Or maybe to win the lottery, although people who do often have their lives crash and burn afterwards, so maybe not. I don't want to be rich -- I just want enough money to live comfortably without needing a day job ( Read more... )

I'll just be here in the corner, wibbling over the smoking wreckage that was supposed to be a peaceful, productive week. Work is exploding in all 26 dimensions, friends and family are having crises that require a sympathetic ear and a strong shoulder, the Sekrit Project that was supposed to be finished by the 25th has been put on hold (which is ( Read more... )

The paperwork has been compiled and dropped off at the accountant's office, so now we just have to wait tunil they churn through it and come up with some numbers. I'm never COMPLETELY comfortable with the IRS and their meanderings, but we were good about making sure everything that was Caesar's was rendered unto him, plus we just bought a house so ( Read more... )

1. One of the reviewers at loveromancesandmore.com just gave Double Dog #4 a very, VERY nice review:
   
   This is a rollicking fun fantasy story that takes “The Arabian Nights” to new levels. Ms. Fletcher’s characters are fun and witty...This reviewer spent a wonderful afternoon reading this story and enjoyed every minute of it. This is another author that ( Read more... )

It's sunny and warm without being broiling, and there's a pleasant breeze coming in through the window. So I was already in a good mood when I got an email directing me to a VERY nice five-heart review for Sabre Dance from loveromancesandmore.com. Woohoo ( Read more... )

Gentlemen, be grateful that you're not burdened with a reproductive system that merrily releases hormones at certain times of the lunar month, making you look wistfully at a rifle and a clock tower ( Read more... )

This has been one of those weeks where I'm more drained by the stress of constantly repressing homicidal urges than by the actual work. As juliabk said, "The Stupid...it BURNSSSSSSSSS." I even got a call from my rep at the agency yesterday asking if everything was okay (sparked, I found out, by another person in my office repped by the same agency ( Read more... )

Well, I just walked down to the leasing office to drop off the rent check, and I didn't pass out, break into a coughing fit or somehow become incapacitated, so I presume that I'm on the mend. Still feel sorta tired and weak, but it's still a huge improvement on how I felt Saturday ( Read more... )