valarltd | Lunchtime Life Collection

New title to avoid abilist connotations.
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Happy Birthday to

shaalwyd (post more often, Tara honey), Mary J. Blige, Rod Taylor, Naomi Judd and Alexander Hamilton.
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50 Things we know now that we didn't know this time last year. Here's a fun one: Watermelon is more efficient at rehydrating our bodies than drinking water. It contains 92 percent water and essential rehydration salts.
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For those who need slang, The Historical Dictionary of American Slang. It's the cat's meow.
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Prop 8 Hearings start today in California
Mudd has a few thoughts on this.

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It's cold. The Red Cross gives tips to stay safe and warm.
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Cliff Chang re-envisions album covers with superheroes
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Marvel is fighting the estate of Jack Kirby to keep copyright on the work Kirby did for hire on Spiderman and X-Men. Copyright law is such a mess.
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Cadmium, a know carcinogen and toxin, in children's jewelry. From China, of course.
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The U.S. Bureau of Masochism has released a new report with shocking findings. I'm doing my bit. Are you? (Not Safe For Work. Do not Drink while reading. Not responsible for your computer monitor or keyboard.)
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Shameless Promotion:
Slow Thaw from Loose-ID is some of the hottest het I've read lately.
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Music of the Day:

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What I'm writing:
Dead Man's Wind, an erotic horror novel, has gone 700+ words.
2000 words on a fairytale for Samhain, based on King Thrushbeard