Droxy Droppings

Signal boosting for Teddyradiator.

droxy — Fri, 09 Mar 2018 00:30:51 GMT

From irishredlass

LJ Friends it is time to answer the call! I am posting here for our dear friend and beloved author teddyradiator. I know many of us have passed happy hours reading Teddy’s beautiful prose and now she is asking for our help.

On February 28^th Mr. Teddy was laid low by not one but two strokes. After several days in ICU he is back home but, his battle is not over. He is facing a medical procedure in the coming weeks to remove a blockage from one of his carotid arteries and they are hoping to clear the other using blood thinners. He is having to relearn speech and writing but, fortunate he retained his motor functions.

Teddy is currently the sole income of their household in addition to caring for Mr. Teddy. There has been a fundraiser set up to help offset expenses and keep them afloat. Any little bit helps.

Fundraiser

https://www.youcaring.com/trevorfurlong-1117074

Teddy is asking for an additional bit of help keeping Mr. Teddy’s spirits up. If anyone can spare a moment to drop a card or note in the mail to cheer his spirits it would be greatly appreciated. The encouraging words keep him going and motivated to come back from this harrowing experience. It is going to be a long road to recovery for him. (if you need the address just PM me or find me or Teddyraye on Facebook and we will pass along the details).
Teddy has brought us so much joy through her brilliant stories it is time for us to give some back.
Thank you, in advance, for your help and support of this amazing couple!

trouble in Paradise?

droxy — Tue, 22 Dec 2015 22:05:25 GMT

Just saw this news. Apparently Archive of our own is having board issues.

http://www.dailydot.com/geek/otw-board-resignation-controversy/?obdd&type=CPC&campaign=all

Adding I'm not a big fan of Archive Of Our Own. I prefer Pet Poetess, Ashwinder and good'ol Fanfiction. net.

So my dears, if you got work and it's only on Archive Of Our Own you may just want to post it someplace else. Because if the board falters in an unpaid position organization you get a failed service.

Love it or hate it, fanfiction.net has out lasted several archives

HP character meme

droxy — Sun, 21 Jul 2013 18:22:07 GMT

stolen from riverwitch8616, but this memehas been around before.

don't forget to unclick the blue bar at the very end with the gender question because it's hello quizzy...

So totally not surprised by this result. Nice fanart though. =) Love the bird.

Your result for The Remarkably Thorough Harry Potter Character Test...

Albus Dumbledore

“It is the unknown we fear when we look upon death and darkness, nothing more.”

You are Albus Dumbledore, the Headmaster of Hogwarts and one of the most powerful sorcerers of all time. Dumbledore is coy, a little odd, and very friendly. Although he has a benevolent and peaceful disposition, he is assumed to be dangerous because of his intelligence. The ones who fear him are the ones who misunderstand him, much like Cornelius Fudge and Dolores Umbridge. He could be compared to people like Mahatma Gandhi or Martin Luther King, Jr.; while most honor and respect him, everyone else hates and ostracizes him. You are like Dumbledore in the sense that both of you are caring, open-minded, and always trying to put others before yourself. Dumbledore has his bad side, of course, what with his entanglement with Grindelwald, and so do you. You are not perfect, although you strive to be. You have a certain air of dignity about you, but you are not conceited or judgmental. Everyone seems to be drawn to your charm and whimsy, even if they’ve already decided that they dislike you. Keep doing what you're doing. It's working!

In short, you are more:

Cautious than impulsive
Mature than immature
Modest than arrogant
Weird than normal
Extroverted than introverted

Your polar opposite is Narcissa Malfoy.

Take The Remarkably Thorough Harry Potter Character Test at HelloQuizzy

Next Misti-con

droxy — Wed, 10 Jul 2013 20:19:52 GMT

MISTI-Con 2015 Will be Held Memorial Day Weekend, Thursday May 21st - May 25th!

apparently you can make hotel reservations.

Happy Father's Day USA

droxy — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 17:42:34 GMT

Have a good one!

