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top ten challenge. Top ten tv shows I like to read fan fic in.

1. The Sentinel
2. Due South
3. Almost Human
4. Forever
5. Miami Vice
6. Stargate Atlantis
7. Battle Creek
8. Stargate SG1
9. High Potential
10. Will Trent

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Week 2 (February 8th-14th): Series (e.g. TV shows, webtoons, comics, web serials)

1. The Closer
2. Major Crimes
3. The Pretender
4. Will Trent
5. High Potential
6. The Lincoln Lawyer
7. The Night Agent
8. The Dead Zone (the series)
9. Medium
10. Person of Interest.

ysabetwordsmith

Low-Earth orbit is just 2.8 days from disaster

Low-Earth orbit is more crowded—and fragile—than it looks. Satellites constantly weave past each other, burning fuel and making dozens of evasive maneuvers every year just to stay safe. A major solar storm could disable navigation and communications, turning that careful dance into chaos. According to new calculations, it may take just days—not decades—for a catastrophic chain reaction to begin, potentially choking off humanity’s access to space for generations.

Solar storms can have various effects and follow an 11-year cycle. We are currently around the maximum, hence the aurora displays over the last year or two.

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The

crowdfunding Creative Jam is now open with a theme of "Not Giving Up." Come give us prompts, or claim some for your own inspiration!

What I Have Written:

From My Prompts:

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pattrose

What would it feel like to step out of your comfort zone? How can you step out of your comfort zone more this year?

I have always been shy but I took part in Snowflake Challenge for four years to build up my confidence and stop being so shy. I have friends all over the place. I love having something to read on my reading page every day. So, now I find it easier to step out of my comfort zone. I joined quite a few communities and write and create moodboards and post a few times a week.

ysabetwordsmith

People have expressed interest in deep topics, so this list focuses on philosophical questions.

Why have many societies begun to place such a high value on emotions and being emotional?

Everyone has feelings. Feelings can be intense. That makes it a good way to distract people from actions.

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pattrose

Posting a little early.

How many flights of stairs would you consider walking up in a building, or do you always take the lift/elevator?

Only two. I’m on oxygen, so my pulmonary hypertension keeps me from doing certain things. I can walk downstairs just fine but going up is very difficult. Basically, I always use elevators.

ysabetwordsmith

Today I picked out what I wanted from Pinetree Garden Seeds.

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Our theme this month was "Books and Literacy." I wrote from 1 PM to 12 AM, so about 1 hours, accounting for breaks. I wrote 1 poem on Tuesday plus 10 later in the week.

Participation was up, with 10 comments on LiveJournal and another 29 on Dreamwidth. A total of 15 people sent prompts. You have new prompters

gs_silva,

ionelv, and Laura G to thank for the second freebie.

Read Some Poetry!
The following poems from the February 3, 2026 Poetry Fishbowl have been posted:
"Books That Bite Back"
"The Evolution of Self-Publishing"
"Libraries from the Ashes"
"A Never Failing Spring"
"No Friend as Loyal"

"The Tranquility and Beauty of the Winter Landscape" (Polychrome Heroics: Rutledge, March 4, 2025 Poetry Fishbowl)

Buy some poetry!
If you plan to sponsor some poetry but haven't made up your mind yet, see the unsold poetry list from February 3. That includes the title, length, price, and the original thumbnail description for the poems still available.

This month's donors include:

janetmiles,

fuzzyred, and Anthony Barrette. All sponsored poems from this fishbowl have been posted. There are 3 tallies toward a bonus fishbowl.

The Poetry Fishbowl has a landing page.

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ysabetwordsmith

The following poems from the February 3, 2026 Poetry Fishbowl are currently available. Poems may be sponsored via PayPal -- there's a permanent donation button on my Dreamwidth profile page -- or you can write to me and discuss other methods. There are still verses left in the linkback poems "Delight in Another," "A Sense of Weather Changes," "Ouroboros Insects," "The Loving Embrace of Night," "Generations of Cooks Past," "Homefree and Clear, " "One Bite at a Time," "Stars and Diamonds," "Mishpocha," "Changing Your Nature," and "Besa."

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A dinkus is a row of symbols, often asterisks, used as a section break in text.

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clavally

Title: Intuitive Eating: A Revolutionary Anti-Diet Approach
Authors: Evelyn Tribole, and Elyse Resch
Genre: Self-Help?

I gave it 4 stars. I'm not really sure how to rate non-fiction, so that was just a a gut feeling. It was well written and fairly engaging, although it did drag a little for me somewhere towards the end. The basic gist is a plan to learn how to eat intuitively. They are very clear that it's not a diet, that you should not deny yourself any kind of food, no matter what, that diets always fail because deprivation leads to rebounding. Since I found that to be the case with me, I am curious about this approach. My therapist suggested I read it. I can see how it would be helpful for people dealing with eating disorders, including binge eating, which I definitely suffer from. The aim is to teach you how to listen to your body's signals and to honor yourself. I ordered the workbook, because I figured that'd be helpful if I'm really going to give this a shot. I think I'd recommend this book, at least, right now I would. I dunno how I'll feel once I'm in the thick of things.

clavally

Title: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Author: Taylor Jenkins Reid
Genre: Historical Fiction/Romance
New or Reread: Reread

I'm skipping the formal rating system since I've read this book previously and gave it 4 stars. It's very good, about an old actress from the 50s/60s/70s/etc who wants to tell her life story to a lowly reporter for a magazine. The book is divided into sections for each of her husbands and she tells her story to the reporter. Evelyn had a very specific reason for requesting this reporter, but won't tell her what it is until her story is done. It's well-written, fast-paced, and really pulls you into the story. It's worth a read, but I don't think I should say anything else for fear of spoiling you.

clavally

Week 2 (February 8th-14th): Series (e.g. TV shows, webtoons, comics, web serials)--I'm adding book series to this list, too

I decided I'd do two lists, one for TV and one for novels.

