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Title: A Gentle Knock at the Door, Chapter 51
Author: zeppomarx
Characters: You know who the characters are by now: House, Wilson, Cuddy, etc.
Warnings and So On: NC-17 for concepts. H/W friendship (perhaps slash if you wear those kind of goggles)
Summary: For anyone who missed the lecture at the beginning of class: House is a physical and emotional mess, having been wrongly imprisoned and tortured and all sorts of nasty stuff. It's about what happens next, and how House deals with it. A sequel to Priority's Exigencies, which is a sequel to DIY Sheep's The Contract, which has spawned an incredible number of offshoots.
Timeline: Set nearly a year after the beginning of Exigencies.
Earlier chapters: Chapters 1-16 here. Chapters 18-43 here. Chapters 44-? here.
Comments: I like getting comments. Comments are good. If you're one of those people who reads but never says anything, I'd really like to encourage you to come out of the woodwork and write to me. It means a tremendous amount to the writer, who -- in my case -- has devoted half a year to this story, thus far. So please, come out wherever you are and post a comment.
Oh, Yeah, the Disclaimer: Don't you get tired of reading the same old same old here all the time? I know I do. It's pretty obvious I don't own this stuff, I'm not going to sell it and I'm just doing this for fun. There. I've said it. And I'm glad. Glad, do you hear me? Glaaad!

SUMMARY: Home Again... House has a visitor...

TEASER: Settling In...

Your Yuletide Stories Of The Day for Thursday, May 15, 2008 are:

A Dog Dreams on Kirkegaard Hill
Fandom: Her Majestys Dog (manga)
Written by cinderfallen for Vom Marlowe
It's hard to be at two places at once, especially during exam time and you really, really need to be in the Virgin Islands.

Detente
Fandom: Hairspray (2007)
Written by Sadie Flood for greyathena
So Penny Pingleton is pretty sure Christmas is the worst holiday ever.

Fast Away the Old Year Passes
Fandom: Blackadder
Written by jimmy jazz for edna_blackadder
On that famous Christmas eve of 1914 when singing crossed no mans land, Captain Kevin Darling was wearing wet trousers and an elf hat.

Traces
Fandom: Fifth Element
Written by strangefrontier for Eisoj5
It began with a simple sketch of a temple wall, carved with a story of good and evil.

Boggle
Fandom: Journeyman
Written by Keenir for Joylee
Early in season one, Katie does some thinking about herself and Dan and what Dan's claiming.

Into Still Water Like a Star
Fandom: The Real Ghostbusters (cartoon)
Written by Mary Crawford for vongroovy
As soon as a grateful populace made Peter king of the world, he decided, clowns would be first against the wall.

Black and White
Fandom: Final Fantasy IV
Written by Katmillia for Lassarina Aoibhell
In the Tower of Zot, perhaps it was like she said– perhaps they were the same, after all.

Legacy
Fandom: Batman Begins
Written by Beatrice Otter for raz0r.girl
After the funeral of Thomas and Martha Wayne, Alfred and Lucius have a quiet talk.

Stories from the most recent Yuletide challenge are posted in order of when they were uploaded. Please comment on the stories if you read and enjoy!

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Your Random Unfilled Request Of The Day:

Recipient: rispacooper
Request: Raymond Chandler - oeuvre (Philip Marlowe)
Details: I love Phillip Marlowe. I'd really like something written during "The Big Sleep" or "Farewell My Lovely". Involving either of his lady love interests, or perhaps even Eddie Mars (there was definitely something there). But anything would be amazing.

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Your Random Older Story Of The Day:

Hit the Ground Running On Empty
Fandom: Four Brothers (movie)
Written by Jess for Charli J in the Yuletide 2006 challenge.
Bobby doesn't want to be anyone's hero.



Note: comments are not e-mailed; please comment on an admin post to reach the Yuletide mods!

Pattern taught by Sonya Elmore at Brasils, May 14th, 2008. All errors my own. Go take her classes at La Luna Dance Studio.

This pattern is a variation on the "pepsi-cola," a familiar pattern for most intermediate and experienced salseros:

Man's left turn, changing hands behind the back to handshake hold, right to right (let go with the left).

Outside turn the lady.

Pepsi-cola: on one take your right hand and arm over her head, and bring your right hand (still holding hers) to her left shoulder. By three, open up for a cross-body lead and claim her left hand with your left, leading her out and across. On five-six-seven: let go of her shoulder, releasing her right hand. With your left hand, inside turn her as she comes across. She is now facing away from you. You have her left hand in your left, loosely, above her left shoulder.

Her part for the pepsi-cola:

1-3: basic step. Remember: you don't know this is coming. Don't anticipate. He might do something completely different.

5: Oh look, he's leading me across (forward into the space he formerly occupied). That lead he gave you on three was your first clue this was going to happen (even if it wasn't really). Step forward on the left foot. If he's good, he's bring your hand forward a bit more than usual to "wind the spring" for the turn he'll lead on six and seven.

6-7: he leads you in a left turn as you complete your walk across. On 6 you're in his former location facing him, by 7 you're facing away.

Flick: on one-two-three, she finishes turning left as you turn 180 degrees to the right. On one step forward with your left foot and sweep her left arm down and to the right. By two, you are pivoting right on your right foot and flicking (tossing) her hand up and to her right so that you can catch it behind you with your right hand on three. Your right hand should be in the "pizza" position: palm up, perpendicular to the arm.

The usual exit from this is a cross-body frisbee lead, in which you open up and "frisbee" her across in a free spin or checked spin with your right hand. Sonya's ending was different: make sure you block her unambiguously on three. On five-six-seven, outside turn her (right turn her) behind you. On six-seven, turn yourself 180 degrees left to face her again. This ending is simple stuff, but for the fact that she expects something else. So make sure she knows she's not coming across. If it doesn't happen, no big— just complete your turn and return to dance pose.

On the floor from 9am till 1am... wh00

TITLE: Distress Call 3.3: Clean
SUMMARY:  House should have taken a smaller dose -- or a larger one.
CHARACTERS: Wilson, House
RATING: R for language and themes (gen fic).
WARNINGS: This is a very alternate universe. Adult themes and adult language.
SPOILERS: No.
DISCLAIMER: Don't own 'em. Never will.
NOTES: The stories from this ficverse are numbered by chapter and scene. Links to all chapters are here.

3.3: Clean

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просто хочу присоединиться к поздравлениям.
Зенит молодцы.
у нас в городе в барах мест не было свободных.
интересно что творилось в питере.
еще раз молодцы. Кубок УЕФА ваш! =)

I recently learned there's a French immersion summer camp not an hour away from my house.

They have a session called "Les Chevaliers" in which you get to use a trebuchet and learn to fence.

I would have chewed off my right arm to be sent to this camp when I was ten.

Can I interest my child in this?

Hells no.

*sigh*

I would have such a good parent for little J. And the Boy is definitely nothing like I was when I was a kid.

Maybe it's true that we raise our kids the way we wish we'd been raised.

Maybe that's why there's only one of him.

My child, who is made of awesome, made me a pin for Mother's Day. It is a pile of golden puzzle pieces with one baleful googly eye in the center. It looks like a cross between a Kandinsky and a Beholder.

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