Author Archives: Victoria

Print on demand goes 3D

It used to be, back in the day, that people who wanted just a couple custom printed shirts had to buy themselves screens and ink and figure out the whole screenprinting thing.  Or, y’know, get a Gocco. Then CafePress and … Continue reading

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Time (498)

“Time.” “The time is seven fourty-three and twenty-six seconds. Precisely sixty-two seconds after you last asked.” “Good.” She shifted the weight on her feet slightly, back to front, front to back. That was the thing that got to her – … Continue reading

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Why I use CafePress

I’ve been on CafePress since 2001. Originally, I only used them for items with the Ninth Circle logo, but one day a friend mentioned that he’d really like to find a tshirt that said “RiotNrrd”.  A little bit of work … Continue reading

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Rum Runners (260)

That night, we made His Lordship mojitos. He sipped them slowly while he wrote out what would be his final memoirs. Earlier in the evening, while we were out in the garden, picking the mint, you kept a look out … Continue reading

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Flash filk is the new snowclone.

The other night, I found myself twitting, in that old school sense of “gently teasing”, a friend of mine about some filk she was in the middle of perpetrating with the help of my partner. Filk, for those who only … Continue reading

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The Rabbits of the Titanic (98)

Bosun’s log, starship Titanic, 2187, March 15. Haven’t updated in a week. The rabbits have overrun the ship. Today, the captain announced that we’ll let the dogs hunt them down. Last week, I found a quiet brace of them that … Continue reading

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