This past Friday, I went on a bookshopping quest.  I was looking for this.  Apparently, sometime last year they started doing The Stand in graphic novel form.  They now have Captain Trips available in hardcover.  So I was shopping for it.  No such fucking luck.  I'm gonna have to order it from Amazon, I guess.  But Borders had a special; buy one ( Read more... )

I decided to answer the writer's block question, which was "what was the best first line of a book, movie, etc."  So I thought of this, in honor of my mom.  Even though it isn't a real book, it's a book within a book ( Read more... )

Yesterday was Mother's Day.  As a mother, it was nice.  My kids & husband made me breakfast in bed, including a lot of bacon.  Yum!  They gave me nice cards; Oldest drew a bison on the card he gave me.  Husband gave me a really sweet one; so did Daughter & Youngest.  Youngest got marker all over his hands.  Cute.  :-)  They let me watch what I ( Read more... )

I've felt crappy for a long time.  I had had a bad reaction to wheat when I was in college, longer ago than I'd care to say, & I've been suspecting that I'm gluten intolerent.  So, I've decided to go GF & see if I feel better.  So far, I have, but its only been a couple days.  I joined the celiac community, which is a very helpful & welcoming place ( Read more... )

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