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Blackberry-Mint Julep

Blackberry-Mint Julep
Servings: 4

Ingredients

½ cup packed fresh mint leaves
1 pint blackberries
6 tablespoons sugar
½ cup bourbon
4 cups small ice cubes
4 sprigs mint, for garnishing

Directions

Roughly chop mint leaves.

Puree the mint, blackberries, and sugar in a blender. Press through a fine sieve into a bowl; discard seeds.

Rinse blender, then return puree to blender, and add bourbon and small ice cubes; blend until smooth. Divide mixture among 4 glasses. Garnish each with a mint sprig.

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Temples, Tombs & Hieroglyphs: A Popular History of Ancient Egypt

Temples, Tombs & Hieroglyphs: A Popular History of Ancient Egypt by Barbara Mertz

A light discussion of Egypt. Admittedly covering a long period of history and so necessarily cursory in place. Discusses what records we have and what archeological evidence we have found, and various Pharaohs and changes.

Temples, Tombs & Hieroglyphs: A Popular History of Ancient Egypt

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tv: heated rivalry

61 Heated Rivalry icons

I have 61 Heated Rivalry icons to share. In the post you can find:
- 32 Shane Hollander/Ilya Rozanov
- 15 Ilya Rozanov
- 11 Shane Hollander
- 2 Svetlana Vetrova
- 1 Scott Hunter/Kip Grady

Preview:

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Absolute Batman pays homage to Death Note

( I'll take a potato chip… and EAT IT. )

FFA DW Post #2447 You wouldn't download a colon: The darkest recesses of true inflatable colon crime

I feel like every email would be improved by signing off with "enjoy the large inflatable colon" tbh.

I picture some doctor trying to hang up the handmade banner reading WELCOME HOME COLON ... and the frustration after it came back from the printer's as "WELCOME HOME :" for the third time.

Next attempt = WELCOME BACK : THE WORD NOT THE SYMBOL

*looks at pic*
That's not a colon; that's a semi-colon!

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followfriday

Follow Friday 3-13-26

Got any Follow Friday-related posts to share this week? Comment here with the link(s).

Here's the plan: every Friday, let's recommend some people and/or communities to follow on Dreamwidth. That's it. No complicated rules, no "pass this on to 7.328 friends or your cat will die".

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community: thursday recs

Thursday Recs

A teensy bit late, but no worse for it, it's time for Thursday Recs!

Do you have a rec for this week? Just reply to this post with something queer or queer-adjacent (such as, soap made by a queer person that isn't necessarily queer themed) that you'd, well, recommend. Self-recs are welcome, as are recs for fandom-related content!

Or have you tried something that's been recced here? Do you have your own report to share about it? I'd love to hear about it!

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Castle of Deception - Chapter Two

Well, I didn't mean to take a week off, but things got a bit more hectic than I planned.

But now I'm back, for the hopefully redemptive collaboration of Sherman and Lackey in a book that, so far, has not actually annoyed me.

Kevin is kind of whiny and petulant, like Magpie, but so far he hasn't really been a dick to anyone, and also he's fifteen. So, at least for now, I'm willing to give him a shot.

( For now. )

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sunset

Hole in the Sky Sunset

Loved the look of this sunset through a cloud gap the other night.

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The Friday Five for 13 March 2026: Magical Questions

These questions were suggested by

spiralsheep.

1. Have you ever watched illusion magic? Close-up, or in a stage show, or on television? Did it work for you?

2. Have you ever wished on a star, or a lucky cat, or a coin in a wishing well? Did it work in some way?

3. Have you ever cast a spell, made a love charm, or tried a curse? Did it work in some way?

4. Are there any other traditional superstitions you pay attention to? Do they work in some way?

5. Would you want major magical powers like in a fantasy story? Which powers, and how would you use them?

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characters20in20 Round 21

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Not Sure if I've Done One Here (or it's been forever)

Name: Sam
Age group: 50+
Country: USA
Subscription/Access Policy: Anyone can subscribe. I've not been super active lately for reasons. If you give me access, I'll check you out and may give it back. I have one access level which is mostly for people who can put up with my mental and physical health whining.

Main Fandoms: The Scarlet Pimpernel, Hazbin Hotel, Helluva Boss
Other Fandoms: Les Misérables, Jekyll & Hyde (musical), Revolutionary Girl Utena, Rose of Versailles, Le Chevalier D'Eon, Leijiverse anime, The Owl House
Fannish Interests: I like to read and write fic. I've been binging Hazbin Hotel fic on AO3. I used to RP a lot in big games, but I don't have the stamina. I would love to find a parter or two who wants to RP Hazbin Hotel, especially if they can play Lucifer.
OTPs and Ships: LuciLillith, Enjolras/Grantaire, Utena/Anthy, radioapple (guilty pleasure, though appleradio is hotter)

Favourite Movies: Doctor Zhivago, Red Cliff, Moulin Rouge, Love Actually, Die Hard, Legend, Stargate
TV Shows: Star Trek anything, Babylon 5, Firefly, Stargate SG1, Blake's 7, Red Dwarf, Dr. Who, All Creatures Great and Small, The Good Witch, Lucifer
Books: War of the Flowers (Tad Williams), Good Omens, Man of His Word series, Incarnations of Immortality, Vorkosigan Saga, El Dorado (Baroness Orczy), Mordant's Need series (Donaldson) Tailchaser's Song (Williams), etc. I'm a book whore.
Music: Indigo Girls, Billy Joel, Blackmore's Night, Lilliac, Within Temptation, Dar Williams, musical theatre
Games: TES: Skyrim, Spyro, Fable
Comics/Anime/Misc: Watchmen, Freakangels

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characters20in20 Round 21

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Supernatural: Gabriel's Big Bang

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!thursday recs,
bts

Community Recs Post!

Every Thursday, we have a community post, just like this one, where you can drop a rec or five in the comments.

This works great if you only have one rec and don't want to make a whole post for it, or if you don't have a DW account, or if you're shy. ;)

(But don't forget: you can deffo make posts of your own seven days a week. ;D!)

So what cool fancrafts/fanart/fics/fanvids/other kinds of fanworks/podfics have we discovered this week? Drop it in the comments below. Anon comment is enabled.

BTW, AI fanworks are not eligible for reccing at recthething. If you aware that a fanwork is AI-generated, please do not rec it here.

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multifandom icons.

Fandoms: 9-1-1, 9-1-1: Lone Star, 1923, A Discovery of Witches, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Echo, Elite, Fallout, Heated Rivalry, Stargirl, The Order, Yellowjackets

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X-Men United #1

X-Men United, originally solicited as X-Men Arsenal*, is the follow-up to Exceptional X-Men. Same creative team, same core cast, but an altered premise. It's the training book, but with more characters, and now they have a mental plane headquarters named Graymatter Lane.

*Go on, get the football jokes out of your system. It'll feel good.

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Worm Fox Priest Sex Vibes?!: JUSTICE LEAGUE EUROPE #24-25 (JLI 68)

Warning for some uncomfortable sexual symbolism. Keith Riffen, Ger-words Jones, bArt Sears.

Giffen’s Justice League plots are never boring, but this story feels extra unhinged, its elements strung together more by Freudian associations than his usual grounded, working-class perspective. It wouldn’t surprise me to learn the production process involved a six-pack of story dice and some of the more stimulating drugs.

( Amphetamines yes, marijuana no. )