Today I bring you… the Pink House! 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, 1,778 square feet of pure pink awesomeness. Its colors are blush and bashful. And coral, fuchsia, salmon, rosy, and Pepto-Bismol. The owner really made this into something special. I mean, it’s pitch perfect. For more amazing photos, go to the listing. This took so
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Linguistic Patisserie
Hi everyone, Mod R here. Thank you so much for all the get well wishes! I feel much better, the antibiotics and painkillers have kicked in and I no longer want to saw my ear off, which is always a plus. I did spend the weekend emulating “some bloke called Les, who is really miserable
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Karma, Crochet, and Books That Are Too Long
You know how we wrote that cute Arabella short? The cats have filled the fancy robotic litterbox overnight and then had a pee party. Thank you, Universe, and my husband, for the tile floor. I love tile. I love it so, so much. Then I logged into me email to find out that the our
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It’s in the cards
“Mod R, you can only tell me, I promise I won’t post about it but I neeeeeeeeeeeed to know what the spider-millipede-scorpion things in the tower are for in the Purpose snippet.” Reply to newsletter post about the St Marcos tornado: “Who is Elara? Who who? Or WHAT?!” Weekly posts in the Facebook fan group
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Needles, Beach, and Oh Noes
I finally did it. After years and years of knitting, this happened. It snapped in my hand. I got so upset, I decided to buy a new knitting set. However, I am not sure what to buy and I need it fast, because next week Gordon and I are escaping on a tiny vacation to
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Sweaters, Yarn, and Collector Editions
I am a yarn addict. I have purchased yarn across places far and wide, and one of the fun places I shop is Eat, Knit, Sleep, a cool online yarn store that lets you search their inventory by color, which is all sorts of awesome. They have a great selection, a physical location in Georgia,
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Immortals, Merchants, and Surprise Female Awesomeness
It’s the c-drama (Chinese show) recommendation thread, by popular demand. Love Blossoms in Adversity We begin with Love Blossoms in Adversity, also listed as Blossoms in Adversity, which makes a lot less sense. It is really difficult to summarize the plot without spoilers. Setting: Historical China Main leads: Hu Yi Tian, Zhang Jing Yi Platform:
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“Potato” for Dessert
I’m having one of those days. Actually it has been one of those weeks. I didn’t even know what day today was – I just checked, it’s Wednesday. How? One of the worst things about copyedits is that it requires you to make a chain of instant decisions. Replace this word or not. Clarify this
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Bookish AITAs
I really do my best to, as the French say, m’occuper de mes oignons. Every week is a good week to stay hydrated and mind my own business. But then the algorithms shove these AITA posts with clickbaity titles at me and I can’t help checking them out. AITA stands for Am I the Asshole?
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Food, It’s Complicated, Actually
Happy Monday! Huge thank you to Mod R for a week of awesome posts. It’s a beautiful, although overcast day. I have a mountain of work ahead of me, all of which needs to be done asap. Good news, I can sit in the chair a bit longer now, and I no longer wince when
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555- RUMORS
“What’s the number again?” “555-RUMORS” “Who’s dialing, I can’t see?” “It’s Steve. And you’re treading on my feet.” “Sorry! Tell him to put it on speaker so we can hear in the back.” Beep beep beep. “Welcome to the Book Rumors hotline. If you’ve been waiting for longer than seven years, please press 1 for
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Favorite IA Supporting Character Quiz
Something we say a lot as a Horde is that our authors could turn every single one of their supporting characters into the lead of a story we couldn’t wait to read. In honor of one of the most beloved secondary characters who recently broke into the protagonist club, let’s see if the quiz can
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