Yuletide 2025 Beta Readers

Nov. 15th, 2025 08:54 pm
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It is time once again to organize beta readers for Yuletide! Beta readers can check your fic for style, language issues, canon compliance, specialized knowledge of various kinds, and making sure the whole thing makes sense. Being a beta reader yourself is a fun way to contribute to Yuletide--even if you're not writing a story!

If you're interested in beta reading somebody else's story, fill out the form HERE It will ask about what fandoms you are willing to beta for, as well as other kinds of expertise you're willing to offer. Note that you will need to enter an email address, which will be visible to other users, but we will hide this information after Yuletide 2025 is over. After you've filled out the form, you'll get an email containing your responses and a link you can use to edit your answers.

If you need a beta, check the spreadsheet HERE. All responses will be visible in the tab "Form Responses." We’ll be copy-pasting information from there into the other tabs as we’re able to make them easier to find. Find someone offering the kind of help you need (make sure it's not your recipient!) and contact them directly. If no one is offering what you need, you can also comment anonymously on this post to see if someone can help, or you can sign onto the Yuletide Discord and contact a hippo.

If you’re asking for a beta, it can often be helpful to be clear about what types of feedback would be helpful to you. Examples could be that you’re looking for thoughts on characterization and story structure; or you'd particularly like feedback on whether your story successfully avoids topics your recipient doesn't want; or maybe you specify that you would like a check of spelling, punctuation, and grammar (SPAG) but are specifically not interested in feedback on wording choices.

It’s also courteous to ask your beta reader if they would like to be credited when you post your fic, and if so, how. Some people appreciate public thanks in an author’s note, while others may prefer not to be named.

If you have any questions, comment on this post or email the mods at yuletideadmin@gmail.com. (The beta post is an unofficial aspect of Yuletide. Mods had time to put it up this year, but we don’t mean to take it over, so we hope a non-mod participant can put it up in 2026.)

Whether you're volunteering as a beta, or considering future coordination, we appreciate you a lot! Thank you for helping out.

Also please feel free to share any tips you may have about what makes a good beta experience (either as a beta or when seeking a beta's help).

New Year's Resolutions 2025: Round-Up

Nov. 14th, 2025 11:19 pm
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We opened the New Year's Resolutions 2025 AO3 collection on 1 January and closed it on October 24 when Yuletide assignments went out.

This year's collection had 25 works total (mostly fic - but not all), in:

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Alien (Prequel Movies 2012 2017)
Barely Lethal (2015)
Betrayal at Krondor (Video Games)
괴물 | Beyond Evil (TV)
Brave (2012)
Creep (Movies 2014 2017)
For All Mankind (TV 2019)
Hopeless Fountain Kingdom - Halsey (Album)
I Was a Teenage Exocolonist (Video Game)
Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
The Secret Garden - Simon/Norman
Slow Horses (TV)
승리호 | Space Sweepers (2021)
Star Wars - All Media Types
Star Wars: The High Republic: Phase I - Various Authors
Strange Way Of Life (Short Film 2023)
Super Powereds - Drew Hayes
Thunderbolt Fantasy 東離劍遊紀 (TV)
Transistor (Video Game)
The Watchmaker of Filigree Street - Natasha Pulley
Winslow Boy (1999)
ヲタクに恋は難しい | Wotaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii | Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku (Anime)

Thank you to everyone who contributed a make-up story, to people fulfilling other personal challenges, and to everyone who simply felt inspired.

Click this details tag for more information about the works, in reverse order posted.
hearts still burn the same (1244 words) by thewomanupstairs
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Strange Way Of Life (Short Film 2023)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Sheriff Jake/Silva (Strange Way Of Life)
Characters: Silva (Strange Way Of Life), Sheriff Jake (Strange Way Of Life)
Additional Tags: Body Worship, Injury Recovery, Possessive Behavior, "love is a game and i'm playing to win" vibes
Summary:

Even with having so much time between then and now to think on it, Jake was never able to answer the question of whether the pain of being with Silva outweighed the pain of being without.



