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Photograph of a pomegranate (here standing in for an alien fruit) and a paring knife against a black background. Text: The Feast of St. Olaf, by Punk.

Author: Punk
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Characters: Team Sheppard
Rating: G
Content notes: No standard notes apply.

Size: 3,800 words

Summary: The hunting knife is twice the size of the fruit in his hand, but Ronon handles it with ease.

Read it on the AO3 or here »

( The Feast of St. Olaf )

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I miss the days when we would discuss the monthly new comics solicitations. Therefore, here are three interesting upcoming books that I saw coming up in July!

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poetry

Autobiographical

Did u hear about the Rose that grew from a crack
in the concrete
Proving nature's laws wrong it learned 2 walk
without having feet
Funny it seems but by keeping its dreams
It learned 2 breathe fresh air
Long live the rose that grew from concrete
When no one else even cared!

- Tupac Shakur

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Posted by john (the hubby of Jen)

https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/the-daily-life-of-a-cake-wrecks-reader-2026

Thanks to Jasmine T., Desi E., Tina M., Jodi F., & Pam C. for always recovering enough to come back tomorrow.

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P.S. Sorry for the fowl content. Let me make it up to you with something cuter:

Disney's Tangled "The Snuggly Duckling" Tee

My favorite thing about this shirt is how you can randomly point at people and shriek, "RUFFIANS!" Lots more colors and cuts at the link.

******

And from my other blog, Epbot:

https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/the-daily-life-of-a-cake-wrecks-reader-2026

sanguinity

Intro/FAQ
Days 1-15

My check-in: Another conference day, which meant another early morning, which meant another morning of editing while I waited for my coffee to brew. But I managed to send the story to beta before I took myself off to learn about transportation policy*, so we'll call that a success.

(*A far more engaging topic than it sounds like!)

Day 23:

china_shop,

dswdiane,

goddess47,

sanguinity,

trobadora

Day 22:

badly_knitted,

china_shop,

cornerofmadness,

dswdiane,

goddess47,

sanguinity,

sylvanwitch,

the_siobhan

Day 21:

badly_knitted,

carenejeans,

china_shop,

cornerofmadness,

dswdiane,

sanguinity,

sylvanwitch,

the_siobhan,

trobadora

( More days )

When you check in, please use the most recent post and say what day(s) you’re checking in for. Remember you can drop in or out at any time, and let me know if I missed anyone!

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JLA Giffen-DeMatteis-Wozniak, JLE Giffen-Jones-Robertson. Unfortunately dated New York imagery by Wozniak (and Giffen?) in 1992.

In the last issue of JLE, that team had just been confronted with the revocation of the whole Justice League International charter.

That concept repeats itself in the beginning of “Breakdowns’” next chapter, in America. ( Pity the misinformed reps sent out to Antarctica. )

twistedchick

Today is my grandfather's birthday; he would be 155 years old.
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Posted by Jen

https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/big-day-big-wrecks-2026

By popular demand, here are a few more Inspiration vs Perspiration Wedding Wrecks. And shame on you all for finding them so funny.

What was ordered:

What was received:

Fortunately Christine C. reports the the bride and family had a great sense of humor about this Wreck, and even dubbed it the "bamPOO" cake. Heheh.

Ordered:

And received:

Uh, since the cake itself leaves me speechless, I'm going to comment on the background. Hey Jessica M., is that Chewbacca through the window? I mean, given the Han Solo & Leia topper, I was wondering if Chewie was the ring-bearer or something.

And lastly, ordered:

Aaaand received:

You have to wonder if that swipe was a result of the bride fainting at the sight of it, don't you? Still, I guess she should count her blessings: imagine if the wreckerator had been asked to write something on it!

*****

P.S. Here's a giggle for my coffee-loving friends:

"My Four Moods" Dragon Tee

:D
It comes in both Men's & Women's cuts, plus a bunch more colors.

*****

And from my other blog, Epbot:

https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/big-day-big-wrecks-2026

rydra_wong

It is currently 50% off on Steam, which I believe is as good as it gets in the post-Elden Ring era.

rydra_wong

I can STRONGLY rec Chants of Sennaar to anyone who enjoys deduction/puzzle games, and in particular the micro-genre of games that have translating a conlang (in this case, multiple conlangs) as their central mechanic.

Watch on YouTube

Looks like Sable, plays like a cross between Return of the Obra Dinn and Heaven's Vault.

(It makes the excellent choice which Sable also made and which more indie games should go for, namely putting all your characters in face-hiding hoods or masks so you can completely avoid uncanny valley bad face animation and spend your resources on other things instead.)

Made my brain ache in a good way and made me feel clever. I did have to draw maps (my spatial orientation is terrible, so others may not need to except for one specific maze-like area), and make assorted paper notes to solve various puzzles.

You have to not only successfully translate each language individually, but, later in the game, interpret conversations between pairs of languages. This requires knowing that the languages have different word order -- in a very simple way -- one language does object-first Yoda-speak, several languages vary in how they form plurals, etc., but you do have to be able to translate in a grammatically correct way, not just word by word.

