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J said on seeing this photo: "When they describe the town in American Gothic as being a one-light town, that's the light they mean."

So worth it for the verse.

Or, Other People's Fic (in this case, True Tales from the American South and Nigeria.) Forgive the lack of SWTOR fanfic again today; life has been interesting lately and the writing has gotten scattered.

In the interest of making you laugh until tears run down your faces and thus distracting you from my fail, I give you a link to a recent blog post in which a gifted raconteur shares links to tales of his youth in Africa (The Ratel) and his service in law enforcement (Pink Gorilla): Law Dog Presents.  Click through, then click on the story links.  You won't be sorry, if you put down the coffee first. 

More story will be forthcoming from me next week on fanfic Friday, I promise.

The Language of Birds is art and fiction and perfectly lovely, a piece for something called hp_beholder. NC-17 rated, so NSFW, but as schemingreader (on who's recc I read it) said: "Oh, adorable, merry, naked Ginny Weasley!"

Owls!

Specifically Eastern Screech Owls in central Texas.  This kind gentleman sets up a nest box every year; I ran across the site some years ago and have followed it off and on since.

Blogging about the owls

The nest cam site

He requests a postcard from your locale if you like the nest cam; info is at the bottom of the nest cam site.

Do you read Ursula Vernon?  Children's author, artist, raconteur; her latest post made me laugh out loud.

Source: Staples eReader Department

According to them, I read just over 700 words per minute.  Which explains why my book budget is so high. :-)

Though it's pretty much always been like that; in high school I read a book in two days that had taken my dad two weeks to get through.  Part of that is scanning content rather than reading thoroughly.  I like to reread books, sometimes I find whole paragraphs that unaccountably got skipped the first time.

Google's logo is a toy today; fun stuff!

Borrowed from Cranky Epistles

George Washington's 1789 Thanksgiving Proclamation

Whereas it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and humbly to implore His protection and favor; and Whereas both Houses of Congress have, by their joint committee, requested me to “recommend to the people of the United States a day of public thanksgiving and prayer, to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many and signal favors of Almighty God, especially by affording them an opportunity peaceably to establish a form of government for their safety and happiness:”

Now, therefore, I do recommend and assign Thursday, the 26th day of November next, to be devoted by the people of these States to the service of that great and glorious Being who is the beneficent author of all the good that was, that is, or that will be; that we may then all unite in rendering unto Him our sincere and humble thanks for His kind care and protection of the people of this country previous to their becoming a nation; for the signal and manifold mercies and the favorable interpositions of His providence in the course and conclusion of the late war; for the great degree of tranquility, union, and plenty which we have since enjoyed; for the peaceable and rational manner in which we have been enable to establish constitutions of government for our safety and happiness, and particularly the national one now lately instituted for the civil and religious liberty with which we are blessed, and the means we have of acquiring and diffusing useful knowledge; and, in general, for all the great and various favors which He has been pleased to confer upon us.

And also that we may then unite in most humbly offering our prayers and supplications to the great Lord and Ruler of Nations and beseech Him to pardon our national and other transgressions; to enable us all, whether in public or private stations, to perform our several and relative duties properly and punctually; to render our National Government a blessing to all the people by constantly being a Government of wise, just, and constitutional laws, discreetly and faithfully executed and obeyed; to protect and guide all sovereigns and nations (especially such as have shown kindness to us), and to bless them with good governments, peace, and concord; to promote the knowledge and practice of true religion and virtue, and the increase of science among them and us; and, generally to grant unto all mankind such a degree of temporal prosperity as He alone knows to be best.

Given under my hand, at the city of New York, the 3d day of October, A.D. 1789.

..kypped from aramintamd with thanks.

I am: Ursula K. LeGuin Perhaps the most admired writing talent in the science fiction field.

Which science fiction writer are you?