Teddy's Exchange Bingo Prize

droxy — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 23:27:58 GMT

Teddy took my big prize offer and wanted a cloak. She selected this blue panne velvet from my stash of bolts that had enouhg fabric to handle a cloak (at least 7 yards at 60 inches). Oddly, this panne velvet was passed to me by Sabrebabe. Now it will go to Teddy. =)

I made a full ciurcle cloak with an oversized hood. The hood is lined in white strech panne velvet. There are two wand pockets and two normal hand pockets, and slits for the arms in the cloak as well. The cloak is trimmed in nylon/poly silver ribbon that has an opaque quality.

You will also see the cloak with the gloves presented in my last post.

Warning for lots and lots of images. Dont know why they persist in being sideways, I saved them rotated after cropping. If someone knows a fix for this let me know.

On the dress form- here you can see the hood.

All these images of the cloak on me in this post, my arms are in the cloak.
Basic front, side, back.

Teddy's gloves

droxy — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 21:50:31 GMT

I took photos of the matching gloves to teddy's Exchange Bingo prize cloak.

Everything is in the wash on abuse cycle. What's interesting is these don't seem as stretchy as the fabric.

Cat!Spam.

All the piece parts for making gloves.

Thumb is attached.

Top of gloves

Back of gloves

Snape-het meetup!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

droxy — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 18:15:33 GMT

I got this from Misti-con management,,, Droxy,

We have your snape het meetup scheduled for Friday 7:30pm - 8:30pm. Please let me know if that is good with you. The snape het was introduced as Misti is at tops a 500 person con. Snape het includes SS with any het arrangement. I have thinking to do...because... I have two presentations. One is on Friday. If any of you have presentations- you should be popping up here: http://www.misti-con.org/prog_list.html Keep in mind the list and schedule is being updated.

misticon advert news updates

droxy — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 17:22:28 GMT

Registration Price Increases to $175 Tonight!

- Today is the last chance to register for MISTI-Con at our standard registration price of $150. You don't want to miss the incredible programming and special events planned at this unique Harry Potter getaway event! Click here to purchase your registration today!

Convention Program Now Online!

-- Check out the list of Formal Programming, Presenter Bios, and the convention schedule!

Many Special Event Tickets Still Available!

- We are still selling tickets and have seats available for the following special events: -- The MuggleNet Academia Live! Keynote with Janet Scott Batchler and "The Hogwarts Professor" John Granger! -- The Mother's Day Brunch, featuring the vocal magic of Vladamir Snape (Nigel Taylor of Platform One), special Mother's Day photos from The Enthusiasts and cocktails!

Don't Miss Out on the MISTI-Con T-Shirt

-- Check out our convention t-shirt design and pre-order yours to make sure we have it for you at the con. Only a limit number of non pre-order shirts will be at the con, so a pre-order is the only way to ensure we have your size.

It's Not a Fashion Show, It's Not a Skit show, It's The MISTI-Con Costuming Superlative Showcase!

-- Free to enter! Everyone wins! Show off to your friends and take home a Merlie!

And Don't Forget!

-Main competition positions are closed for The W.A.R.T, but we still have FOUR alternate slots available. -If you need shuttle service from either Boston Logan or Manchester New Hampshire airport, reservations are still available. -Call for Fan Fiction is still open! Closes March 15th. -Are you a musician and want to perform at MISTI-Con? We have available time periods where acoustic sets can be performed in The Margate main lobby. E-mail us at info@misti-con.org if you are interested.

Bingo pressies

droxy — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 20:54:42 GMT

I won fic and art! Much thanks to the volunteers for creating them. Here are the links!
Fic by madeleone http://exchange-bingo.livejournal.com/44246.html
Art by meladara http://exchange-bingo.livejournal.com/43978.html

HP art contest on reddit

droxy — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 03:18:20 GMT

I am not going to join another social media, but if you have fanart, there you go. I get a suspicion they wont take cosplay as art.

Source link- http://kmhmd.livejournal.com/6141.html

reddit-

http://www.reddit.com/r/harrypotter/comments/16htzi/official_rharrypotter_winter_contest/

Pic spam

droxy — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 01:01:40 GMT

Cats cats cats and cats.

