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[Saturday
July 11th, 2009 | 5:15pm ] |
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I know that smudging has become popular among American neo-Wiccans as a crossover from Native American rites. But I was wondering if the practice of smudging with herbs was also present in British Traditional rites. If so, is it a new addition or has it always been done?
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| Shadows of Doubt 2.17 -- All In |
[Saturday
July 11th, 2009 | 2:54pm ] |
Hi, all, here's the next update of Shadows of Doubt, hope you enjoy it :)
*hugs*
DoS
Title: Shadows of Doubt: A Dark!Wilson House Redux
Episode: 2.17 -- All In
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Disclaimer: House, Wilson, and all other characters/ideas taken from the show are not my own, and I'm making no profit from the writing of this fiction -- just for fun, I promise. :P (Some dialogue this chapter taken directly from the episode.)
Pairing: House/Wilson
Rating: R
Author's Note: In this particular 'verse, I've changed one thing about the canon timeline. At the beginning of the story, when House and Wilson first get together, Wilson is already recently divorced from Julie.
Story Warnings: slash, dark Wilson -- specific warnings for each chapter as necessary
Chapter Warnings: psychological abuse, physical abuse, violence
Story Summary: A darker version of how canon might have gone, if House and Wilson had entered into a relationship from the start -- and if that relationship took a gradually dark, disturbing turn.
Chapter Summary: House has an idea to make things a little easier for them... while Wilson continues to struggle with his demons...
dreamsofspike.livejournal.com/200579.html
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| I used to think. |
[Saturday
July 11th, 2009 | 8:01pm ] |
Obsession is a kind of lingering illness. It flares and fades.
You have to catch it whenever it tries to escape. Catch it with glances and electric touches.
Catch it with dreams of lips open and waiting...
Waiting for someone else.
You have to keep it alive. It sends blood to the least useful of places.
I used to think that she was all I wanted in life.
I used to think I loved her.
I used to think she cared.
I was wrong.
I used to think she was the wrong gender.
I was right about that, at least.
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| Effect of broken fingers on piano playing skills |
[Saturday
July 11th, 2009 | 6:55pm ] |
So I have an otherwise healthy 19-year-old male character who is tortured by a particularly sadistic antagonist, in the course of which some of his fingers are broken. He is taken to hospital about twelve hours after this, also suffering from severe burns, and for the purpose of this inquiry I think we can assume medical technology is equivalent to modern-day Britain.
I'm assuming he's going to end up with a cast on the injured hand (his right hand is unharmed, solely because I need him to fire a gun a little later in the story), what I need to know is:
a) how long the cast would stay on for? I can waive this a bit if necessary, since he's a vampire with slightly accelerated healing, but an approximate timespan would be nice.
b) what would be the effect in the long term on his career as a pianist? I'm going to have him stop playing anyway for various psychological reasons, but if there's any way there'll be a physical cause as well, that would be good.
Thanks!
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| Chelsea NYC, 1954 |
[Saturday
July 11th, 2009 | 12:51pm ] |
A small question for something I'm working on---
What was the Chelsea district of Manhattan like c. 1954? What would some of the landmarks have been? Any names of bars or galleries or landmarks?
And--- again, c. 1953/54, what would be the kinds of experimental/avant-garde jazz a Barnard co-ed would be likely to listen to?
Any help is appreciated...
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| I'll take the rain- chapter 3 |
[Saturday
July 11th, 2009 | 6:22pm ] |
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TITLE:I'll take the rain
AUTHOR:evangelinevio
PAIRING: Huddy, Cuddy/Wilson close friendship
RATING:T
WARNINGS: season 5 spoilers!
SUMMARY:House falls into coma and is about to die, when DEATH himself appears and offers Cuddy and Wilson to play a game for
House's life. They have to pass several dangerous "tests" to save their friend...
DISCLAIMER:I don't own the characters of the show, only the idea for the fanfic :)
NOTES: Fanfic about the OT3 - House,Cuddy, Wilson
This is the third chapter :) Sorry it took me so long, I had loads of exams and lab days, but here it is finally. Comments are love ♥
Here @ evangelinevio
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[Saturday
July 11th, 2009 | 12:11pm ] |
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the hardest part was letting go
not taking part
you really broke my heart
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[Saturday
July 11th, 2009 | 10:37am ] |
This town gets so boring
na na na na na na na
when you're not scoring.
