From The Agony and the Ecstasy: A Biographical Novel of Michelangelo (p. 183)

An artist without ideas is a mendicant; barren, he goes begging among the hours.THIS is how I have felt for the last few years. Thankfully it is coming to an end and I have started laying out ideas in my formerly empty moleskin sketchbook ( Read more... )

I just finished reading The Two Marys - The Hidden History of the Mother and Wife of Jesus by Sylvia Browne.

These are two quotes from the book that I really like.

Both from the Chapter The Church That Won

I am constantly amazed that humankind has always equated having power to having truth and/or "being right." Having power does not make you an ( Read more... )

from my list at bibliophil.org
27 total, that's 7 more than 2006 :)

Secret Societies...and How They Affect Our Lives Today By Sylvia Browne
Stardust By Neil Gaiman
Empire of Ivory (Temeraire, Book 4) By Naomi Novik
Definitely Dead (Southern Vampire Mysteries, Book 6) By Charlaine Harris
Dead as a Doornail (Southern Vampire Mysteries, Book 5) By ( Read more... )

For anyone who has finished the last HP book, JK Rowling did a web chat about the future of some of the characters and other questions about things outside the scope of the story. The transcript is here.

A store employee dressed as Hagrid... and me, taken by darkyoung. :)


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I got these from the book Get the Sugar Out, which I would recommend for anyone that is looking to reduce/eliminate sugar from their diet. In addition to tips to reduce your sugar intake she also has recipes like the ones below.

Whole-Grain Pumpkin Muffins
( recipe )

Last night Corey and I went to the melting pot. We had the swiss cheese fondue, the mojo cooking sauce and the original chocolate fondue. I love that place. *happy sigh* I need to learn how to make the cheese fondue at home and get a fondue pot ( Read more... )

A friend of mine, saladbar, has been using Bibliophil.org for a few years and I started using it to keep track of the books I've read this year (here's mineIf you all are interested I would like you to sign up and add me as a buddy so I can see what books you're reading and what you've liked. It has an area to write a text review as well as a 1-5 star ( Read more... )

Anne Rice gets reaquainted with Catholicism and stops writing about vampires. :/
thanks to tressiejane for sending me the article

My orientation/training for the humane society in my area is in a couple weeks! I'm excited. :)

I got a new desk today. They moved me closer to the rest of the IT department and now I don't have to listen to the people in the ( Read more... )

Since the new A Series of Unfortunate Events book just came out, Corey and I are making a trip to Borders tonight to use up some coupons (they keep sucking me back in!). So, I decided to make a list of the series I read/have read to put on my info page. So I'm going to paste it here too. :p

earth children series (clan of the cave bear, the valley ( Read more... )