#nowordsforthis

Oh, thanks! RSS is dear to my heart, since I monitor a number websites and blogs via Netvibes reader, not to mention several AO3 tags, so I feel your pain!

I'm not sure what to do about the fail, unfortunately. It's not something I set up, like I didn't program a feed or anything, it's just something Tumblr does, or rather did -- it's possible they pushed some code that borked it, or that changed the way it interacted with readers.

Post office bounty!

I have quite a few of these waiting to get written up, because the post office gave me ALL MY HOLIDAY CARDS two weeks after the holidays were over, so there are more in the pipeline eventually. If you don’t want to see them, since most of them will be about this length, you can block “post office bounty” as a tag.

In the meantime: So much glitter in my life right now.

Clockwise from top left, the lovely cardinal is from @nightshadezombie, thank you for your greetings both to me and the Cryptids :) @nowordsforthis sent me the geometric card which reads “I survived 2020 and all I got was this lousy holiday card”, which I love, and so does Cap :D

@bookfanatic sent me a delightful red panda, one of my favorite critters, and thank you for the good wishes! Below that you can see a row of pets from the family of @algaegirl17 (the rest of the faces were Humans, so I hid them) and thank you for letting me know via ask it was coming! 

The kitty in snow comes from C. in MA, thank you for the good wishes and tell Umple and Mungo thanks too! The skycars, meanwhile (oh how I wanted to take skycars at Disney this year!) are from Daniel, and I think you should know your Tarot has been shown off a lot this year :) The lovely wrapped-gift is from @geekgirl76, thank you for the belated Chanukah wishes (everything was belated this year so I don’t mind in the least, lol) and lastly the snowflakes in the center are from @sarsypan. You are not wrong about what a weird year it’s been.

Blasphemy roulette sounds like something we would have played at my high school.

They did not look to be long out of high school themselves, I have to say. I was mostly watching this all in delight but one portion of me felt very old and another was like ‘Eyy, the kids are all right.” 

koramberlynne replied to your photo “Hirshhorn Museum! The Duchamp exhibit was slightly underwhelming but I...”

Looks like tetherball. *Dangerous* tetherball.

Especially since when you walk out onto the field to try and play the tetherball, security will come and get mad at you for “climbing on the art” :D

goldenmeme replied to your photo “Hirshhorn Museum! The Duchamp exhibit was slightly underwhelming but I...”

Sam how could you not mention that the rock has grotesque eyes and a mouth?

Look, I had to discover that for myself as I walked around it and if I had to, everyone else should as well. 

prairie-grass replied to your photo “Checked in on the Cryptids and caught Dearborn practicing her yelling....”

She's summoning SOMETHING

Probably Polk. :D 

rsfcommonplace replied to your photo “Hirshhorn Museum! The Duchamp exhibit was slightly underwhelming but I...”

Car Being Driven By Disappointed Rock is my favorite.

I will say the discovery that the rock has a face totally altered my interpretation of the piece, so well done artist I guess...

tehnakki replied to your post “A brief overview of my day: I did the tour of the Bureau of Engraving...”

That museum frybread is some GOOD SHIT.

Right? I was a little sad not to get some, but I really wanted some french fries. And I’ve had it before, so at least I know of its goodness :D 

arsenicjade replied to your post “A brief overview of my day: I did the tour of the Bureau of Engraving...”

I love the engraving tour, it's so fucking arcane

What struck me as super interesting about seeing the presses going is that it’s like, there’s layers and layers of security, no photography allowed, very strict rules, but the guys running the presses are like...every dude in every machine/wood shop I’ve ever met. Big burly working-class union guys who are using a spare 2x4 to prop up the part that never quite sits where it’s supposed to in the machine and wash their tupperware in the dump sink. 

kitsparrow replied to your post “oh my gosh, tell me more about this much ado about nothing timeline of...”

Sam, I am OBSESSED with this idea. What would you need to be bribed with to at least write it?

I’m not sure it could be written, is the thing. Like you could write it in the sense of novelizing the play, or you could write it into the play with a shitload of stage directions, but I don’t think either would be truly satisfying. I might do some kind of larger treatment of it, though, somehow. 

katestamps replied to your post “bibliofran replied to your post “Hi Sam! I was curious, and hope...”

Rescues will take old sheets and towels, if you’re replacing yours! They won’t care if they have holes.