And to get to the "true ending," the game requires you to go all out and "speak" the languages, by using a given language to correctly describe a picture you are given (with no text).

I admit I did get a tiny bit emotional when I made it to the end.

Has a subsidiary stealth mechanic, which I mostly enjoyed; near the very end of the game, it did briefly hit the point of requiring a somewhat quick response, but was still ultimately within the capacity of my abysmal reflexes. Nonetheless, it's not a zero-coordination-required game.

sanguinity

Intro/FAQ
Days 1-15

Note: I'll be away from email again tomorrow, so my check-in post will again go up a couple hours later than usual. If that's inconveniently late for you, just go ahead and check in on the most recent post whenever is convenient.

My check-in: Got up early to catch my bus to the all-day conference (and shared the bus ride with a coworker, so I couldn't even write in transit!). However, I did sneak in a couple of edits first thing on getting up, go me. (Well, second thing: I started coffee first-first.)

Day 22:

china_shop,

dswdiane,

sanguinity

Day 21:

badly_knitted,

carenejeans,

china_shop,

cornerofmadness,

dswdiane,

sanguinity,

sylvanwitch,

trobadora

Day 20:

badly_knitted,

carenejeans,

china_shop,

cornerofmadness,

dswdiane,

goddess47,

sanguinity,

sylvanwitch,

the_siobhan,

trobadora,

ysilme

( More days )

When you check in, please use the most recent post and say what day(s) you’re checking in for. Remember you can drop in or out at any time, and let me know if I missed anyone!

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"The world is drowning in hate and anger. Sides separated by an ever-widening canyon of digital bile. Soon both factions will tumble off edge... Hands clutching their weaponized phones, finding no olive branch to save them because neither side knows what that means anymore." - Geoff Johns, Doomsday Clock

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Happy Wednesday!

I'm taking search offline sometime today to upgrade the server to a new instance type. It should be down for a day or so -- sorry for the inconvenience. If you're curious, the existing search machine is over 10 years old and was starting to accumulate a decade of cruft...!

Also, apparently these older machines cost more than twice what the newer ones cost, on top of being slower. Trying to save a bit of maintenance and cost, and hopefully a Wednesday is okay!

Edited: The other cool thing is that this also means that the search index will be effectively realtime afterwards... no more waiting a few minutes for the indexer to catch new content.

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Posted by Jen

https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/flotsam-plops-2026

The concept is simple: take an otherwise passable cake, and then stick a completely unrelated piece (or pieces) of plastic flotsam on it. Voila! Flotsam plop.

Oh, and when I say "completely unrelated," I mean "completely unrelated."

And lo, unto us a carrot cake is borne.
And high, we suspecteth the Wreckerator was. Eth.

Look, this carrot cake was doing just fine without divine accompaniment - so why the plastic angel pick? Did the Wreckerator think that was actually helping, or was s/he meeting some flotsam distribution quota?

Care to pick a pack of plops?

The migrating guitar herd strikes again.

Here's how you pander to fanboys and fangirls everywhere:

No, no, it's not a blue dog - it's a BAT dog. Sha-pow!

Plus, that upside-down bat logo tells us he sticks to the ceiling!

Bringing "downward facing dog" to new heights.

Perhaps you don't think these examples have been ridiculous enough, though. Nooo problem. What would you say to Dora the Explorer's head stuck in another doll cake's lap?

Go ahead. Try and imagine that's just the world's largest, creepiest belt buckle.

Personally, I'd say "Hola, Dora! S-O-C-K-S!" Because that's all the Spanish I know. I never learned what it means, though, so here's hoping it's not something dirty. (Although, frankly, that might be appropriate here.)

I have some thoughts about the snowman in the gal's lap behind Dora, too, but for all our sakes I'll leave that to you guys in the comments.

So, just how bad is the flotsam plop epidemic getting?

This bad:

Because even cake sold by-the-slice needs accessorizing.
And Superman beats everybody at bowling.

Katrina S., Lisa K., Dawn, Frzn D., & Jane D., "flotsam plops" is officially my new favorite phrase. Flotsamplopsflotsamplopsflotsamplops. Heehee!

*****

P.S. Here's one of the coolest gift ideas I've seen for a Batman fan, also works great for anniversities, aniverys, and bat mitzvahs. (See what I did there?))

Leather Bat Key Fob Case

How awesome is this?

*****

And from my other blog, Epbot:

https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/flotsam-plops-2026

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Fic: The Feast of St. Olaf [SGA, Team, G, 3800 words]

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The Flash #32: Distraction To Take Attention Away Of A Bigger Plot

Big Day, Big Wrecks

Also, in the unlikely event that I've sold anyone on Dark Souls

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How To Progress Change From Bing An Hated Character To Being An Love Character

Clayface Teaser Trailer released

Amazing Spider-Man: Spider-Versity #1

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