Hairy situation (1001 words) by Fiore01
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Brave (2012)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Elinor/Fergus (Disney: Brave), Elinor & Merida (Disney)
Characters: Elinor (Disney), Merida (Disney), Fergus (Disney: Brave)
Additional Tags: Domestic Fluff
Summary:

The guilt of what she had done still hit her hard.



after the end (1366 words) by computational
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 괴물 | Beyond Evil (TV)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Han Juwon/Lee Dongsik (Beyond Evil)
Characters: Kang Minjung (Beyond Evil)
Additional Tags: Post-Canon, Grief/Mourning, Flowers, Han Juwon Loves Lee Dongsik (Beyond Evil), Domestic Han Juwon/Lee Dongsik (Beyond Evil), Canonical Character Death
Summary:

A year after everything, Lee Dongsik starts talking to plants. Juwon listens, and learns.



What's Built To Last (2795 words) by platinum_firebird
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Alien (Prequel Movies 2012 2017)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Katherine Daniels/Walter
Characters: Katherine Daniels, Walter (Alien Series)
Additional Tags: Fix-It, Post-Canon Fix-It, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Happy Ending, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Somebody Lives/Not Everyone Dies, Specifically Walter, Alien Planet, New Planets, Implied/Referenced Character Death, Holding Hands, Healing, Developing Relationship, Grief/Mourning
Summary:

After surviving the death-trap of Planet 4 together, Walter and Daniels make a start on the cabin by the lake.



borage and soapweed and arnica (2166 words) by Pure_Anon
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Secret Garden - Simon/Norman
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Dr. Neville Craven & Mary Lennox
Characters: Dr. Neville Craven, Mary Lennox (The Secret Garden)
Additional Tags: Men Crying, Angst, Complicated Relationships, Hopeful Ending
Summary:

Neville stumbled out blindly, uncaring, unthinking of where he would go, only knowing he could not remain in Lily’s garden with its atmosphere of oppressive joy, a place where he was so clearly not wanted.



Houston (1027 words) by crazykookie
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: For All Mankind (TV 2019)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Margo Madison & Aleida Rosales, Margo Madison & William "Bill" Strausser, Margo Madison & Wernher von Braun
Characters: Margo Madison, Aleida Rosales, William "Bill" Strausser (For All Mankind), Wernher von Braun
Summary:

Houston, NASA, and the years of Margo's life



[Art] Riddle Chest (0 words) by Hekachoc
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Betrayal at Krondor (Video Games)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Owyn Beleforte & Gorath
Characters: Gorath (Riftwar Saga), Owyn Beleforte
Additional Tags: Art, Humour, Riddles, Crack, Banter, Meta


Becalmed (575 words) by Age or Wizardry
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Llewyn Davis
Additional Tags: time loop (implied), questioning the efficacy of timeloops as a tool for changing behavior, doing something with the movie's references to The Odyssey
Summary:

The purpose of a time loop is supposed to involve the person realizing they're in one.



Coffee Talk (20088 words) by C-chan
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: ヲタクに恋は難しい | Wotaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii | Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku (Anime)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Momose Narumi/Nifuji Hirotaka, Nifuji Naoya/Sakuragi Kou, Kabakura Tarou/Koyanagi Hanako, Momose Narumi & Nifuji Naoya, Kabakura Tarou & Koyanagi Hanako & Momose Narumi & Nifuji Hirotaka & Nifuji Naoya & Sakuragi Kou
Characters: Momose Narumi, Nifuji Naoya, Nifuji Hirotaka, Koyanagi Hanako, Kabakura Tarou, Sakuragi Kou
Additional Tags: References to Coffee Talk (Video Game), Coffee Shops, Marriage Proposal, Plans For The Future, Collab Cafés, anime and gaming references, Canon Compliant, Community: smallfandombang, Canon pregnancy
Summary:

After watching Narumi play Coffee Talk, Naoya is inspired to open a café that specifically caters to an evening crowd. In order to get an idea of what's out there, he invites Narumi to visit various cafés with him to better understand the coffee scene outside of the [off-brand Starbucks] chain in which he's currently employed. (Narumi... maaaayyyyy use this as an excuse to take him to various collab cafés and get more of the collectable goods, but hey! They're still technically cafés, right?) Oh, and also, Naoya is planning on proposing to Kou after beating her at a video game, despite being the worst gamer ever. Which means Narumi needs to find a way to help him out. Too bad that Hirotaka's clearly not working on the same excuse.

