down among the dead men let them lie

[thanate]

Drastically changing the current crafting plans, though I hope to something also relatively cool (if not quite *as* cool), killing ants with borax, and still wishing it were about 10 degrees cooler, although it's far more livable than yesterday in here. Meanwhile, another small essay round-up:

Anger (from jazzfish) a fascinating look at anger, destructive behaviors in general, and the concept of holding self-aspirations in the place of your household god. Long, but worth reading.

and a couple of bittercon-esque posts by Sherewood Smith: Conversation as an art, or lack of it in modern, particularly con-going people (and I recommend the discussions in the comments, as well)

and swearing (and related) and what distortions do and don't work in fiction. Although I'm a bit skeptical about the linked article on swearing allowing one to withstand pain, as from their description the experiment sounds rather compromised.)