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| Ethics of Modern Private Investigators |
[Saturday
July 11th, 2009 | 12:31pm ] |
This isn't for a particular story, just something I've been pondering for a while.
Setting: Modern USA (or UK if you happen to know)
Character A has moved towns/states and cut off all ties with his family, who are intolerant of his lifestyle (insert gay/hippy/superhero as appropriate - he is not, however, doing anything illegal) to the point of harrassment. They don't have his number, his address, or know where in the country he is. He's also left behind most of his friends, but stays in touch with a few he can trust (and who know full well that his family is crazy). Apart from that, he's not trying assume a new identity - he's using his college degree and trusted references from his hometown to get a job.
If a member of the family hires a private investigator to find him, will the PI take any steps to check up on their motives? Is she obliged to? If she does, but they tell her a sob story about an argument that got out of hand, or a misunderstanding, and demonstrate their loving family environment, would she be content with that? If, on investigating Character A, she spots the big discrepancy in lifestyle, would it occur to her that the family's interests might not be benign, or would she simply "do the job" without thinking about/caring about consequences? What if she talks to one of the friends and they tell her flat-out that the family is crazy and that A wants nothing to do with them?
Character B has moved towns/states and cut off all ties with her partner due to domestic violence. She has never brought charges - maybe she's just scared, or maybe the partner is buddies with the local police, or maybe even her own family doesn't believe her. She has made considerable efforts to hide her trail, to the point of faking documents to get a job. There is a good chance the partner will kill her if he finds her.
Similarly, if he hires a PI, and tells her how they had this argument, and Character B ran off, and he's really worried about her because she's never been gone this long, does the PI simply take the job, no questions asked? If she hands over all the details the partner needs, and he then goes and murders Character B, will the PI be punishable under law for providing that information, or will she be able to hold up her hands and declare she had no idea it would be used in that means?
What I'm getting at here is that I have this idea that PIs are not subject to any restrictions other than their own moral code - obviously they can't actively break the law, but I've seen a number of websites cheerfully advertising the ability to provide someone's address, phone number, job description, etc, and it gives me the chills. I would like to know how strictly enforced the codes of ethics are, whether or not the average PI gives a damn about what the information is to be used for, and whether there are any legal repercussions for turning a blind eye. I appreciate that many PIs are presumably ethical people who would make the effort to check up on their client as well as the subject of the invesigation, but I want to know if there are any checks in place to counter the ones who are perhaps less scrupulous.
Related: once the PI has entered into a contract with someone, what happens if they turn around and say "Actually, I don't want to give you these details"?
Once again, this is modern USA - I'm not interested in what Philip Marlowe would do. ;)
Search terms tried: private investigator ethics, private investigator law, private investigator domestic abuse - I've also visited a number of PI agency websites, and searched this comm and checked tags
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| the drinks we drank last night. |
[Saturday
July 11th, 2009 | 7:14pm ] |
title: the drinks we drank last night
type: fanfic
rating: pg-13
summary: allison cameron is tired of playing by the rules.
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[Saturday
July 11th, 2009 | 4:44am ] |
I used to be so original.
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[Saturday
July 11th, 2009 | 4:43am ] |
Is that all you got?
Turn it up, keep it coming
'cause I've got the words
to keep the birds humming.
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[Friday
July 10th, 2009 | 11:59pm ] |
but you're neither friend or foe
though i can't seem to let you go
the one thing that i still know
is that you're keeping me down
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| Regret--A Chase/Cameron Fic |
[Friday
July 10th, 2009 | 11:54pm ] |
Title: Regret
Author: DallasCowboys82
Pairing: Chase/Cameron
Rating: PG (dwells briefly on death)
Disclaimer: All characters are property of David Shore and FOX.
Summary: Oneshot in which Cameron reflects on her first marriage and how it affects her relationship with Chase. Intended to take place after Under My Skin.
Read it here.
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| lemon cake |
[Thursday
July 9th, 2009 | 9:30am ] |
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On my birthday my colleague Meg brought a home-baked lemon cake to work, despite her reputation as a non-baker. It looked like a flying saucer and tasted absolutely delicious, topped with a big pile of fresh fruit. They sang; I cut; we ate together.
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