Expect a lot of café culture, tons of nerdiness, and the occasional burst of romance and introspection as Narumi helps her future little brother in law make his dreams come true.



At the Threshold (5150 words) by edwardianspinsteraunt
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Winslow Boy (1999)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Robert Morton/Catherine Winslow
Characters: Robert Morton (Winslow Boy), Catherine Winslow, Desmond Curry
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Kissing, Vulnerability, questionable decisions, Confessions (of various sorts), semi-resolved sexual tension, Angst with a Happy Ending, past Catherine Winslow/John Watherstone
Summary:

Catherine learns earlier of Sir Robert's sacrifice - a discovery that has surprising results.



go down with the ship (880 words) by facingthenorthwind
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Star Wars: The High Republic: Phase I - Various Authors, Star Wars - All Media Types
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Hedda Casset, Burraga Agaburry
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Alternate Universe - Somebody Lives/Not Everyone Dies, Book: Star Wars: The High Republic: Light of the Jedi - Charles Soule, Hedda Casset Lives, Survivor Guilt
Summary:

The staff had suggested that the bridge crew who had been so miraculously rescued by the Jedi meet their rescuers, which Hedda would have been far more enthusiastic about had she been able to have any peaceful sleep or feel anything except the crushing guilt of being alive. The least she could have done was go down with her ship. The least she should have done.



Mr. Campbell Goes to Washington (1941 words) by MehitableCressens
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Super Powereds - Drew Hayes
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Alice Adair/Nick Campbell
Characters: Alice Adair | Legacy, Nick Campbell (Super Powereds), Blaine Jeffries | Zero, Sean Pendleton | Wisp
Additional Tags: Humor, Las Vegas Wedding, Politics, Missing Scene, And they plotted happily ever after, Family
Summary:

A wedding between subtlety majors was going to result in multiple subtle plots being advanced, whether they be for amusement or to begin taking over Washington. Blaine Jeffries really, really wished that Scotch was on menu when Nick Campbell came over to "network."



Sick Day (1318 words) by Rodo
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 승리호 | Space Sweepers (2021)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Captain Jang Hyun Sook, Kang Kot Nim | Dorothy, Tiger Park | Park Kyung Soo, Kim Tae Ho (Space Sweepers), Bubs (Space Sweepers)
Additional Tags: Sick Character, Post-Canon
Summary:

“I think Kot-nim’s sick,” Bubs said.



and everybody's mother's child is going to spy (to see if reindeer really know how to fly) (2566 words) by Morbane
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Barely Lethal (2015)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Liz Larson/Megan Walsh
Characters: Liz Larson, Parker Larson, Megan Walsh
Additional Tags: Fluff, Christmas Fluff, Feelings Realization, Hijinks & Shenanigans, Winter
Summary:

Sure, Liz had expected Megan to be all in on Christmas: especially on getting to experience it as Megan, not just 83. But in at least one aspect, Megan was already one step ahead.



Duet() (610 words) by Hekateras
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Transistor (Video Game)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Red/Sybil Reisz
Characters: Red (Transistor), Mr. Nobody | Man Inside Transistor, Sybil Reisz
Additional Tags: During Canon, Canon Compliant, Obsession, Canon-Typical Tragedy, The Process, unusual formatting
Summary:

With every blow she strikes, the Empty Set sings back to her with her own voice.



