Been thinking to myself that I needed to get back to blogging. Saw a link to NYT article that said FacePlant and Twitter were killing blogs. Anyway, I've got something to write about, so will post.

Today, I'm heading home from Frostburn 2011. Somewhere on Saturday, I mentally made the transistion from Burn virgin / wannabe, to Burner. What I've got ( Read more... )

Like everybody else, it's been shovel, get out if possible, and otherwise vegging around the house.  Pic-linky here:


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There's a perfectly period term for this: Fimbulwinter.


Dear Northerners: 
What part of

[You can have your weather back, any @#$%ing time you want it. I want my Global Warming.
No love,
Me]

didn't you get, last week?

I'll probably do a first draft of the shoveling some time today. Meanwhile, I have coffee, and 3 Baen e-ARCS.  I'll probably clean guns ( Read more... )

Was due to put in one more day at work, then go on use-or-lose off-time until January.  The Feds shut down for tomorrow. Therefore, my employer shuts down for tomorrow. Use-or-lose starts on Tuesday, regardless. We didn't make our Circle's Yule celebration last night. Funny thing, that.  I shoveled a foot of snow off the porch and sidewalks ( Read more... )

Reminiscing about hearing "White Christmas" in the Congo:

I'm dreaming of a green Christmas,
Just like the ones I used to know.
With palm trees waving,
And children playing,
Who'd all think, "WTF is snow?".