For a while now, I've wanted a dedicated writing space. I operate primarily on a laptop - sadly, my laptop is getting incredibly long in the tooth and, well, it's sometimes difficult to remain focused on a machine I use so often for enjoyment and with such easy access to the Internet ( Read more... )

A Local Habitation by Seanan McGuire is officially out in stores today! All of you folks interested in urban fantasy and fairy tales should go out and buy it. Now. Don't worry, I'll wait. If you're in a Barnes & Noble, look for the standee! If you haven't yet gotten your hands on Rosemary and Rue, the first book of the series, go ahead and buy them ( Read more... )

Andy and I (and my bros, yay!) did, in fact, manage to see Elizabeth: the Golden Age today. There was much excited squeeing, though I internalized the majority out of respect for my company. I couldn't help a number of nudges and whispered comments ("I know!" "That was the first thing I looked for!" "I totally called that!") and barely-strangled ( Read more... )

Tiger is a bit of a clichéd name and, Andy and I being as well-read and -educated as we are, wanted to try giving the kitten another name. Also, he didn't seem to be taking to Tiger at first, any more than he took to Jack ( Read more... )

Andy and I had been talking about getting a second kitty for some time now. We had agreed that we wanted one, but thought we might want to wait until we moved to a new place: that way we could trick our Lady Wilhelmina the Queenly (also known as Willie) that the new place and the new cat went together. She wouldn't have to go through the ( Read more... )