Worth Staying For (1240 words) by Hekateras
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: I Was a Teenage Exocolonist (Video Game)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Dys/Sol (I Was a Teenage Exocolonist)
Characters: Dys (I Was a Teenage Exocolonist), Sol (I Was a Teenage Exocolonist)
Additional Tags: male!Sol, During Canon, Angst, Hopeful Ending, Glow Month, angsty fluff, Hugs, Kissing under the Void, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
Summary:

Dys has come to say goodbye, but Sol is nowhere to be found.



a space, a drop, a cloth (the comfort of frailties in me) (6238 words) by saturni_stellis
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: David Bowman/HAL 9000, David Bowman/Frank Poole
Characters: David Bowman, HAL 9000, Frank Poole
Additional Tags: Angst, Blood and Injury, Masturbation, Canonical Character Death, Voyeurism, extremely dubious voyeurism tbh, Watching Someone Sleep, Robot/Human Relationships, Robot Feels, Unhappy Ending, but also..., Ambiguous/Open Ending
Summary:

Hal processes at lightning speed, but what can only seem like a second in human time, can feel like an eternity to him. After all, he can record, replay and recount every single miniature motion of someone’s expression, someone’s words and the cadence of their voice.



Colors of a Melody (1439 words) by Bodldops
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Watchmaker of Filigree Street - Natasha Pulley
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Keita Mori/Thaniel Steepleton
Characters: Keita Mori, Thaniel Steepleton
Additional Tags: Synesthesia, Slice of Life, Keita Mori's inherent resistance to asking for nice things
Summary:

Thaniel did tell Keita about being able to see sounds - he just didn't think that comment would be remembered. As if Keita hadn't been planning for this for decades.



the furthest stars came thundering at the door (4461 words) by thisbluespirit
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Winslow Boy (1999)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Robert Morton/Catherine Winslow
Characters: Robert Morton (Winslow Boy), Catherine Winslow
Additional Tags: Yuletide Treat, Edwardian Period, with World War I approaching like the down express, Trains, Smoking, Post-Canon, Scandal
Summary:

Catherine and Sir Robert find themselves on the same train, but travelling in quite different directions.



Mr. Lamb and the Wolf (1441 words) by Calacious
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Creep (Movies 2014 2017)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Characters: Aaron (Creep), Josef (Creep)
Additional Tags: Kidnapping, Drugging, Post-Canon, Alternate Ending, bound and gagged, Threats of Violence
Summary:

Instead of killing Aaron, Josef decides to take him.



These Cloudy Skies Are Not Forever (3713 words) by Wu_Ya_Zui
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Thunderbolt Fantasy 東離劍遊紀 (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Rou Fu You | Làng Wū Yáo/Sho Fu Kan | Shāng Bù Huàn, Mutsu Ten Mei | Mù Tiān Mìng/Rou Fu You | Làng Wū Yáo, Mutsu Ten Mei | Mù Tiān Mìng/Rou Fu You | Làng Wū Yáo/Sho Fu Kan | Shāng Bù Huàn
Characters: Ryouga | Líng Yá, Rou Fu You | Làng Wū Yáo, Mutsu Ten Mei | Mù Tiān Mìng, Sho Fu Kan | Shāng Bù Huàn
Additional Tags: Pre-Canon, Pre-Relationship, Pre-Season/Series 01, Fluff and Angst, Sick Character, Character Study
Summary:

Shang Bu Huan falls sick from a cold, and Lang Wu Yao awkwardly helps Mu Tian Ming take care of him while Ling Ya sits back and enjoys the show.



Her joe (5331 words) by featherxquill
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Slow Horses (TV)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Jackson Lamb/Diana Taverner
Characters: Diana Taverner, Jackson Lamb (Slough House)
Additional Tags: Femdom, very mild foot worship, Face-Sitting, Shameless Smut, Banter, Lamb scrubs up well, Lamb has a priase kink and he's exactly as happy about that as you'd expect, Yuletide Treat
Series: Part 1 of The Lady and the Tramp
Summary:

Diana Taverner's admiration for Jackson Lamb's intelligence is matched only by her disgust for his appearance and general air of filth. When Lamb agrees to go undercover for her, however, he gets a new suit, has a shower and is given a shave and haircut, which complicates matters somewhat. Since he's going to be her joe, Diana visits his undercover hotel room digs. They review files and speak of country matters.



