Ana Mardoll's Ramblings: August 2015

Open Thread: Sphere of Potential

I considered Ball of Doom, from a gardening perspective. Also Sphere of Weed, but that seemed a bit too pharmaceutical sounding for a dandelion.

I try to keep the pictures here reasonable sizes, which sometimes, as here, means a significant loss of fine detail. That's a shame because when you look at something like this extremely close up the intricate white spiky detail is stunning.

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Friday Recommendations! What have you been reading/writing/listening to/playing/watching lately? Shamelessly self-promote or boost the signal on something you think we should know about - the weekend’s ahead, give us something new to explore!

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Open Thread: Hubcap Caustic

In optics, a caustic is *looks at definition* um ... well, it's this thing that light does after it hits a curved surface.

Open Thread: Wet Chalk On Mat

Gratuity Tucci: It's not about how [stars] look; it's about how they feel.

Oh: They feel hot.

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Open Thread: Red

Tall red flower in a residential area.

Recommends: Women In Practical Armor

You guys, I totally intend to do a longer post on this, but the good rewards are flying off the shelf: Go kickstart Women In Practical Armor if you like that sort of thing and can afford a good short story anthology for yourself, etc. Kristy has a story in it and I've read it and it's so, so, so good.

Narnia: Jill Plied Her Crop On The Girls

[Narnia Content Note: Bullying, Violence, Whipping, Death, Ableism]

Narnia Recap: The protagonists have found a hole and boosted Jill up.

The Silver Chair, Chapter 16: The Healing of Harms

OKAY! Are we ready to finish this?

I'll straight-up admit that I've been dreading this chapter because it's so awful. I don't really know what to say about it; the awfulness kind of stands out on its own. But I really do want to get to The Horse and His Boy, and the only way to it is through it, so let's slam this down. I cannot believe how rushed this chapter is going to be, by the way; we have to get Rilian home, go to Heaven, and then go back home and wrap all that up. I like to think that J.R.R. Tolkien was physically ill after reading this chapter and went off to weep into his favorite printing of Return of the King.

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