Is it Yuletide yet?

1. I have gotten a bounty of Christmas cards from goss, sallymn, spikedluv, and aurumcalendula!

I also got the most delectable and beautiful chocolate bar with dried figs on top from sheafrotherdon; a gloriously curated package from executrix full of books (including a collection of Beerbohm essays I can't wait to dive into), notebooks, a hand-knitted shawl, and other wonderful sundries; and a package from misbegotten with a Ouida sticker she designed, a makeup bag detailing the epic love story of Sam and Dean, bespoke stationery with my name on it, and other happies.

Thanks, all. Feeling the love! <3

2. If you are impatiently waiting Yuletide reveals and need something to read, check out these two stories.

Hark the Herald Angel Snarks
by misbegotten
SPN all-human AU
Sam/Gabriel, Dean/Cas
5488 words

The Man Who Forgot
by slightweasel
HP
Harry/Draco
Amnesia, mpreg
250k

3. ( reviews of pedagogy books, poetry, Victorian, etc. )

4. I can't believe I forgot to tell you all the most surreal best part of the SACS conference: 8:30 in the morning waiting for the second general session to start in a room that can seat more than 9000 and will be close to full by the time the session starts at 9:00 while colored lights zoom around overhead and the sound system blasts to the gathered middle-aged academics, "I didn't come here to party / I didn't come here to stay / I came to leave with somebody / I only came for the cake." Ah, yes. Truly the jam of the administrator preparing her institution for reaffirmation and the development of a Quality Enhancement Plan. At 8:30 in the morning.