Story: "Going Down"

Title: "Going Down"
Fandom: Captain America 2: The Winter Soldier
Medium: Fiction
Prompt: Fast and loose
Rating: PG
Content Notes/Warnings: Plans for canon-typical violence and cloak-and-dagger intrigue. Captain America, Winter Soldier, Missing Scene, Bullying, Ambush, Teamwork, Trust.
Summary: This is a missing scene which explains why 10 double-agents thought it would somehow be a good idea to ambush Captain America in an elevator.

This story fills the "fast and loose" square in my 3-6-14 card for the origfic_bingo fest.  It's a stand-alone.  For the next entry in the series Love Is For Children, see "Querencia."

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Cool Sunsets

 So it turns out that Mars has blue to green sunsets, due to the size of dust in its atmosphere.  I love science.  Reading about this raised fond memories of exploring why the sky is blue with my parents when I was little.

Story: "Squiggles" 1512.08.26

"Squiggles: Excerpts from Nleimen's Journal"

1512.08.26

So there's this stupid dance at school, and now my parents found out about it somehow, and they both want me to go. They've nagged me all day. I say that boys are annoying and dances are boring and I've got heaping cartons of homewriting, and they insist that every girl goes to her ... whatever-it-is dance thingy. Sometimes, I think I hate my family.

With the door closed, I can hardly hear them shouting. I should have a good twenty ticks or so before they build up enough steam to burst into my room. That's enough to time to finish the notes for my "Genetics for Breeders" paper.


See the landing page for "Squiggles: Excerpts from Nleimen's Journal."

Bigotry Violates Religious Freedom

 My partner Doug tipped me to this article about a lawsuit which claims that same-sex marriage bans violate religious freedom for clergy who wish to perform those weddings.  This is true, and it's especially glaring when you have one cleric performing weddings for two different couples, only one of which is permitted legal recognition.  I'll add that we have the same problem when three or more people choose to marry.  And it violates freedom of religion for homosexual and polyfolks, who are illegally held accountable by the bigoted beliefs of a religion they may not follow.