I got to the 'berry early yesterday as usual hoping to get in some FB time. No power. We later found out that a transformer for our building was trashed around 4:00 AM. We worked with backup lighting until 1:30 in the afternoon. Nothing but shelving, since we couldn't do anything else. Oh, my tired eyeballs. We were in the process of getting ( Read more... )

I put 50 miles on the bike today. I rode out to Carver County this afternoon. It was a real nice day for biking. The ride this evening to

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We had a quiet day at the Uncles. The stress levels I have at the 'berry are nonexistent at the bookstore. I spent more than I made, but hey I got more books to bring home. I got my copy of Alan Bean's Painting Apollo. I already have most of these from his earlier book, but I'm always happy to get new Apollo materials.


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UNDONE is a spin-off from Rachel Caine's successful WEATHER WARDEN series. The WEATHER WARDEN series deals with the Human/Djinn relationship from the human's viewpoint. The OUTCAST SERIES is from the point of view of the DJINN, Cassiel, who's been kicked out of the Djinn world and has to come to terms with the world as humans must live in it. The ( Read more... )

I feel so bad. I forgot to get my Groundhog Day cards out the post office on time. I hope you had a safe holiday. I was supposed to have the day off,but I went in for part of the day at the bookstore to cover the register. I had several delightful conversations with some out of towners. We got in a ton of new titles today. I was very happy to pick ( Read more... )

It's RenFest time after all. I'm selling books at Uncle Hugo's and I have my copy of 
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I had my  first day off in two weeks today. I had lots of stuff planned, but I had a hard time getting going this morning. I did make it to a couple bikes stores, a couple bookstores, and a library. I was on the trails for several hours where the temperature was reading right at 100 degrees F.. I picked up a new light for those rides home from the ( Read more... )

I worked all day at the 'berry and all night at the bookstore. The humidity is down so the bike ride to the store was very nice. I rode to work at the 'berry yesterday and it was hot and sticky. The hills on Theodore Wirth are killers on a humid August day. I had no vehicle on Monday and the humidity levels were very high with good chances of rain ( Read more... )

I should go shopping tonight and stock up on essentials, we've got a big winter storm coming this weekend, but it's Friday night and I'm bushed. I wanna stay home and watch Futurama.

I had hoped to ride bike to the bookstore tomorrow, but it doesn't look good. I picked up some reading material for the slow afternoon I anticipate having due to ( Read more... )