Oh, good to know! Usually I reuse them -- I never lack for uses for fabric -- but that’s the kind of info it’s good to pass on. 

spadesandaces replied to your post “bibliofran replied to your post “Hi Sam! I was curious, and hope...”

When you buy new sheets, please review them! I need new ones but I’m afraid I won’t like whichever ones I buy

Which is one reason I haven’t bought yet -- sheets are kind of pricey, and often cheaper online, but I don’t want to buy sheets I can’t touch-test ahead of time. Especially since I’m shopping for lightweight summer sheets and all the ones I like the look of turn out on closer inspection to be flannel :P 

figtreeandvine replied to your photo “LOL, that’s like, half a mile from where I live! The perils of naming...”

If I were the sort of person who stole road signs I would send you the "Welcome to Polk County" sign I pass every time we go to the beach. Sometimes it sucks being a good citizen. ��

I have oft considered stealing the “Dearborn and Polk” corner street sign, but it just seems like so much work :D Thwarted by my own laziness, that’s me. 

thedarkbunny replied to your post “bibliofran replied to your post “Hi Sam! I was curious, and hope...”

Have you looked into dissipative gloves? They're not quite on par with a grounding bracelet, but they're pretty good at dampening shocks.

I’d never heard of them! But I looked them up and....they have a real supervillain look about them :D Not sure the cats would enjoy them either. 

nogling replied to your post “bibliofran replied to your post “Hi Sam! I was curious, and hope...”

You should probably invest in a decent humidifier, to help with the static. Also with your sinuses. Chicago is pretty dry, anyway, but it’s so much worse in the winter.

I AM FINALLY, NEARLY CAUGHT UP :D Thank you again for all your Christmas Cheer and I am...so sorry it is February. :D 

Top photo, the delightful punny Wise Men card (No well, no well, no well!) and giant candy cane are from @sandralyn - I do like peppermint and I love how sturdy this candy cane looks. 

I got a jar of Joy from @papercraftingfan, who I am guessing made that card themselves -- it’s gorgeous and I love the rhinestones that are TOTALLY NOT VISIBLE IN THE PHOTO, sorry. So glad you enjoy the writing!

The snowflake and awesome crocheted (? I think crocheted?) wreath are from @sparrowhawk17 - glad I could bring some joy to 2017. Hope I bring some to this year too. :)

DUBIOUS CON-SANTA-CLES coming down the chimney is from @nowordsforthis - we both know why I always laugh a little harder when I get a card from you :D 

The mince spies come to me from Lynne -- thank you for the New home wishes! 

Someone is thinking of me during the Apocalypse and it’s @niamh (I believe that’s your handle? If not please correct!) who sent me AMAZING morbid patches as well. At least one of them is going straight onto my Bag Of Authority (what do I keep in it? WHATEVER I WANT.)

SECOND PHOTO, SAME AS THE OTTO....or something like that...

I got two Narwhale cards this year for a total of FOUR NARWHALES, and since they arrived together I figured I’d photograph them together. The one with the Captain America sticker is from @sagedarkwoods and I’m so glad you’ve enjoyed the streaming and recipes and writing! The one with the cool cookie stamp is from @drownedinlight and I am so glad you are a mutual! Thanks for the good wishes. :)

The second photo is my Amusement Photo because it has both narwhales and a lovely letter and recipe from Rebecca...which was hand-delivered to me by Scifigrl47 after it went to her PO box instead of mine :D Thank you so much for the recipe and I wanted to let you know the letter arrived safely! I’m glad you’re enjoying Leverage, both the show and my fics :) And while I do like stickers I ALSO LOVE SNACKS. 

And finally...okay, I am a bit of a hare-brain these last few weeks. The Screaming Goat came from S. in Somerville. AND WHAT A SCREAMING GOAT IT IS, io saturnalia to you too.

BUT the wonderful postcards and tattoos did not come from S in Somerville, as I thought, but from Lynne! I have to tell you, L, the complex carbohydrates postcard made me laugh SUPER HARD. 

More post office bounty!

@rsfcommonplace sent me a VERY QUIZZICAL OWL who is only flattered by the angle at which I’m taking that photo. It’s delightful, and it’s from Robert Scott Birds. 

@vikingelf, your package got...it got a bit melty, the poor egg shattered all over everything, but it was delicious nonetheless! (the photo of the kitties and the candy bags in the upper right are also from @vikingelf!) I also got the crunchy...snack crumbs you sent, they were certainly unique!