Title:  Something To Be Thankful For
Rating:  T/PG-13
Fandom:  Jim Butcher's The Dresden Files (bookverse)
Spoilers:  Small Favor
Characters:  Molly Carpenter; Carlos Ramirez; Harry Dresden; Michael, Charity, Daniel, Matthew, Alicia, Amanda, Hope, and Harry Carpenter
Pairings:  Molly/Carlos, Michael/Charity
Length:  approx. 4,000 words
Summary:  Carlos is invited over to the Carpenters' for Thanksgiving dinner.

A/N:  Meant to have this done for priscellie's birthday.  Hopefully she'll forgive me the belatedness.

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Folks, the Jim Butcher Forums are back online! Thank you for your patience as the issue was fixed.

-G

PS: Cranky because my computer is still deep-fried.

Update about the Jim Butcher Forums: the issue will not be able to be fixed until late Saturday at the earliest, and the owner may not have time to get to the issue until after the weekend. Thank you for your understanding in this.

PS: I'm just as unmoored as you all in this. I miss my boards, too.

-Garrett/Myyrdn_Eopia


PPS: the "frustrated" mood setting is due to my computer refusing to boot up 20 minutes ago, after I just took it to IT last friday.

Title:  Names
Rating:  K+/PG
Fandom:  Jim Butcher's The Dresden Files (bookverse)
Spoilers:  White Night, to be on the super-safe side
Characters:  Molly Carpenter; Carlos Ramirez
Pairings:  Molly/Carlos
Length:  200 words
Summary:  Sometimes, it's not so much the "how" or "why," but rather, the "who."

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Note:  While this post will not contain spoilers for the season, the links most definitely WILL.  You have been warned.



Since I discovered Castle in the early days of June, I have DEVOURED every episode.  In August, I hit the end of Season 3.

Yeah.  'Bout that.

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There, I've said my piece.  Moving on.

Luckily for me, by that time, San Diego Comic-Con had come and gone, so there was this little gem online—the first 1:20-ish of episode one of season four, titled "Rise":  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrMWhRrAWNQ

There are also a lot of cast interviews and little details about the episode and season, if you google well enough.

Apart from that, there are a number of stills and pics from the episode floating around yon interversewebs, but I won't post those here.  However, I /will/ post another set of video links.

These were brought to my attention yesterday by Molly Quinn, via twitter.  On a german site, three clips of varying length have been released.  For me, it was one of those "I don't want to, I really don't want to, but I HAVE TO" moments right before I clicked on the first link.  Let's just say... holy crap.  This episode is going to /kill/ me with the suspense, even though I know some of what happens in the episode.

Video 1:  http://www.serienjunkies.de/news/castle-drei-sneak-peeks-staffelauftakt-34307.html

Video 2:  http://www.serienjunkies.de/news/castle-drei-sneak-peeks-staffelauftakt-34307-2.html

Video 3:  http://www.serienjunkies.de/news/castle-drei-sneak-peeks-staffelauftakt-34307-3.html

My thoughts?  Alexis and Esposito kick ass.  Serious.  Ass.  And Castle gets moody (I don't blame him).

If you're anything like me, it was the second clip that was the most devastating.  Ugh.  I... dammit.  Yeah.  It's rough.  And all told, these four links show maybe five minutes of the episode.  I am going to DIE come September 19th.

Speaking of...

10 days, 20 hours, and 41 minutes until Season 4, Episode 1.  But who's counting?

Well, okay, maybe not.  But it is.  Okay.  So I was thinking that I might do little fics for each character, but I decided against that.  Instead, I'm going to do something that I've never tried before.

Same story, multiple POVs.

Now, I'm not talking multiple POVs as the story progresses, I'm talking the same events as seen by several different people.  Should be very...interesting.  Especially considering the minimum lineup of a cast:

Harry
Murphy
Thomas
Molly
Mouse
Lea
Marcone
Butters
Michael

With possible appearances from:
Ebenezar
Ramirez
Bob
Father Forthill
Hendricks
Morgan


And that's just the beginning.  :)

Cheers.

Hrm.  Never really figured this thing out before.  So y'all get to read my random ramblings.  You're the ones who friended me. So deal. :D

Okay, soooooo writing.  I have some ideas floating around this thing they say is my mind.  Most of which will get finished after semester ends, hopefully before Christmas.


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1) Concerning the aftermath of the Vord War in Alera, based off of Jim Butcher's Codex Alera.  Focus primarily on one very special character.

2) Again from the Codex, another fic centering around the crowbegotten Batman.  :D

3) From Jim's other series, The Dresden Files, Nicodemus finds the Evil Overlord List.  Aaaaaaaaaaand... go.

4) I have another idea floating around, dealing with Nic and the Nickleheads.

5) An original idea of mine... don't know exactly how it would work out.  A cross of about... *counts* ...four different, no, five different genres.  We'll see how that works.

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So yeah.  That's the run down.  1-4 finished by Xmas, hopefully.  One of them I want to get done in the next week or two.  :)

Cheers.

So Facebook has added this cool new feature called Places.  It allows you to update where you are, which can be extremely handy.  Not only that, but it's accurate as well, for it will only allow you to update your location with a location that you are currently near to.  Which means that it won't be used as a practical joke, because it will be impossible to register a location that your device is not currently near.  Amazing innovation, right?

Wrong.

Because, not only can you update your location, but any of the people in your friends list can, too.  And there isn't anything you can do about it after it gets posted.  Sure, you'll be notified with a message, much like a notification that you have been tagged in someone's status, at which point, if you don't want that information on the web, you can untag yourself.

But the damage is already done.

Not only that, but anyone can see who is with you at that location, and you will be listed, even after you have untagged yourself.  This feature can be foreseen to be used extensively by friends stalking each other, particularly ex-boyfriends and ex-girlfriends, to see where you are and who you're with.

If you are like me, and wish to keep your privacy to the best of your ability, I have included a walkthrough of how to block the Places feature from accessing your account, even through your friends.

If you wish to read a fuller, more in-depth article, I direct you here:  redtape.msnbc.com/2010/08/facebook-places-we-are-each-others-big-brothers.html

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First things first, on any Facebook page, go to the upper right hand corner and click on "Account":


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Click on Privacy Settings, and scroll down and select "Custom":


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Then click on the option "Customize Settings":


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You will come to a web page titled "Choose Your Privacy Settings -> Customize Settings."  Scroll down in the first section—"Things I Share"—and find the options labeled "Places I check in to" and "Include me in 'People Here Now' after I check in."


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De-select the box labeled "Enable," then click on the drop down menu across from "Places I check in to," and select "Customize."


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This will bring up a pop-up box titled "Custom Privacy."  Under "Make this visible to," select "Only Me" from the drop-down menu box.  Then click on "Save Setting" to save your choice.


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The two options labeled "Places I check in to" and "Include me in 'People Here Now' after I check in" should now look like this:


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Scroll down to the next section, titled "Things Others Share."  The last option should be labeled "Friends can check me in to Places."  Click on the drop-down menu box and select "Disabled."


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That option should now look like this:


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These steps should protect you from the Places feature and completely disable it regarding your account.  To protect your privacy and your friends' privacy, please pass this along.  The more who are aware, the better.