TV Shows in no particular order:

1. Psych
2. Star Trek in all its flavors
3. Supernatural
4. Stargate: Atlantis
5. Battlestar Galactica
6. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
7. The West Wing
8. White Collar
9. Doctor Who
10. The Sentinel

Honorable Mentions go to: Criminal Minds, CSI, due South, Dead Like Me, Pushing Daisies, True Blood, and Hannibal

Book Series, also in no particular order:

1. Star Trek TOS novels by various authors
2. The Xenogenesis series by Octavia E. Butler
3. The Snow Queen Cycle by Joan D. Vinge
4. His Dark Materials by Philip K. Pullman
5. The Discworld-City Watch Series by Terry Pratchett
6. The Discworld-Witches Series by Terry Pratchett
7. Dune original novel set by Frank Herbert
8. The Broken Earth trilogy by N.K. Jemisin
9. The Mayfair Witches by Anne Rice
10. The Incarnations of Immortality by Piers Anthony

Honorable Mentions go to: Bridget Jones Diary by Helen Fielding, The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty Series by Ann Rice (Don't judge me), and The River of Dancing Gods by Jack L Chalker

ysabetwordsmith

Here are the location and content notes for "An Inkling of Things to Come."

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These are the character notes for "An Inkling of Things to Come."

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Copied from LiveJournal.

This poem is spillover from the August 5, 2025 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by a prompt from

fuzzyred. It also fills the "someone from the past" square in my 8-1-25 card for the Crime Classics fest. This poem belongs to the College Arc of the Shiv thread in the Polychrome Heroics series.

This microfunded poem is being posted one verse at a time, as donations come in to cover them. The rate is $0.50/line, so $5 will reveal 10 new lines, and so forth. There is a permanent donation button on my profile page, or you can contact me for other arrangements. You can also ask me about the number of lines per verse, if you want to fund a certain number of verses.
So far sponsors include:

fuzzyred,

janetmiles.

FULLY FUNDED
628 lines, Buy It Now = $314
Amount donated = $263
Verses posted = 155 of 187
Amount remaining to fund fully = $52
Amount needed to fund next verse = $0.50
Amount needed to fund the verse after that = $3

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Climate change in the US impacts each state differently

Their point is that climate change doesn’t just “shift” temperatures upward evenly. Sometimes the hottest days are getting hotter while the cold end barely moves.

In other places, winters are warming quickly, while summer extremes change less. And if you only watch the average, you can miss those differences.

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Today is partly sunny and chilly.

I fed the birds. I've seen a few sparrows.

I put out water for the birds.

EDIT 2/13/26 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.

I refilled the hopper feeder.

EDIT 2/13/26 -- I spread a bucket of mulch where the contorta willow tree used to grow.

EDIT 2/13/26 -- I did more work around the patio.

I've seen a flock of sparrows, a mourning dove, and a male cardinal.

I am done for the night.

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pattrose

What are new ways you can measure progress this year?

I said I wanted to write more and I did. I made a lot of moodboards too. (I love making them). I’ve got to get busy and write some more things before the month is up.

I also like to try a new recipe every Sunday, in hopes that we’ll like something and go into my recipe book. I not only make the main dish but I. Make dessert too. I thought I would put the recipe in case anyone would like to try it.

Chicken Bubble Biscuit Bake Casserole 🥄

Ingredients:
- 2 cups cooked chicken, shredded or diced
- 1 can (10.5 oz) cream of chicken soup or cream of mushroom
- 1/2 cup sour cream or plain Greek yogurt
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 cup frozen mixed vegetables (peas, carrots, corn, beans)
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 1 can (16 oz) refrigerated biscuit dough, cut in quarters
- 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese or mozzarella
- 1 tablespoon melted butter (optional, for brushing)

Steps:
1. Heat oven to 350°F. Lightly grease a 9x13-inch pan.
2. In a large bowl, mix chicken, soup, sour cream, milk, vegetables, garlic powder, onion powder, salt, and pepper until combined.
3. Gently fold in the biscuit pieces to coat them.
4. Spread the mixture into your prepared pan. Top with shredded cheese.
5. Cover with foil and bake fomr 20 minutes. Remove foil. Bake 10 to 15 minutes more, until biscuits are golden and cooked through.
6. Brush melted butter on top if you like. Let rest a few minutes before serving.

For extra flavor, add chopped fresh herbs or a little hot sauce when mixing your filling.

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