No, not mine, sadly. elisem has her shinies on sale right now. For those of you who know her work, go and look. For those of you that don't, she had things of all stripes for people to wear. Ornaments for People and Places!

Sale! Calling all Magpies and Ferrets!

I have a couple things by her and buy my bags of beads from her. I cackle loudly and rub my hands together when her stuff comes in.

I cannot find the link to my earrings from her, but they lurk around here somewhere. Sometimes the names are what makes me buy them. I am looking at a set called Grandfather Dragon..

So, go and look. Shiney things abound!

Today is a Birthing Day! Today both Palimpsest by Catherynne Valente and Quartered by Skinny White Chick aka Our Sooj make their way into the wide world. For those of you who remember, I posted the trailer for it about a month ago.

So, go and buy and listen and read. I already have my copy pre-ordered and the first of my songs downloaded. I am just now waiting for the venue to be announced for the St Louis stop of their tour.

Because, really, Warren Ellis said -
Palimpsest just knocks me flat with her use of language: rich, cool, opiated language, language for stories of strange love and hallucinated cities of the mind.”
— Warren Ellis

And if Warren likes it, you will too. Or something like that.

Ravens in the Library: An All-Star Benefit Collection

The Ravens in the Library Project, in connection with
"A Healthy Dose of Sooj" and "Save Our Sooj" presents

RAVENS IN THE LIBRARY:
MAGIC IN THE BARD'S NAME

A Limited Edition Collection of Stories and Art dedicated to the health of S.J. Tucker

This special VERY limited edition has been compiled to defray the medical expenses and recovery of musician S.J. Tucker.

The collection will NOT be released in stores, and it is NOT downloadable! It will be available only as long as those expenses remain unresolved. After that, RAVENS IN THE LIBRARY will disappear.

Order your advance copy today... Before they fly away forever!

$25.00 includes shipping & handling within the continental United States

Anticipated Release Date*: Feb. 22, 2009
Trade Paperback format
Color covers, B&W interiors
Self-Published by The Ravens in the Library Project

With Heartfelt Thanks to Ellen Datlow and all contributors.

* - barring delays in printing or production.

Shamelessly pimping from SaveOurSooj.

For those of you who have met Sooj, and even those who haven't, I bring you music and need all at the same time. First it was Berna with a rare disease that she *will* recover from, and now SJ Tucker needs your help.

There isn't a post up on LJ yet, but there is on Facebook. I am sure the LJ one is coming.

ETA: Here it is!

http://omnisti.livejournal.com/14453.html

Until then, please enjoy one of my favorite songs of all time. It was Christopher's lullaby for a very long time. It honestly still is.

Evil hip waders do not exist on the internet.  Except on my blog.  Let's try it and see, shall we?

Our concert has been listed on the Skinny White Chick site, so it is official! SAMH*!!!1

Come See Sooj at my place!

And then the next day is

Sunday April 13, 2008 — 3 PM
Trestle for President
Koken Art Factory
2500 Ohio Ave
St. Louis, MO 63104 [Map It!]
with Trestle Foote Faerie and Celia

Which I will be trying to make, rain or shine.

But I promised Sooj at least 20 people, so PLEASE COME HANG WITH ME. This is me, being completely paranoid that it is going to be me and mine and mamaduckers and hers. And while that is fun. I want more people at my kinda early bday party.

*Sooj At My House - coined by Jessica

My Aunt Made MetaFilter

The movie is starting to be seen by more and more people, being recommended on message boards and by word of mouth. And either you love my Aunt Rosie and you are cheering for the Old Lady Truck Drive With The Filthy Mouth But A Heart Of Gold, or you think she is a gold digging moron that should have sold that ugly POS for the 5 million and skated.

Watch the movie, but understand I claim....well, I don't know what I claim other than, yes, we are both Hortons, but WOW.

I found a new...well, I wouldn't call it a web comic, but I am not sure what else it is.



A Softer World

The fact that someone's heart is in the right place does not preclude positional errors involving their brain.
- syberghost in someone else's journal.

Happy Natal Anniversary morriganson!

May you be blessed with many rounds, weapons that don't jam, cats that are amazingly large, and anything else you might need!

The price of freedom of religion, or of speech, or of the press, is that we must put up with a good deal of rubbish.
  - Robert Jackson

It may very well be that the only person that understands why Francis made me this macro is barista, unless she told her husband.

( Francis makes Sarah a Torchwood Macro. Hilarity ensues. )

Live your life in happiness, even though those around you lead lives which are unhealthy, and wish to spread their illness to you. Be Happiness itself.
- Buddha

We get to think of life as inexhaustible as well...How many more times will you watch the full moon rise? Perhaps twenty. And yet it all seems limitless.
- Paul Bowles

Today is starwyse's NATAL DAY!

Here is hoping for a year of peace and acceptance for you. I know the last couple months have been hard for your. Here is to growing your business, loving your furbabies and having a peaceful day!

My uncle Chris retired as an engineer from Hallmark. He has taken his love for children, his love for reading and his passion for teaching a new generation a new lesson to a place that I could only dream of. Under the cut is the article that was written about him in the Kansas City Times. What it doesn't mention is the fact that he also runs the Mary Elizabeth Birthday Fund for the Hope House and does Angel Flights. If there is a child in need of a flight for medical needs, he donates his time, his skills and his money (in gas) to the program.

( Book Man at The Hope House )

I already have one author who is genrously donating a copy of her book for his Book Bag. If anyone on my flist has a book, a couple books or is in the area and can donate some time, please do. He works very hard to help break the cycle of violence.

So I plug my Uncle's website thusly:

ReadingReaches.org

and the author who has donated, as I think she needs a plug, too. Plus, Manda will want a copy of this book as soon as she sees it.

Pirate's Alphabet

So, that being said, there is my pimp for the day. I can't get over who I know: published authors, fantastic musicians, fire spinners...

And I am lacking of words and sleep, being a mother myself, go check out itziwicks

http://itzwicks.livejournal.com/471948.html

He says it better than me.

Happy Mother's day to all of you who had a mother, who are a mother, would have could have never have won't have....

Did I get everyone? I call it Happy Feel Guilty From The Advertising Media Day. But then again, I call Valentine's day that too.

So if you celebrate, I raise my cup of coffee to you. If you don't, I raise my cup of coffee to you!