So, I will keep this short, in the interest of getting some sleep tonight.

I finished Renault's The Persian Boy.   Prosey, first person, but an intense little narrative, it brought out my desire to finally commit to seeing Stone's Alexander, something that never caught my interest before now.  So I browsed youtube, to see if they at least included a ( Read more... )

I probably would have more fun reading this one.

Anyone ever read a Shiono translation?  She's supposed to be the preeminent historian of Japan.

As some of you may know, Bookmooch has been down for a few days.  This has caused me to cash in my Mypoints account for a B and N certificate and use it up on two books I wanted, without being able to see if there was ever a chance of mooching them for free.   I doubt there was, as I haven't been able to get too much non-fic on bookmooch, but it's ( Read more... )

As much as a pretty cover can enchant me into at least reading the back of a book, if the words "nibbing" or "drubbing" appear in the from-the-book quote, I immediately put it back. I just realized while reading a blurb on amazon.com that I am repulsed by huge words even a person of hefty English education cannot understand, but I am even more put ( Read more... )

Waking up this morning sans my labret made me wonder about all those things they say you swallow and never realize it.  Like spiders.  Isn't there a statistic for that?  It's most likely in my bed or on the floor somewhere, but it made me think anyhow ( Read more... )

My life is full of cleaning, reading, and planning.  I haven't posted because none of these things are really postable.  Also note that writing doesn't appear on that list.  Since my chore list has now shrunk to a manageable size, I will try some of that tonight.

Pride on Sunday kicked butt, but
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I just saw this book on Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/024080788X/ref=amb_link_4252342_1/104-4003206-0333544

It might be geared more toward electronic games, but I thought it was interesting, at least from a theoretical

Today I looked at my bank account and witnessed a miracle - a real one this time, not yesterday's aborted miracle of a paycheck with the WRONG amount on it - as there is now a large sum of cash in my bank account. Miraculous, I tell you ( Read more... )