently.

New board! Thanks for all your hard work, Gud. It looks like it's all come out well.

Matilda is crying because her homework assignment is to watch a David Attenborough video, and it's showing animals dying. And that's basically like snuff porn horrible to her.

Is it a specific one, or does she get a choice?

The new board is weirdly white (I had my CSS set to grey), but verra nice.

I didn't realize how much I'd customized my CSS on the old board until we switched (font size, spacing between user info & tagline, spoilerfont color), but this version is SO much better on mobile I don't even mind.

I'm fiddling around with adding some basic theming. At the very least I hope to get customizable background color, accent color, and spoiler font color available at some point.

wow … new BOARD smell! thanks Gud! it's nice! going to take a little getting used to, but I appreciate the hard work.

There were people in DC who did inventive candy delivery systems.

That dragon is awesome!

Is it a specific one,

Specific. Oh well, she survived it and finished her homework.

She got straight A's on her report card, but online school has been hard for her. And despite our good numbers and rumors they would reopen classes in November, they've pushed reopening back to January.

One of the only things I dislike about her school is the paucity of arts programming. But starting today she's taking a jewelry making class with her friend Iris through Parks and Rec.