Oh Hell

Well when I was chatting to the RPG'ers last night, I said it was getting cold in here. Then a certain something showed himself and I didn't think more on it. Then after the chat, I got ready to bed thinking, no it really IS cold in here. I felt the registers, ice cold. Then I thought about it. I haven't heard any of those funny noises I'm used to in a while BUT I could hear the furnace humming. I turned the furnace up and nothing, no compressor noises for the steam pipes. Damn. I sat down on the bed and thought, 'let me listen to this and see if I can sort it out.' 7 hours later when I woke up (figures, teh one time I don't have trouble sleeping) I realize, the furnace is well and truly dead. It's forty in the house and falling.

And in spite of it being in the mid forties outside yesterday, it's now snowed about 3 inches and is scheduled to murder us with about a foot. It's now only 19 out there with 35 m.p.h. winds. Oh shit. SOOO if you don't hear from me tonight, know that I stayed at the hotel in town.

Fanfic appreciation Day two

Because of the unrelenting cold and not knowing when I'll have heat again, I'll make this short and sweet. Chris G-D, the third geek girl and the one who makes our site possible, also does some wonderful writing, much different style from me and evil_little_dog . I've also known Chris from the good ol' days in the 80's and Elfquest so she and I have been fans of each other's work again for over 20 years (Chris is  an artist by trade).

Now she's got some great Spike fic, some with Dru some with Buffy and some dark stuff post Shanshu Spike where life as a human has become ugly for him. She's not afraid to pick off scabs or look in the dark recesses. She has a biting sense of satire as well. Her work doesn't get the notice she deserves. She doesn't post on LJ or the big archives but it's still worth a look. So head here and let her know what you think. Oddities and Wonders

HEAT

I have heat. Thank God. It's going down to 4 below tonight. One of the sensors went bad. I've been suggesting that for a while given that this house can drop ten degrees with nightfall in a matter of a half hour. I think the sensor was dying for some time.

But I'm warm. I'm happy. I'm going for tea.

New Fic!

Thanks to evil_little_dog  for the emergency edits. Here it is, my Clem Fic (ELD also titled it so thanks). Since this is going before the actor himself, if you spot any boo boos let me know and I hope you enjoy. All the places in here exist and I've been to them all (well the pub was under a different name then).  Clem dreams a little dream of him, Faith and a happy life.

Dream a Little Dream of Me