Author Archives: Alas

Thoughts on MoP

With all my spare moments of late having gone to actually experiencing MoP, I am well behind the general curve of writing about it. That’s okay. If I were ever topical and timely, I think the world would end. As … Continue reading

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On pressure and expansions

The calendar keeps startling me. Not all that long ago it was one month until the xpac. Then one week. And now we’re down to the wait of several hours. I’m excited, but I’m not that excited. In the past, … Continue reading

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Theramore: I’m ambivalent

So, Theramore. General consensus is that it’s a horrible scenario and that Blizzard has botched their own storytelling by having it all play out the way it has. Some people are more disappointed that it’s not the pre-expansion world event … Continue reading

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Chapter 34 – You can app to my guild. I admire your parses.

Chapter 34 While purposefully not logging on to join <Rosings> for their heroics, Elizabeth, as if intending to exasperate herself as much as possible against Mr. Darcy, chose for her employment the examination of all the email which Jane had … Continue reading

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Loving, liking, hating

I’ll be honest. I only think that most of the changes I’ve noticed in game have been from the recent patch, and I more than half suspect one might have come during the hiatus of several months that I took … Continue reading

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Twitter has too many limits

And my post titles never have much of anything to do with the actual content. I think they call that strategic marketing for the perpetually irrelevant and overlooked. Ahem, anyhow. A while back, there was a baked goods recipe exchange … Continue reading

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Arts and crafts irl

So that frame I’ve been threatening to fill with screenshots has finally been sanded, painted (a few times), lightly sanded again to allow the traces of red to show through under the black, filled and hung. Whew. I’m exhausted just … Continue reading

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I’m happy

It came to me somewhere between mowing the lawn and taking the hedge trimmers to the wisteria today that I am happy. It’s the sort of happy that makes you so damn glad to be alive that the feelings of joy … Continue reading

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Guest post from the guest house

Today’s post comes from Elfi who is probably eating all my ice cream while I’m at work. She’s a guest at both my house and my blog and said something about wanting to tell people all about the real me.  … Continue reading

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Monday Minipost: Guest Artwork

GUYS. GUYS, I GOT GUEST ART!!!!   I asked the artist if he minded my sharing this awesomesauce DINO IN A ROCKET on my blog. His reply was something like, “Auntie, please, I made that shit for you for your … Continue reading

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