#Sherlock - His Last Vow: Sometimes, Somebody Has To Die. Tomorrow, 8.30pm On @BBCOne.

This is the lucky clover cat. reblog this in 30 seconds & he will bring u good luck and fortune.

New trailer!

Who's the person he didn't think mattered? There's an argument for Mycroft, but I think it's Molly.

MASTERPIECE | Sherlock Returns Preview | PBS - YouTube

Lord Moran was the rat. The wedding, obvious. I'm missing the bow, though. Help?

"Rat, Wedding, Bow" tee shirt on Redbubble

Selkie’s Birthday Giveaway!

It’s Selkie’s birthday! 

So I thought, to celebrate, I’d do a giveaway!

What am I giving away? 

GRAND PRIZE: An advance copy of THE BOY WITH THE HIDDEN NAME *and* an advance paper copy of the e-novella THE GIRL WHO READ THE STARS, both signed and personalized (and if you don’t have THE GIRL WHO NEVER WAS, signed or otherwise, we’ll talk. ;-)) (and your choice of one of the runner-up prizes, too)

TEN RUNNER-UP PRIZES: Your choice: signed swag packs from me (bookmarks and bookplates) OR I’ll give you feedback on a piece of writing of your choice (up to 5,000 words) OR I’ll write you a drabble to a prompt and characters of your choice (original or fannish).

What do you have to do? Nothing! Except reblog this post. (You can also leave a comment on my blog entry or retweet on Twitter for extra entries.)

The first day of fall is officially September 23 this year, so you have until 11:59 pm Eastern time on September 23 to enter.

(P.S. And the giveaway is international!)

These two chairs make my heart hurt more than home furnishings really have any right to.

Thank you

catsandmens asked you: you should totally do that pissed sherlock conducting an orchestra xD

How I Teach Men Not To Talk Over Me: from one feminist to another, when basic respect is lagging and conversations are impossible

I’ve done this to several men, and they catch on rather quickly. You’ll be able to have a conversation right then and there, and it works long term too - they might’ve forgot their manners by the time you talk to them again, but by repeating this, they’ll eventually learn to let you talk without you having to do this at the start of every convo. Source: I have a very stubborn older brother, who eventually learned too.

1. When they interrupt you, stop talking. Don’t try to raise your voice or battle them. Be completely quiet and wait.

2. Ignore everything they’re saying. Do not actually listen - just wait until they shut up. Don’t make a point of anything they say, do not answer to anything they say, do not refer to anything they say here. Literally do not listen a single word. Let them rant as long as they want.

3. When they finally shut up and wait for your reaction, say: ”I wasn’t done talking.”

4. Start over whatever you were saying when they interrupted you. I don’t care if it was a 10-minute explanation of rocket science. Start. Over. Repeat you original thought, but do not add anything related to what they just said while talking over you. That gives them the idea that it’s okay to interrupt you, you’ll still listen and pay attention and they’ll get their point clear without having to listen to yours. (It’s especially funny when you get done and they expect you to keep going talking about whatever they talked over you. The face when it sinks in that you didn’t listen a single word is glorious.)

5. If they interrupt you again, return to step 1. If you find yourself repeating the cycle over 3 times, tell them: ”you’re not letting me speak. Either you listen and wait for your turn, or our conversation ends here.” If they try to make excuses, laugh it off or keep interrupting, end the conversation. Prove them that if they wont let you speak, they’re not worth your time.

Why does this work? First, because sometimes talking over is internalized and men don’t actually notice they’re doing it. Being vocally called out makes them realize it and pay attention to it - especially if it happens more than once. Secondly, by refusing to aknowledge anything they say when they interrupt you, they’ll soon realize they will not get their own point across if they keep doing that. Peoole and especially men have the need to be heard and paid attention to when they talk - when you make it clear that by talking over you, they will not have your attention, they’ll learn to wait until you’re done, because they know that’s when you will be paying attention and actually listening.

Go my darlings. Have some actual conversations where your point of view is just as valid as his. Demand the basic respect of being heard. You can actually have some interesting conversations with men when they’re forced to listen too, when being louder is not going to make them feel like they’re dominating the conversation or winning the argument.

If you are 35 or younger - and quite often, older - the advice of the old economy does not apply to you. You live in the post-employment economy, where corporations have decided not to pay people. Profits are still high. The money is still there. But not for you. You will work without a raise, benefits, or job security. Survival is now a laudable aspiration.

Quoted from Sarah Kendzior’s “Surviving the Post-Employment Economy" 

“In the United States, nine percent of computer science majors are unemployed, and 14.7 percent of those who hold degrees in information systems have no job. Graduates with degrees in STEM - science, technology, engineering and medicine - are facing record joblessness, with unemployment at more than twice pre-recession levels. The job market for law degree holders continues to erode, with only 55 percent of 2011 law graduates in full-time jobs. Even in the military, that behemoth of the national budget, positions are being eliminated or becoming contingent due to the sequester.

It is not skills or majors that are being devalued. It is people.”

Her work is frank, speaking of a reality I hope that will never be mine. At the same time, it gives me a strange comfort to know that I am not alone.

(via sextus—empiricus)

——

50 years ago, I would have been at Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce, in an office with my name on the door.

10 years ago, I would have been in Hannah Horvath’s version of GQ’s advertorial department, with my own cube and free snacks (as soon as the episode aired, viewers noted that even GQ has cut back, and the image of Hannah’s cheerful office is out of date)

Today, I do all of the same type of work from home, with no benefits or job security. 

BUT I CAN WORK IN MY PAJAMAS HEY

(via hello-the-future)

This bodes so not good.

FYI This is the preview of the last track on the Series 3 Sherlock Soundtrack. I’ll leave you to your deductions.

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