Another of my letters to Neil Gaiman was posted and responded to on his blog. Hee!

more on introductions and contradictions

That’s the second one, I think. I’ve also gotten a few emails from him directly. I really need to make it to one of his signings someday!

Still reading Burroughs’ Martian Tales Trilogy. It is fantastic. I’ve read some other ( Read more... )

Someone brought Krispy Kremes in this morning, and they were in our local kitchenette (there are coffee machines and water and mini fridges randomly dispersed throughout the floor, as well as a large central kitchen where the vending machines and soda live). I didn’t have one. I saw them and thought about how I can feel my heart rate increase after ( Read more... )

I’ve been quiet for two weeks! And I was on a posting roll for a while. Sigh.

So, I went to Vegas for one weekend, for my brother’s 30th birthday. That was fun, being the first time I actually gambled there.

And I worked during the weeks, of course. At least until last Wednesday, when I was felled by the dreaded flu that’s going around. I was home ( Read more... )

Red Mars, by Kim Stanley Robinson. Brilliant book. It brings out all my latent space-geekery. I want to read blogs about NASA and the space station and astronauts and the future of space travel and colonization. I love the hard science, the politics, the corporate maneuvering, and the characters. I’m about halfway through the 2nd book in the series ( Read more... )

Teach Yourself Visually Handspinning by Judith MacKenzie McCuin: Her name is a hard one to miss if you read knit/spin blogs. The book lives up to her stellar reputation with very clear pictures, explanations, and more information than you can shake a stick at. I want to buy this book, if only for the section on how to prep different fibers and how ( Read more... )

I have been reading - I got three spinning books from the library and after perusing them all I have some very definite opinions I will share eventually. Maybe tomorrow.

In other news, holiday cooking continues apace. I had the landlady replace the oven (yay!) so now I can bake. I am very very pleased.

I am all prepared for today - the turkey is in ( Read more... )

Finished it.

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Last week, I finished reading The Doors of His Face, the Lamps of His Mouth, a collection of short stories by Roger Zelazny.
I can’t get them out of my head, mainly because of news stories that remind me so strongly of stories in the book.

First there was the BBC News story ( Read more... )

Al-Andlus: The Art of Islamic Spain is at the library for me to pick up!

eeeeeeee! WantToReadNOW!

So is A Perfect Red, but that's not nearly so exciting.

I love libraries.

My device passed!

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