How to Pop the Question (1470 words) by atamascolily
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Thunderbolt Fantasy 東離劍遊紀 (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Ken San Un | Juǎn Cán Yún/Tan Hi | Dān Fěi
Characters: Ken San Un | Juǎn Cán Yún, Tan Hi | Dān Fěi
Additional Tags: Marriage Proposal, Relationship Advice, Humor, Fluff
Summary:

Uncertain how to ask Dan Fei to marry him, Juan Can Yun draws on the wisdom gleaned from his travels with the One-Eyed Impaler, the Enigmatic Gale, and the Edgeless Blade.



Know the Newspaper’s (Not) Always Right (262 words) by YellowMagicalGirl
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Hopeless Fountain Kingdom - Halsey (Album)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Characters: Luna Aureum, Solis Angelus, Original Photographer, Original Reporter
Additional Tags: Canonical Character Death, Background Character Death, Gun Violence, Newspapers, Epistolary, Song: Now or Never (Halsey), i wrote this intead of studying, Biased Narrator, Deleted Scenes, specifically deleted from another fic of mine, the narrator of the scene was pro-cop enough that it hit a DNW
Summary:

A newspaper article detailing the shootout from "Now or Never".



Genre Savvy (1431 words) by atamascolily
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Thunderbolt Fantasy 東離劍遊紀 (TV)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Rin Setsu A | Lǐn Xuě Yā/Sho Fu Kan | Shāng Bù Huàn
Characters: Sho Fu Kan | Shāng Bù Huàn, Rin Setsu A | Lǐn Xuě Yā
Additional Tags: Metafiction, Fun with Tropes, Fourth Wall, Humor, Parody, There Was Only One Bed, Frank discussion of sex
Summary:

Lin Xue Ya knows how to please his audience.



Enjoy! And if a treat grows out of control this Yuletide, it has a home when the main event is over.

multifandom icons.

Nov. 12th, 2025 09:00 pm
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Fandoms: 9-1-1, 9-1-1: Lone Star, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Cobra Kai, DOC - Nelle Tue Mani, Maxton Hall, Romil & Jugal, Suits, Supergirl, The Wheel of Time, Weak Hero, Yellowstone

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Pony project update

Nov. 11th, 2025 08:44 am
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Trys and I played ponies over the weekend (glacial progress is still progress) and that went well.

Read more? )

Week 45 - cleaning things!

Nov. 10th, 2025 06:23 pm
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Swings and roundabouts this week - progress at home but work was meh.

#ORJENISE100 no specific prompts completed but I have generally beenchucking/recycling stuff.

HOME: cleaned the kitchen again and put a few items away to leave clear space for the ex when he's on cat feeding duties this coming weekend. Finally got all the clutter off the stairs. Sanded and painted gate at the front of the house (2 coats)! Varnished the back door - finally! Another quick pass at hall/landing to make sure recycling all packed and ready for Wednesday. Started on my bedroom.

HEALTH: pretty good!

LIFE ADMIN: nope.

DIGITAL DECLUTTER: down to 11,500 emails and archived 100 images off phone.

GARDENING/ALLOTMENTING: front garden pots complete including extras. Now on to window boxes and pots by kitchen/living room windows and houseplants. Oh and bulbs/winter planting for allotment.

COOKING/EATING: mostly eating down contents of fridge before weekend away - so balti veg curry, haked potatoes and grazing on random bits!

READING/LISTENING: nope.

WATCHING: Started new show Pluribus.

CREATING/LEARNING: crochet teacher is still prepping/competing at a cake comp in Rome.

CATS: all good.

VOLUNTEERING: AGM for allotment society was Sunday afternoon and all went well.

SOCIALISING: nope other than AGM.

WORK: nearly threw my toys out of the pram so had a mental health half day on Friday.

It's really the annual Horbling weekend this coming weekend (after last week's SNAFU) so there'll be a bit more frantic clearing up over the next 2 days!

Facebook math problem

Nov. 6th, 2025 02:17 pm
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School has 120 students. 75 students play baseball, 60 students play soccer, 30 students play both. How many students do not play a sport at all?

This problem was on my facebook, with folks arguing about the answer and shit. It's not that complicated, but the problem is badly written and makes people hate math.