Greg with Mia tai

Granger fights Irish for yarn. Yes, Irish is working on a lap blanket.

Granger is striking a pose on my kitchen table. A meow, and a pet me now pose.

Bingo Pimp

droxy — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 01:14:09 GMT

Win prizes for reviewing the exchange!

http://exchange-bingo.livejournal.com/34794.html

They are at it again

droxy — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 17:23:13 GMT

Why do the pols keep chipping away at our rights and privacy.

Why is it always something that takes away, and never provides for more rights and more freedom?

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-57552225-38/senate-bill-rewrite-lets-feds-read-your-e-mail-without-warrants/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=title

droxy — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 04:35:54 GMT

Heeee!

Pumpkins and Weasley

droxy — Sun, 04 Nov 2012 19:38:02 GMT

My Jack-O-Lanterns from Halloween.

I think we got 15 kids tops. A group of 4 parents with 1 kid took a photo of my pumpkins.

I got a complement on my full circle cloak.

Are little kids always so darn shy?

This time the hackers are after women

droxy — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 15:17:36 GMT

http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2010/11/03/webcam-cyber-sextortion-200-women/

More here

http://garwarner.blogspot.com/2010/11/sextortion-hacker-victims-sought-by-fbi.html

http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2011/09/02/peeping-tom-webcam-blackmail-jail/

http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2008/08/06/another-man-accused-of-peeping-tom-webcam-hack/

Protect your kids and youself.

Finally- they caught one.
More than just TJ maxx, but other retailers.

http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2009/01/08/tj-maxx-hacker-jailed-30-years-turkey/

I post these because chances are you might not be aware of what goes on. My web cams have bandaids over them since I can't disable the built ins.

repost- too good not to share-halloween

droxy — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 22:44:11 GMT

Stolen with pride from toblasswho got it from rivertempest.

The candy exchange. This is more modern, since some candy has gone away and new stuff is available. I dont think kids get apples anymore. I remeber the last trick or treat apple was 1968, and people also gave out homemade cookies and popcorn balls. These are now things of the past.

It's Halloween! Protect your furbabies

droxy — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 21:46:06 GMT

Just a reminder to keep your cats and dogs indoors starting tonight and through thenext weekend.

Traffic and kids, and pranking teens maybe relatively harmless, but the added traffic and noise is distressing to pets. Know traffic increases where you live for halloween.

Please keep your black cats and white cats indoors due to bad people who would harm your pretty kitty.

South Carolina gets hit by a POS

droxy — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 15:54:10 GMT

Frankly, I agree with your Governor. But I'd rather let the POS loose in a locked gym with the victims and video tape it for the net. "ID Theif gets tarred and featherd and stuffed in a basketball net". Then deny 'em computer rights and force 'em to live with a rotary dial phone and a non net enabled TV...LOL!

http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/10/29/south-carolina-data-breac/?utm_source=Naked+Security+-+Sophos+List&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=cfda96342f-naked%252Bsecurity

Halloween humor.. a real groaner.

droxy — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 22:18:46 GMT

It Was a Dark and Stormy Night.............

Bob Hill and his new wife Betty were vacationing in Europe....as it happens, near Transylvania. They were driving in a rental car along a rather deserted highway. It was late and raining very hard. Bob could barely see the road in front of the car. Suddenly, the car skids out of control! Bob attempts to control the car, but to no avail! The car swerves and smashes into a tree.

Moments later, Bob shakes his head to clear the fog. Dazed, he looks over at the passenger seat and sees his wife unconscious, with her head bleeding! Despite the rain and unfamiliar countryside, Bob knows he has to get her medical assistance.
Bob carefully picks his wife up and begins trudging down the road. After a short while, he sees a light. He heads towards the light, which is coming from a large, old house. He approaches the door and knocks.

A minute passes. A small, hunched man opens the door. Bob immediately blurts, "Hello, my name is Bob Hill, and this is my wife Betty. We've been in a terrible accident, and my wife has been seriously hurt. Can I please use your phone?"

"I'm sorry," replied the hunchback, "but we don't have a phone. My master is a doctor; come in, and I will get him!"

