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brightknightieHere are some recent fannish things I've happened to see and would like to share!
Spotlight: As a gift, I received a "Collectible Crime Classics" copy of The Benson Murder Case (1926) by S.S. Van Dine. I'd never heard of the author and barely of his detective, Philo Vance, though they'd apparently been tremendously popular and influential in their day (12 novels, dozens of radio serials and movies). So I settled in to enjoy the first in this "classic" series... and soon discovered why I was not familiar and why no one is remaking these today. ( Read more... )
Ficathons, fests & communities
marchmetamatterschallenge is in progress. Locate, preserve, and create fannish meta (essays, timelines, concordances, maps, etc.).bethefirst, the annual challenge to write the first story in a fandom, is open for both sign-ups and submissions through 4/20.worldbuildex, an exchange focused on worldbuilding, has nominations through 3/08, sign-ups through 3/21, due 5/16.40daysofdrabbles is posting daily winter/spring-themed prompts through Easter.unsent_letters_exchange, the epistolary exchange (need not literally be letters, much less unsent), has sign-ups through 3/07, due 4/25.fkficfest, the annual Forever Knight event, is on for '26, with a summer due date to be announced.pokepodproject, the event to create a fic+podfic for every pokémon, is holding an "Unown" mini round. Sign-ups close 3/08; stories due 3/17.allbingo's March theme is "crafting."trope_of_the_month's March theme is "mirror universe."pinchhits is a community for posting needed fills for exchanges. For example, traumaticexperiences and au5k are currently seeking pinch hitters.whenisitdue tracks many more events than I note here!fancake (themed fanfic recs); March theme: "siblings"gensplosion (gen fanfic recs)het_reccers (m/f fanfic recs)fanart_recs (fanart recs)recthething (fanwork recs)Sidelight: Nintendo is suing the US government for full tariff refunds plus interest. The Switch 2 console premiered last year; shipping and stocking worldwide were affected as Nintendo raced to get units into the US for launch day before the tariffs took effect (not to mention Nintendo's profits being affected all along). As reported in TechCrunch, IGN, Polygon, etc.
oursinImagine! a good old fashioned scam without embedded link to dodgy site or anything, wow, the nostalgia is nostalgiaful, eh?
My humble greetings,
I feel the need to approach you securing and moving my late father fund. It's just My urgent need for a foreign partner/investor. I have a significant fund to transfer. My Whatsap [---] for more details
This had a charming naivety lacking in yet another solicitation to become involved with some academic journal, in this case:
Given your expertise and contributions to medical and surgical research, we believe your involvement would greatly strengthen the journal’s academic quality and reputation.
Plus they not only want a CV they want a photo. Tempted to send them one of the photobooth efforts I got done for passport purposes, which have 'inmate of criminal lunatic asylum, c. 1880' vibes.
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In other nostalgic news, apparently the annual eight-day Thomas Hardy fest still occurs.
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And I was utterly charmed when finally flicking through the pages of the most recent Travel Which to discover Madison WI rated one of the top less-visited North American cities (cannot find this online), bless, with particular mention of the Monoma Terrace.
Though I am honestly boggling a bit at the decision to run an article on North American cities as touristic destinations at the present time, even if a significant proportion of the actual recommendations do turn out to be in Canada.
andrewducker
About two months ago Gideon discovered Mario Odyssey. He played ¾ of
it with me, and then restarted and played the whole game by himself.
And then followed that up by playing all of Kirby and the Forgotten Land.
And then, this afternoon, discovered that we have a PS4. So now we're
playing The Last Guardian. He is delighted by his pet dog-dragon.
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Anyone who’s decried the seasonal blip we call autumn knows how rapidly nature can swing from verdant greenery to leafless branches. The same goes for the missed watering of an overlooked houseplant: skip a week and bear witness to browning edges that curl into a crisp. As quickly as these natural changes occur, so do their remedies or downfalls, and soon we’re spotting new buds or depositing the evidence of our negligence in the compost bin.
For Álvaro Urbano, the brief period between blossom and decay is one to be preserved. He sculpts common plants from metal, casting vulnerable life forms into a sturdy material and rendering their colors and textures in paint. It’s an act of making “small monuments of things that normally would disappear or change in a few days, or in minutes,” the artist says.
Drawing on theater and architecture, Urbano is deeply interested in creating not only standalone works but immersive scenes. His sculptures often leave a trail of leaves on the floor or appear to grow directly from the stark gallery wall, their knotted branches jutting out into the space. “The viewer can enter these situations as if they are witnesses (to) a scene that has already started,” the artist adds.
Urbano lives and works between Paris and Berlin and has work on view in the latter at Spore Initiative. Find more on Instagram.
Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article Álvaro Urbano Suspends Fleeting Moments of Decay in Metal Plants appeared first on Colossal.
andrewducker
Last Sunday Sophia threw up.
She spent Monday and Tuesday with a fever, and then Wednesday clearly feeling better but not well enough to go to school.
She was mostly either asleep or watching videos. I worked at home on the Monday, when she mostly slept.
On Tuesday I had to work from the office, which is when Jane had to deal with a lot of...demands.
And then I worked at home on Wednesday, although I did drop-off and pick-up. She continued to have demands, and we split them as best we could, depending on who had meetings when.
And then by Thursday she was feeling much better, and made it in to
school for World Book Day, where she was Sophie from the BFG (pyjamas
and drawn-on glasses). And since then she's thankfully been fine.
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