Specifically, this: The L-Train's "Making Cupcakes"

I'm not as cool as Jake the Army Guy so I'll just link to it.

I helped a bit on the lyrics, and did the cover art. I couldn't have done the cover art without Jake's creative assistance at every step.

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So, about a year back, I read this thing right here. Some of you were in a particular Skype chat while I was on that emotional roller coaster, and I chronicled my feelings real-time as I read.

At one point (without getting into spoilers), Lyra discovers that the world itself is one huge symphony. The world is a song. That struck a chord in me (heh).

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I got a lot of questions on this, so let's take a look, shall we? Spoilers, obviously.

The story stars Belle, from Beauty and the Beast, the 1991 Disney film. Hopefully you knew that, if you read this story.

Where the lightning had struck the ground, a woman with absurdly muscular legs crouched in a combat stance, quickly scanning the forest until she made eye contact with Belle.

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Due to suggestions from several commenters, I have rearranged chapters 9 and 10 of Decade. If you've already read them, nothing will have changed, only the order in which the reader experiences things. I thought long and hard before I changed anything, but after reading through starting from chapter 8, I think I agree that it works better.

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Thaw is still pending approval has been approved. In the meantime, have a song for Windy.

"I'm dying," he said, wringing his hands as Applejack and Rarity traded glances.

"Well," said Rainbow Dash, "you don't exactly look healthy."

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My six year old niece came up to my wife, and climbed up onto her lap. "My daddy told me that your baby died."

Wife replied, "Yes, he was a baby boy, and we named him Link."

"That's too bad. I wanted to meet him. I bet he was a cool guy."

She hopped to the ground and ran off to play.

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but I needed to write it anyway.

Yes, I've chosen to edit this blog entry, rather than write a new one. I just didn't have the capacity to put together the words I wanted to say when I put this up. Yes, I'm aware that, now, nobody will have any idea that it's been changed, and will never see it. Oh well.

This new story probably won't mean anything to anyone besides me. But here it is. Having crossed the tracks.

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A professor at work retired this spring, and we spent the summer interviewing to fill his position. Well, apparently none of them worked out. So I'm taking over THAT department as well as my own.

And when I say "taking over," I mean I'm going to be running two departments, simultaneously.

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