There's a book missing from my bookshelf. From my *favorite books* bookshelf.

It's my autographed copy of Stalking Darkness.

I remember I brought it with me somewhere. Like to read on a plane or something. I have a distinct memory of reading in on a plane, maybe on my way back from Lissa's-- back in November? Please, please, please tell me I didn't ( Read more... )

OMG, my cable signal just died in the middle of LOST! I'm going to give someone at Comcast DirectTV an effing earful tomorrow.

Dammit! It's been over half an hour, and the signal still hasn't reset. WTF?

deep breaths. it'll be online in a day's time. I can live.

mumblemumblegrumble.

ETA: still wasn't working this morning, so I reset the DVR again. ( Read more... )

Fox is optioning an American version of Torchwood.

Massachusetts has a Republican US Senator.

I have officially woken up in the seventh circle of hell. Way to ruin everything good in the world.

NOOOOOOOOOOO.

Edited to Add: Oh god, oh god, did you see the line about how they "may try to reboot Doctor Who for US audiences"? I just threw up a little ( Read more... )

Also, my plan has a deductible for prescriptions. Per person. So even though *I've* spent my $500 deductible this year, my four year old, who is fighting a resurgence of strep throat, has not. One bottle of super-strong amoxycilin: $42.00. A kid who sleeps through the night without earaches and sore throats: priceless.

Mr. President, can you *retroactively* reform health insurance ( Read more... )

And it's a damn good thing ( Read more... )

Party in the Parsonage tonight ( Read more... )

I've noticed that three out of my last four posts contained the word fuck. Ahem. Four out of my last five. I shall try to do better (don't know how that fifth one escaped ( Read more... )

But nothing we didn't already know. Nearly half of Americans have switched religious affiliation/denomination. Oh, and that's not good news for the UMC.

With respect to my earlier thoughts about Easter, I read this in Borg and Crossan's The Last Week, which, about three pages from the end now, I highly recommend ( Read more... )

So, hypothetically speaking, if I think my car has gone past slightly dangerous and into the realm of undriveable because it is in need of both an alignment *and* at least front-wheel snowtires because the current ones are balder than my father in law, but I can really only afford one or the other, what's a girl to do the week before christmas ( Read more... )