So this little musing came from a post on a friend's FB page asking to "Name a book that changed your life." Growing up in a house with my parents meant that the house was filled with all kinds of books on all subjects and all genres. And any book that was lying around was likely to be read by me at one point or another ( Read more... )

So I'm here with my girlfriend in Jackson, WY. It's a resort town, and one of the premier ski destinations in the USA. She runs her own business as a massage therapist, and she's on great terms with several of her clients. One of them, R, called her up and invited us over to dinner the other night. He's a great guy, really friendly, smart, and ( Read more... )

This has been a super busy weekend. On Saturday morning, my cousin's son had his bar mitzvah in New City, NY. Normally that's not too bad, but getting there was Just Not Fun. We had a snowstorm on Saturday morning. There wasn't a LOT of snow, but it was sloppy driving. Most of the major roads had been poorly plowed and not really sanded (and one ( Read more... )

For values of AT that equal Appalachian Trail.

I'm up chez ma sœur in the Poconos for the long holiday weekend. I'm more often up here in the winter because it's not all that far from Shawnee, where I go snowboarding, but it's nice to be up here in the summer and fall because there's some great hiking in the area ( Read more... )

In a way, it's a little disappointing that Attack on Titan, Part 1 wasn't anywhere near as bad a film as I'd hope it would be when I went to see it. I mean, it's got a world where humans are surrounded by people-eating titans that inexplicably appeared a century ago. Nobody knows where they came from, you can't kill them, but the human race ( Read more... )

In early 2005, a not-quite-10-year-old YoungerSon was doing an author bio for school, and chose, as his author, Terry Pratchett. He'd met him briefly at Noreascon 4 and ConJose (Wondering if ExWife still has a copy of the pictures of Pterry with the boys)) and wanted some more information so he could write his report ( Read more... )

I find it strange how many of my more southerly friends think I'm crazy for liking snow. I post pictures showing me playing out in the snow or talking excitedly about white stuff falling from the sky and I may as well have 3 heads as far as they're concerned ( Read more... )

I'm deep in go-live, scoping, and working on my next project and having to pack up my apartment. Having to pack up my apartment is the big thing, really. That's what tells me that I'm moving back to New York, that I'm leaving London.

I've been living London since the first of February and living in Elektron Tower since the 1st of March. I'm going ( Read more... )

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