George R. R. Martin's A Dance With Dragons appeared on my Kindle today! I somehow didn't think it would ever actually come out.

So, teachers on my f-list. Tech people on my f-list. Language people on my f-list.

Take just a moment and bask in the interactive potential of combining Rosetta Stone with a SMART Board.

And you will see some of the awesome of my plans for my program next year.

I started Level 1 German last night ( Read more... )

So thespooniest and I got a bunch of gift cards for Christmas this year. Using one of them, I went to Bed Bath & Beyond and picked up a coffee maker, which I've been wanting for some time. I wanted a coffee maker that made only a single cup (since I'm the only coffee drinker in the house, and I will compulsively drink any coffee that is brewed and not consumed ( Read more... )

I started the game this evening.

It is good to see someone using the word "epic" correctly in the title of a video game (Kirby's Epic Yarn is awesome, but "epic" is not a word I would use to describe it ( Read more... )

Mine. *happily arranges boxsets in cupboard*

More coherency later when not Back-To-School Night.

*falls over*

...is a much better series than I remembered it being, from when I watched it in high school ( Read more... )

I am now the "proud" (read: geekily ecstatic, but knowing full well that this purchase was silly) of the complete Highlander TV series.

:D

I miss this show, and will be glad to be able to watch it again.

Incidentally, for those interested, it's out of print now, but people are dumping sets on Amazon for about $15-$20 per season.

GURPS Vorkosigan is out ( Read more... )

It played on the airplane on the way here. I haven't posted about it yet because I've had somewhat sporadic internet access, and will continue to until I get home on Saturday night. Therefore this is the Very Short Version.

It was pretty good. It reminded me of why I love Star Trek so much. Unfortunately it did some of this by negative example (i. ( Read more... )