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fullygoldy: text = If there's a slashers' heaven, I bet they've got a hell of an archive (Slashers' Heaven)
AO3 has this feature called "mark for later" which is really cool. If you're looking at recs and you want to read something, but you can't do it right then, you can mark it, and when you have time, you can go to your History and filter for the "marked" stories. Very nice, very nifty.

However, the History itself is awesome. If you don't clear it, it shows everything you've ever read or just looked at, and it even keeps a count of how many times you've viewed each item. So, if you're particularly lazy, you don't even have to "mark for later" - you can just go to your history and scroll to the story you meant to come back to. Of course, that only works *well* if you go back soon, otherwise, you have to scroll through several pages of works, but I will hit a few stories in the morning, so that later, when I'm standing in line somewhere, I can call up my history on my phone, and totally get some reading in without having to search for likely candidates.

AO3, how are you so awesome?!

FIAWOL

Thursday, September 27th, 2012 08:33 pm
fullygoldy: Chef Flambe at Stove (Kitchen Fire)

Tonight for dinner, I made a lamb curry and roasted cauliflower.  And the whole time I was making it, I was plagued by the thought that Hathaway would have made this for Lewis on one of those many dinner nights in Quick As You Like by dracofiend.

This is either a sign of a serious problem, or proof that I am an accomplished cook who can take inspiration from just about anything.  Guess which one I'm going with.

DH really liked the curry, and was pleased I'd used the homegrown beet greens as well, so I'll probably be repeating this or variations thereof in the future.

If They Only Knew

Wednesday, April 13th, 2011 07:22 am
fullygoldy: text = She Could See No Good Reason to Act Her Age (Natalie Age)
The other day at work, I was "escorting" a crew in a secured room, and with nothing better to do at the time, I was reading fanfic on my blackberry.  It's a little perk I allow myself when I have to be away from my desk.

So, the foreman comes up to me and says, "Goldy, are you surfing the 'net for porn?! C'mon admit it."

Well, first I had to replay what he said because I'd been reading instead of listening, and then I glanced down at my screen, and while it had perfectly SFW text on it, I knew that eventually the story would turn out NSFW.  So instead of confirming or denying anything, I said, "What if I said 'yes?'" (I think I even managed an arched brow)

And then HE turned red and said, "well then, I'd be really embarrassed I asked."

We both laughed, and I returned to my story.

March Madness

Sunday, March 20th, 2011 05:04 pm
fullygoldy: Kris & Adam pink background (Kradam <3)
I'm not a basketball person at all.  I used to enjoy going to the HS games, and I understand all the ways you can score points, but that's it.  I never participate in the madness in any but the most cursory way.  Last night, we were hanging out with friends and my sister (only in town for the weekend), and we ended up watching the Badger game.  It was a really good, well-played, close game, and I'm a good Sconnie so I cheered for my team and was glad they won.

On the team, is number 31 (I know no names) and he is tall, with curly ginger hair, a baby face and a delightful softness all over that belies his athletic ability.  He is clearly a valuable member of the team.  As soon as I saw him, I thought AU!Adam, and started looking for Kris.  I was idly speculating that he'd have to be an equipment manager or some such, until I realized that also on the team is number 11, who appears to be the shortest guy on the court, with short brown hair and a compact musculature.  Near the end of the game, these two teamed up to bring the Badgers from behind and all the way to victory. And lo, there were manly hugs and swats on the court as the clock counted down.  They  were whispering together and grabbing each other, and, and, and,

Now I want a Kradam basketball AU, where Adam's still ginger, and Kris is devasting as a guard, and they get up to hijinks in the locker room or the dorm room or the back of the bus.  Whatev. I want.  Just sayin.
fullygoldy: DueSouth Ani: Canada = Sex (Canada Sex)

You're sitting around the table with your foodie friends, discussing some upcoming experiments, and you have an inappropriate reaction to the phrase, "I've been giving a lot of thought to ginger."

My brain supplied:  Really? Really? I thought you were way too vanilla for figging. Oh, wait...

In my defense, I had just finished reading [personal profile] rivers_bend 's incredibly hot and satisfying "That Flavor You Like." (Glambert, natch)