Bob brings his wife in.

An older man comes down the stairs. "I'm afraid my assistant may have misled you. I am not a medical doctor; I am a scientist.. However, it is many miles to the nearest clinic, and I have had a basic medical training. I will see what I can do. Igor, bring them down to the laboratory."

With that, Igor picks up Betty and carries her downstairs, with Bob following closely.. Igor places Betty on a table in the lab. Bob collapses from exhaustion and his own extensive injuries, so Igor places Bob on an adjoining table.

After a brief examination, Igor's master looks worried. "Things are serious, Igor. Prepare a transfusion." Igor and his master work feverishly, but to no avail. Bob and Betty Hill are no more.

The Hills' deaths upset Igor's master greatly. Wearily, he climbs the steps to his conservatory, which houses his grand piano. For it is here that he has always found solace. He begins to play, and a stirring, almost haunting melody fills the house.

Meanwhile, Igor is still in the lab tidying up. His eyes catch movement, and he notices the fingers on Betty's hand twitch, keeping time to the haunting piano music. Stunned, he watches as Bob's arm begins to rise, marking the beat! He is further amazed as Betty and Bob both sit up straight!

Unable to contain himself, he dashes up the stairs to the conservatory.

He bursts in and shouts to his master:

"Master, Master!.....The Hills are alive with the sound of music!"

POS on the net

droxy — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 15:32:58 GMT

If you bought a book from barnes and nobel, check this out:

http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/10/24/barnes-noble-pin-pad-credit-card/?utm_source=Naked+Security+-+Sophos+List&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=e0fce13f42-naked%252Bsecurity

LOL- some of my industry drama.
Huawei has been ripping off designs and intellectual property as far back as 1995, they actually tried to steal one of our muxes from a trade show. They have no shame. As a result of this company coming in and blatently violating the no photo rule at trade shows, booths have sheltered areas, that are monitored as to who get in. Huawei's theivery is no secret either, and is long held common knowledge in my industry. Which leads me to a whole issue on mfg in China, if your company does it, expect your product and designs will be ripped off in a week and counterfits made. They dont give a damn about IP or copywrite law. By the time that's enforced, they took the money and moved on. I have no solution for this.

http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/10/24/huawei-blunder-online-careers-page/?utm_source=Naked+Security+-+Sophos+List&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=e0fce13f42-naked%252Bsecurity

http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/10/08/ban-huawei-zte-spying/

Then facebook has issues:

http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/10/24/offensive-facebook-email-leads-to-blackhole-malware-attack/

No no no no no no no and no.

droxy — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 18:01:44 GMT

I have no words.

Shoes. Yes, shoes.

http://shine.yahoo.com/the-thread-how-to/scariest-shoes-time-173900092.html;_ylt=AuZi7WHoFKFpuwKMvrttX9W1qHQA;_ylu=X3oDMTIybTIxbmNpBG1pdANIQ01PTCBvbiBhcnRpY2xlIHJpZ2h0IHJhaWwEcGtnA2lkLTI2OTk1NTUEcG9zAzMEc2VjA2hjbQR2ZXIDOQ--;_ylg=X3oDMTJqN2c4dHNmBGludGwDdXMEbGFuZwNlbi11cwRwc3RhaWQDMTQ5MmZmZGQtODFkZS0zNGQ4LTgwZTktYmIyZjc3MDQ0NzQyBHBzdGNhdAMEcHQDc3RvcnlwYWdl;_ylv=3

Makes the model walk like a zombie or the hunchback, so take your pick.

Interesting design concept but, it is far from ergonomic.

Misti-con

droxy — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 00:52:20 GMT

I just did several posts to the misti-con community.

Yes, there WILL BE A CRAFT FAIRE.

If you are going to Misti-con or planning to, then please join the community.

http://misti-con-2013.livejournal.com/

Side note: There is a huge tarantula outside on my office window, it is easily 6 inches large. Thankfully it has moved along....

Q&A at the misticon site

droxy — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 00:02:12 GMT

http://misti-con-2013.livejournal.com/4057.html

If you are going to misti con, hate facebook, then you may want to join the Lj community.