The problem says "75 students play baseball" but it MEANS that 75 students play at least baseball. Like, the 75 baseball-playing students might could include the 30 students who "play both" in that sum. We know this because if it was just add up the 75 baseballers and the 60 soccer-ers and the 30 all-rounders, the sum would be 165 students, which is more than the number of students in the school. It's possible that the issue here is obviously forty-five homeschoolers coming in to do sport at the school, but I've been told that making that sort of completely unwarranted assumption is outside the scope of the math problem and that I should not be difficult.

Are we testing one's ability to do addition and subtraction or one's ability to reason? Is this a logic class or a math class? Argh. Fucking shitty math problems.

Anyway, using our powers of logic (above) what the problem really means is "75 students play AT LEAST baseball and might play other sports" and "60 students play AT LEAST soccer and might play other sports" and then it says "30 students play both sports" but we're gonna read that as "Only 30 students play both sports" because otherwise we might as well just MAKE UP SHIT like a gang of forty-five homeschoolers coming in to do sport at the school. Damn, this is a poorly-worded math problem.

So, we need the number of "students who play sports" as a whole... the 30 who play both sports plus the 75-30=45 who play just baseball and the 60-30=30 who play just soccer.

30 both-sporters plus 45 baseballers plus 30 soccer-ers is 105.

Now we can subtract 105 from 120.

There are fifteen students who do not play sports.

Today's productivity

Nov. 6th, 2025 12:08 am
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Having found I'm not away this weekend but next weekend I decided to make use of a free afternoon to be productive.

The refuse guys emptied my bin this morning (which they're not obliged to do as I'd not put it on the pavement) but they kindly flipped the lid and grabbed the two bags in there. Which meant my tip run was a little lighter than anticipate. But I removed 3 bags of rubbish and recycling and then popped into the garden centre on the way home. I'd bought more bulbs than I have pots so came up with a plan to have a couple more small window boxes at the base of the rose in the front garden. I may also have bought a few more mini houseplants and viola's while I was there and compost.

By the time I got home I had just about enough light left to finish planting the remaining large window box and the new ones. So the tiny front garden is now planted.

I still have the 2 window boxes and 5 pots on the porch roof, 1 hanging basket and the 3 living room window boxes to plant. That's a task for Friday afternoon/evening and possibly Saturday afternoon. Tomorrow night I'll plan what bulbs go where and what need to go down to the allotment.

The weather looks set to be warm and sunny on Saturday and Sunday so I need to sand and paint the front gate (one coat Saturday and one Sunday) and get two coats of varnish on the back door before the weather turns. I forsee early mornings this weekend. And there's now the allotment AGM Sunday afternoon so I need to get a wiggle on with jobs around home and garden.

To finish the front garden I need to weed the path, sort out the area around the bins and put some membrane and chippings around the base of the climbing rose to stop whatever is digging there from digging.

Fuck I'm old.

Nov. 5th, 2025 06:12 pm
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So I'm doomscrolling, as one does, and this Dead Poets Society clip comes up. DPS came out when I was a freshman in college. A group of us from the dorm went to see the movie, which is why I remember it.

I am not good at actors or at faces but I watched this loop a few times because the one guy looks really familiar for some reason. And he SOUNDS very familiar.

And it came to me. The guy, the one cheering up Todd, that's the guy who does House's friend Wilson in the TV show House MD. He's a lot younger, but that's the guy.

Fuck I'm old.

Lolz whoops!

Nov. 5th, 2025 02:08 pm
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As many of you know I've been going away with a bunch of friends for an annual long weekend since 2005. We originally met through Buffy/Angel fandom and if you't told us that first year we'd still be going 20 years later we'd certainly not have believed you.

We settled on the weekend of or after Bonfire Night as being the most convenient for everyone. We still go to the same place - a fab 17thC farmhouse in Horbling, Lincs that can sleep up to about 12-16 people. The owner charges us "mates rates" as a regular booking who leaves the place tidy and strip all the beds before we go. When we are up there we confirm our booking for the next 2 years so we can get dates in our diaries.

You can see where this is heading can't you?

Since 2024 I've had the dates in my dairy for 2025 as 6th-10th Nov and for 2026 as 5th-9th November.

