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Our plane is still scheduled for tomorrow, but the fucking volcano erupted again overnight. We don't know what's going on. Current command decision is that if we get to the weekend with no end in sight and flights are getting out from the continent, to try to get to the mainland and see what we can do. Unless the airline specifically directs us to Spain, we'll probably head towards Amsterdam, as it's closer and we've more resources there.

The French government has also announced that getting its people home is a priority, while the US government position remains "keep in touch, bye bye."

If you need help or can offer help related to volcano displacement and travel delays, visit http://volcanohelp.eu/

Patty's feeling a lot better, but I now have her cold.

Last night we ate in this _amazing_ Sicilian restaurant we found in an alley. Patty ordered the spaghetti carbonara that the menu said helps to maintain David Hasslehoff's good looks (he's apparently been to the restaurant several times as evidenced by photos on the wall). I had grilled sausage and lentils in gravy marinara-type sauce.

Some days are like this: Ianto Jones (_IantoJones) is now following your tweets on Twitter. *headdesk* Which one of you is it?

We've started Buffy S5 and Angel S2.

IS THERE NOTHING RTD DID NOT LIFT FROM Angel? I mean, down to the fucking camera angles. And then at one point Lorne says to Angel, "Love the coat," and I thought I was losing my mind. By the way, I love Lorne with every fiber of my being.

Also: Angel/Cordelia/Wesley -- still _so_ doing it. Although I see strain there, since this Wesley/Gunn bickering thing is so ridiculous, and Cordelia has her weird thing with SuperRich Nerd and Angel's shit with Darla is so about to hit the fan. Why, why, why is there not any awesome poly fic about all this shit?

Yesterday the crap fandomsecrets thread was about trans identities. Today it's ljsecrets in with one about genderqueer identities. If you have something to add, it might be a good thing.

Amazon.com made a grant to an LGBTQ writing retreat. Anyone know if this is a sort of apology for AmazonFail?

A pregnant ten-year-old, raped by her stepfather, is now the focus of the abortion debate in Mexico.

More as it happens....

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I do so hope you get out tomorrow - but, just in case you don't, I'd like to suggest two linked London secrets to check out. Wish I'd thought to tell you about them earlier. Sir John Soane's Museum is in Holborn, on the north side of Lincoln's Inn Fields (note that the inns of court are lovely to visit in themselves). He was a neoclassical architect who remodeled this house in the late 18th C for his family and his considerable collection of art and antiquities, most of which is still in its original setting.

And he and his wife are buried - under a monument he designed, which is said to've inspired the look of the old red phone boxes - in the second secret spot: the churchyard of St Pancras Old Church, in Pancras Road just NW of the Eurostar station. Also originally buried there was the Chevalier d'Eon, the famous transgender French spy, along with the feminists Mary Wollestonecraft and William Godwin and several other semi-notables. It's an incredibly peaceful and beautiful place.