I Miss Weekends When I Don't Have Them

Worked all day, and will tomorrow as well, on the theory that I should make money while I can. Work availability isn't exactly predictable at the Owl, and I might have to have surgery. It was tolerable. Chatted with mischief03's brother and found him highly entertaining, if perhaps a bit too ready to admit he'd blown air up chickens' arseholes.

Swung by Walgreen's on the way home and picked up many good things:
* Ibuprofen
* A red-and-green jingle bell door ornament
* A wreath-hanger
* Vicodin

Once home again, made delicious Spaghetti Bolognese with lots of garlic. Alas, timing was poor, and so Mad Scientist had to eat a bagel instead so he could be ready to go to sports event thing on time.

In other news, Mad Scientist has been playing around with our new wireless. Without the pukka modem, it's spotty, but most of the time, it's certainly better than dial-up! My laptop's inferior wi-fi card usually doesn't even notice that there's a signal there to pick up. :( More fun playing around with setting up modems and routers and such on Monday.

Spec the Halls

Spec the Halls is a contest for speculative winter holiday-themed fiction, artwork, and poetry. The holiday may be fictional or real; it may be Christmas as we know and love it, or it may be something much stranger. This is its 2nd year.

This year, there will be two versions.
Free Entry Version - This is the same as last year's contest. Requires posting entry online in a publicly viewable space, to spread the spirit of Christmas...and twist it to your own ends. Reprints warmly encouraged--and yes, a warning that this is counted in most places as publication is posted on my guidelines page. Small cash prizes.
Paid Entry Version - This is new! Email submission, no requirement to post online, and a small entry fee. Prize is 70% of entry fees collected.

Full guidelines here.

The contest runs from Thanksgiving through Christmas, but submitting earlier is better!



P.S. Does anybody have suggestions for art (preferably spec art) market listings?

Spread the word, m'kay?