bring it on

wear the fox hat?

preparing to disembark.

arrived.

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"Markham turned the page of his magazine.'Hey Brian, do you know how much time deer spend with their mates?'

'Uh . . . their whole lives?'

'Nope. One day. You believe it? One day. An entire species of animal capable of nothing but one-night stands. Isn't that perfect? I mean, if you're a deer.'"

~from The Zero jess walter. Leave a comment

the alienhead has come into my life. and the appearance of winter, bona fide actual cold. woo hoo. it's about time. the alienhead is *gasp* a cd player. now, this may seem a tad strage, but this is actually the first dedicated standalone cd player in my possession since as far back as i can think of. whilst there was a cd player in each of the ( Read more... )

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"Desperation hovered like a black cloud over the place, and she suppressed a shiver as she got closer to the building."
~Karin Slaughter, from Beyond Reach

"The driving wind and bitter cold made conditions in the cockpit so bad that no helmsman could do a complete watch. His crew, huddled down beside him, was in a wretched position. I changed the helmsmen around so that they did one hour on and three hours off. Even an hour in those conditions was almost unbearable. As an emergency system it worked, ( Read more... )