It just occurred to me an hour or two ago, coming back from breakfast/lunch.  I realized that my word for ‘good’ changes about every 6 to 8 months!  Think about it, back in the day, I got it into my head that ‘grand’ was an excellent thing to say.  I went through ‘cool’, ‘chill’, ‘super-chic’, ‘capital’ (after reading some Dickens) and many ( Read more... )

    I finished Cryptonomicon on my way home from the Sterling Forest Faire (on a side note, I was amazed how comfortable those medieval leather boots were after a day on my feet).  With that, I’m trying to remember where I heard, or was it read, a character talk about how they could never finish a book, because they never ended the way they should ( Read more... )

    Good evening, friends.  Sentimental sap that I am, I felt compelled to give you something to read ( Read more... )

Yup, it's official.  Dr. Who is awsome.  Sci-Fi channel is starting to not suck again, even if only a little bit.  Now I just need to figure out why my little typing line isn't visible.  I don't know where I am anymore!

   Ya Ha, Merry Christmas, Children of the Earth and Stars!  I don't know about you, but this little pseudo-Jew had a lovely time.  Christmas Eve, we went to see Spamalot On BroadwayIt was brilliance and a half, and I promise, I will someday go to see ( Read more... )

As the last twenty pages of Great Expectations fell under my eyes, I remembered how much I love happy endings.

"Oh, shit," said Jonathan Harker to Uriah Heep.  "All I wanted to do was kill my soul in front of the tellie for a time, and the only bloody thin on is 'The Golden Child', which really dosn't count for anything at all."

"I wouldn't know," muttered Heep.  "I am really most 'umble.'

[big sigh]

Well, back to school in a few days.  I can't say I've been as productive as I wished to be, but hell, what does that matter?  I've helped clean up the house, the garden's almost set, and Passover happens this weekend, so what have I to complain about?

I know what to complain about.  When am I going to start reading that last ( Read more... )

I was happy for about 5 days their, not thinking about anything, well, not happy and all that.  But, ho hum, an hour ago it went away.  And then I thought to meself, "Hey, you!  Yeah, the chump with the frizzy hair!  What you so iffed about, hu?  Whata you have to complain about?"  That's a good question.  I don't know, maybe it's just chemicles ( Read more... )

Quote of the Day

"If the whole human race lay in one grave, the epitaph might well be, 'It seemed a good idea at the time.'"

-Dame Rebecca West

Well, it’s official, I broke the Laptop.  Hopefully, we will be able to get Windows to work again (bugger, we should have gotten a Mac).

I'm in a brief mood.

The library ( Read more... )