As usual I leave everything to the last minute so I've been scrambling around trying to get work and home stuff sorted so I can leave early on Thursday. Texted my mate last night to say I'd be on the road between 7-8am Thursday so should be with her by 9-10am only to get a confused face icon back and a "Horbling is next weekend" message.

Yes I had somehow anaged tonout the wrong dates in my diary, and overlooked the group Whatsapp message confirming the date change late last year and the recent WhatsApp about food cutoff ordering being 12 November!

So yesterday evening I moved my leave back a weekend, reorganised my day job work, replanned personal tasks around clearing up the flat and gardening, let my allotment society know I xan attend the AGM on Sunday and confirmed the ex is free for cat feeding duties next weekend.

For the first time in years I'll be approaching this getaway in planned rather than chaotic fashion.

Today I've taken an extended lunchbreak to finish potting up some of my winter windowboxes and plants and I'll be able to get the rest done on Saturday.

Yuleswaps 2025: ALL MATCH-UPS SENT!

Nov. 3rd, 2025 04:07 pm
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Here we go. Please watch this post! We will update here as each batch goes out:

Candy? SENT as of 6:47 PM PST 11/4!

Drinks? SENT (twice, lol) as of 6:51 PM PST 11/3!

Books? SENT as of 6:39 PM PST 11/3!


INSTRUCTIONS & REMINDERS )


SENDING DEADLINE: Friday, November 21, 2025


Extensions/Defaulting: Pre-research your post office/courier service hours, and plan to send as early as you can! BUT if your best-laid plans fail, and you need an extension -- we get it! Please bypass the shame spiral and email us ASAP. We want to know what's going on but rarely hesitate to grant brief extensions, especially to historically reliable swappers.

And, of course, if you need to default for any reason, the above is doubly true!! Life happens, but if you let us know as soon as it does, we can help out your recipient AND probably have you back next year with minimal anxiety.


One More Time: don't forget to check in at Swaps Central! And a safe, merry Swapstide to all!

Current FAQ and very old resources post here, for anyone who needs them. Questions and comments here or via email, as always.

Kat & Livi & Helen
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As I have previously discussed, I get crystal clear mountain spring water from, yes, a spring up on the mountain. This is not a public, treated water system and sometimes there are... newt issues. This was not a newt issue.

So, what kind of issue was it? )

Week 44 - getting back to it

Nov. 3rd, 2025 10:16 am
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Another relatively quiet week.

#ORJENISE100 no specific prompts last week.

HOME: maintained - had an Oddbox deli ery so deep cleaned the fridge, fruit and veg bowls. Haven't started on the bedroom - yet!

HEALTH: finally back to normal.

LIFE ADMIN: nothing done last week.

DIGITAL DECLUTTER: went on a bit of a deleting spree on my main email account and broke the 12k barrier - now down to 11,888 emails. Things are slowing down because I've run out of the easy to delete stuff and am now entering the 15-20 years of history. Keeping up with archiving things off the tablet to Dropbox. Stalled on sorting 900+ images on my phone.

GARDENING/ALLOTMENTING: bought plants/bulbs to finish winter planting of front garden and pots and finished planting the last of the front garden pots. Hoping to get the porch roof ones done before I go away.

COOKING/EATING: had a couple of takeaways on busy days but back to cooking. And the Oddbox delivery led to a meal plan for the next 2 weeks (though I'm away Thursday to Monday). Made a bit pot of balti veg curry and ate a lot of fruit!

READING/LISTENING: nope.

WATCHING: still enjoying Murder Before Evensong.

CREATING/LEARNING: no crocheting this week or classes as teacher is prepping/competing at a cake comp in Rome.

CATS: all good.

VOLUNTEERING: nope.

SOCIALISING: monthly catch up call with friends which I tuned into from the car as I was stuck in an epic traffic jam from Twickenham to Kingston on Thursday night.

WORK: almost caught up. Fingers crossed for a quiet November.

It's the annual Horbling weekend this coming weekend so I am scrambling around to do a bit of sorting and tidying before I go.

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