Fancake Theme for March: Siblings
Mar. 3rd, 2026 10:05 am
This theme runs for the entire month. If you have any questions, just ask!
TV Tuesday: Caption Use
Mar. 3rd, 2026 12:00 pm
Shows can change over time, for better or for worse. Which show with an excellent first season shouldn't have gotten a second/more seasons? Which shows had a great comeback season after a disappointing first season?
McRaven Tour Home in Vicksburg, Mississippi
Mar. 3rd, 2026 12:00 pm
McRaven Tour Home is Mississippi's most haunted house. It's strictly a tour home built in 1797 by highwayman Andrew Glass as a hideout. It was added on in 1836 and again in 1849, but the original portion of the house remains 1797. Civil War buffs will love learning about how McRaven was used as a field camp and later field hospital during the Siege of Vicksburg.
Open daily for history tours, haunted tours and paranormal investigations. Featured on several television shows such as "Ghost Adventures", "Haunted Towns" and "Looking Around Mississippi with Walt Grayson." McRaven has also hosted several paranormal investigators such as Richel Stratton, Brian Murray from "Ghost Hunters" and Youtubers Sam and Colby.
Private ghost hunts available, sorry no overnight accommodations, the ghosts aren't morning people.
OK, really not a fan (Minoanmiss/Browngirl)
Mar. 3rd, 2026 11:40 amCertainly, odd things do happen, but it seems unlikely in this case.
Which *sucks*. I've known her for fucking decades, on and off, in person and online, and just. Fuck.
As Gingi put it, "MM is not religious but is agnostic rather than atheist. She would appreciate being thought of lovingly, kindly, and generously in this time." <3<3<3.
(Thank you,
Cave Creek Tubercular Cabin in Cave Creek, Arizona
Mar. 3rd, 2026 10:34 am
Today, much of the world is fortunate to have sufficient sanitation and methods of treatment to prevent widespread tuberculosis (TB). In the early 20th century, however, this was not the case, and the disease was much more poorly understood and a massive issue. Prior to the discovery of antibiotics, TB patients (known as "lungers") would often seek treatment at sanatoria in places with healthier air. Arizona was especially considered an ideal place because of its warm and dry climate. Several were located in the then-sparsely populated Cave Creek area alone.
With thousands of patients coming to the state, the sanatoria were overloaded with many being forced to stay in tents. Better-equipped sanatoria had proper TB cabins or huts in which "lungers" lived. This particular example from Cave Creek was at the Desmount Sanatarium, which operated during the 1920s and 30s. Most of these structures did not survive long. This one did because it was used for various other purposes afterwards, including housing for construction workers of nearby dams. Finally, in 1990 it was restored moved to its present location at the Cave Creek Museum. Recognized as the last tubercular cabin in Arizona, it was also named to the National Register of Historic Places.
Tuesday word: Gestalt
Mar. 3rd, 2026 07:24 amGestalt (noun)
gestalt [guh-shtahlt, -shtawlt, -stahlt, -stawlt]
noun (sometimes initial capital letter), plural gestalts, gestalten
1. a configuration, pattern, or organized field having specific properties that cannot be derived from the summation of its component parts; a unified whole.
2. an instance or example of such a unified whole.
Related Words
composition, contour, shape, structure
See more synonyms on Thesaurus.com
Origin: 1920–25; < German: figure, form, structure
Example Sentences
Or, as in “Stranger Things” and “Weapons,” the gestalt entity may be ruled by one being devoted to conquest and control.
From Salon
And if you take things out, you’re losing the power of the gestalt, essentially, of the larger gesture that they made.
From Los Angeles Times
On the title track, listeners are greeted with glitchy vocal samples before Joachim puts new elements into the gestalt, and quickly.
From New York Times
The two- or three-word tags, meant to convey the gestalt of a show or movie, regularly help viewers choose a show from the service’s nearly endless library, the company says.
From New York Times
The guides, it said, reflect “the whole gestalt of India’s association with sky and space.”
From Science Magazine
Minoanmiss
Mar. 3rd, 2026 08:52 am(Details via her former roommate)
She was in cardiac arrest on Sunday morning (or Saturday night), and per reports, she was neither breathing nor had a heartbeat when the EMTs arrived. They resuscitated her and brought her to the hospital where she went into cardiac arrest again and was resuscitated again.
There was also brain edema, which is getting worse.
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I have no words. Just...utterly heartbroken.
How to download an AO3 fic when the site's intermittently down
Mar. 3rd, 2026 11:59 amPaste this into your browser: https://download.archiveofourown.org/downloads/000000/fic.epub
And put the fic number in instead of the zeroes.
That's it! I read on kindle so epub works for me. If you want an html or pdf of the fic, just change that bit - it'll probably work.
ETA: also, time to visit the Audiofic Archive and enjoy your favourite fics as podfic!
