Thanks to zaduzbina:





I also looked it up on the NASA link she gives on her site, and in my case the 1st quarter moon starts exactly on my birthday.

In memory of family and friends who have lost the battle with cancer; and in support of the ones who continue to conquer it! Post this on your LJ if you know someone who has or had cancer. 93% won't copy and paste this. Will you?


(I have friends and family who have survived cancer. I also have friends and family who have died from cancer. Out of respect for their privacy, I will not name them, but I will remember them. Each met their life challenges in different ways, some maybe "better" than others, but hopefully in the way that was best for each of them.)

(Pretty sure I've seen this one before, but what the hey...)

If there is one person or more on your friends list who makes your world a better place just because they exist and who you would not have met (in real life or not) without the internet, then post this same sentence in your journal.

Started by bunnyjadwiga:

Here's the Popular Mechanics list of 50 tools everyone should have:
http://www.popularmechanics.com/home_journal/tools/4314786.html
Bold the ones you own, and Italicize the ones on your "must get SOON" list, and Underline the "why bother" ones:

( Meme )

So, if you feel like it, copy and paste the list to your LJ and follow suit.

You Are a Cougar

You have more strength than most people, and with it, the ability to inflict a lot of harm. Your power gives you confidence, and you find leading others to be easy. You believe that you need to the best, and you are very driven to excel. Most people immediately admire you, but some people feel very envious of your abilities.

***
Really? Hm.... guess I better work on that!

This was on No Caffeine. Now imagine if I weren't sick...

Via various folks:
( What Word Are You? Meme )

Via freya46:
( What Metal Are You? Meme )

Hmm, on the second one, I wonder if being a baroness in the SCA counts for moving into a higher class? :D

Via various folks:

Your results:
You are Zoe Washburne (Second-in-command)

Zoe Washburne (Second-in-command) 90% Malcolm Reynolds (Captain) 75% River (Stowaway) 75% Kaylee Frye (Ship Mechanic) 70% Wash (Ship Pilot) 65% Dr. Simon Tam (Ship Medic) 65% Derrial Book (Shepherd) 55% Inara Serra (Companion) 50% Jayne Cobb (Mercenary) 45% Alliance 35% A Reaver (Cannibal) 20%

Dependable and trustworthy. You love your significant other and you are a tough cookie when in a conflict.

Click here to take the "Which Serenity character are you?" quiz...


If I changed Married to 'No', Zoe dropped to 4th position. Leaving Malcolm and River tied for first.... eek.

Decoupage proceeding apace. Have to put another coat of varnish on after putting up this post. Then on to printing more cards and maybe making two or three more magnets, then inventorying and seeing what sorts of signage and pricing I have to do -- with Nancy covering for me on Saturday I need to give her as much help as possible with being able to answer questions.

I'm pretty happy with the varnish. It dries quickly and is water-based so cleanup is with ordinary soap and water.

( 12 Days of Christmas Meme )

You Are a Yule Log

While you do have holiday spirit, you have a secret, heathen past.

One of my favorite things for Christmas that my mom would make was a Yule "log". I was helping by the time I was eight, I think... Thin chocolate wafers sandwiched together with whipped cream to form a log, and then covered with more whipped cream. Impossible to move the log neatly, so do sections and then assemble them on the dish you'll be serving on, then cover with the whipped cream. Then cover carefully and set in the fridge overnight. The crunchy wafers become cakelike, having absorbed some moisture from the cream.

We did this for Bergental Yule years ago as a few sotleties too, with marzipan figures from previous Boar Hunts on it -- a boar, a snow leopard, and a hunter. And since we were doing this for a lot of people, we also did a couple of them as rings, which Octavia make marzipan holly and berries for... We had proof people came over to look at the sotleties before they were served, too -- we had set the hunter and animals up one way, and they changed positions periodically. Although once the animals were hunting the hunter, everyone seemed satisfied. No, not medieval at all, but we had fun :)

The Sotletie has a mixed history in our group. Some take hours to make, some a few minutes -- folks enjoy seeing all of them. Some are more historically correct, others not so much.

One I liked was the gingerbread church tower with the stained glass window. It had a lit candle inside for during the presentation. Sminster had the making of the tower I think, but we were all over at Randall and Christiana's place to help because in addition to the sotletie there were stained glass cookies to make, and that was a good project for a bunch of people. Even people who didn't care for baking, because we used hard candies for the 'glass' and they needed to be put in bags and smashed into little bits :D

Anyway, I think the group activity beforehand and being able to share out the sotletie with everyone at the feast without destroying the tower (kind of like having your cake and eating it too) are why it was one of my favorites.