Some relief today from the week of rain and clouds. Yes, clouds in the morning, but quite a lot of sun later on. Our high was 86F, with a heat index of 95F ( Read more... )

Yeah, so...a sunny morning. An overcast afternoon. The high was 86˚F, with the heat index at 89˚F - which is, as it happens, the current temperature.

I remember a time when one thing we could largely agree on was rooting for and taking pride in American Olympic athletes. ~ Dan Rather, today ( Read more... )

Here in Providence, it's a balmy 22˚F, but that's okay, because the windchill is 18˚F. I won't have to worry about heat prostration this afternoon. Unless it's the sort of heat I feel when I'm months behind on finishing a novel. And stuck. Anyway, here is the white desolation of the Armory, as of sunset yesterday. It looks a lot like the inside of ( Read more... )

We've already sold half of Spooky's Alabaster: Pale Horse pendants, and my thanks to everyone who bought one yesterday. Only three remain. Originally, the money was to go towards getting me a new iPod to replace dear, departed Inara. However, now the proceeds from the pendants can go to other expenses, as the postman brought me a new iPod yesterday ( Read more... )

First, please have a look at Spooky's splendid new Alabaster: Pale Horse pendants. Each is one of a kind, made from the actual page proofs for the forthcoming collection. They're going fast! All proceeds go to replace my broke-ass iPod. Thank you. Oh, and here's a link for the book (Dark Horse, February 25th), if you'd like to preorder ( Read more... )

It's currently 74˚F, overcast, and muggy here in Providence. In Georgia or Alabama, this would be called early May. I suppose there are no "dog days of summer" in New England. The weather is dragging me down, as are many other things. The weather likely gets more credit than it deserves, being such an attention whore, such a voyeur ( Read more... )

Oh my fucking dog, I am sick of the motherfucking weather in motherfucking Rhode Island. Were you in the northeast yesterday, and did you get rained upon? Probably. But we were threatened all day with thunderstorms of near apocalyptic proportions and received nary a drop of rain. Not one. Oh, I watched doppler as the great swatch of green raced ( Read more... )

1. I went to bed about four ayem. Sometime after five I got up again, wide fucking awake. I went to bed the second time a few minutes past six and managed to sleep until noon. I hurt with sleeplessness ( Read more... )

1. I'm sort of sorry we're not able to see the Winter Olympics, having chosen to forgo cable and all back when we moved in here. I haven't really missed television, and I generally despise sports, but I enjoy the Olympics, especially the winter games. I suppose, for me, it's closer to what I consider genuine athleticism than the macho parade of ( Read more... )

This is likely to be a somewhat rambley and unfocused entry, as I am neither particularly awake nor in particularly good spirits. Likely, there will be short paragraphs. Likely, maybe, perhaps, something unpleasant will be said. Or not. But I advise that you get off now if you're prone to sea sickness, hives, or sudden bouts of impatience. My hair ( Read more... )