Are headache noonwraiths real?
Mar. 2nd, 2026 04:34 pmI’m nearly done with the clinical volunteer hours for school, I’ll be done with those hopefully by next Saturday. On Friday I passed the national massage exam, the MBLEx, so now I just need to get the legislative exam taken care of before my paperwork is together for getting licensed in this state. And I would be studying for legislative test right now … if I didn’t have such an awful headache.
I just took the last of the Ubrelvy and I’m about to go take an anti-emetic bc that is feeling very necessary all of a sudden. This morning I started the two weeks of Omeprazole/stomach acid reducer pills that will help heal the ulcer (eventually). I just have to eat a fair amount of bread between now and the hypothetical day when my stomach will be healed up.
Wish me strength in the fight against the headache spirits, I guess. And for the ulcer to go the fuck away.
Hull Lifesaving Museum in Hull, Massachusetts
Mar. 2nd, 2026 04:00 pm
Massachusetts has a rich maritime history and the Hull Lifesaving Museum recalls an important part of that history: recognizing the efforts of brave rescuers embarking to save lives at the mouth of Boston Harbor. Housed in the former Point Allerton Life Saving Station, which opened in 1889, the museum honors those who risked their own lives to save others'.
Joshua James was the station's first keeper and saved an estimated 500 lives after ships wrecked while entering Boston Harbor. Heavy northeast storms imperiled many ships entering the harbor from the Atlantic Ocean as Boston established itself as one of the world's shipping hubs. James and his crews brought many mariners to safety.
The museum celebrates the legacy of these brave men and women, displaying many of the tools they used and thoughtfully recounting many of the rescues they completed. Guided tours are available.
Challenge, Fire and Ice
Mar. 2nd, 2026 08:17 pmInterpret how you wish:)
Crossposted to LiveJournal
Monday Word: Smaragadine
Mar. 2nd, 2026 03:04 pmadjective
of or relating to emerald
examples
1. On a transverse axis, vision reached from glittering blue across the Sea of Marmora to a mast-crowded Golden Horn and the rich suburbs and smaragdine heights beyond. Two in Time. Paul Anderson, 1970
2. It hath reached me, O auspicious King, the director, the right-guiding, lord of the rede which is benefiting and of deeds fair-seeming and worthy celebrating, that Mohammed Son of the Sultan craved leave to return to his own motherland, when his father-in-law gave him an hundred clusters of the diamantine and smaragdine grapes, after which he farewelled the King and taking his bride fared without the city.
Arabian nights. English. Anonymous. 1855
origin
Latin smaragdinus, from smaragdus emerald + -inus -ine

Tuesday ✎ Indoors [DW]
Mar. 3rd, 2026 01:40 amToday's theme is indoors. Things you can do, places you can go, what you can sense... As long as characters are under a roof with walls (which hopefully have doors and windows, too!), you can prompt something about it today.
Feel free to add specifics to your prompts, like whether you'd prefer a gen fill over something shippy, or if you have a squick or trigger you hope to avoid. Original fiction, fanfiction, and fanfic crossovers are always welcome. ~_^
Just a few rules:
No more than five prompts in a row.
No more than three prompts in the same fandom.
Use the character's full names and the fandom's full name
No spoilers in prompts for a month after airing, or use the spoiler cut option found here. Unfortunately, DW doesn’t have a cut tag, so use your best judgment when it comes to spoilers.
If your fill contains spoilers, warn and leave plenty of space, or use the above-mentioned spoiler cut.
Prompts should be formatted as follows: [Use the character's full names and fandom's full name]
Fandom, Character +/ Character, Prompt
Some examples to get things started...
+ Leverage(/Leverage: Redemption), any +/ any, anything about vent training and/or elevator shafts with Parker
+ The Pitt, any +/ any, in a very quiet room with a loudly ticking clock
+ author's choice, any +/ any, taking the stairs
We are on AO3! If you fill a prompt and post it to AO3, please add it to the Bite Sized Bits of Fic from 2026 collection. See further notes on this option here.
Not feeling any of today’s prompts? You can use LJ’s advanced search options to limit keyword results to only comments in this community. Fret not, DW members; we are working on a way to search through old entries for prompts for you! As of right now, the best way to search for a lonely prompt on DW is to search the community’s archive, which can be found [[HERE]].
While the use of LJ's advanced search and DW’s archive are options, bookmarking the links of prompts you like might work better for searching in the future.
As a friendly reminder about our schedule, Lonely Prompts and sharing completed fills are encouraged on Sundays, while new themes and prompts are posted on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Saturdays are a Free for All day. We'll share our posts on DW and LJ for everyone's convenience. Keep an eye out for notifications!
If you have a Dreamwidth account and would feel more comfortable participating there, please feel free to do so… and spread the word!
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