I made the mistake of starting S.M. Stirling's The Desert and the Blade last night, which meant I was up until 0600 and that pretty much fucked up my Wednesday. I went out to sign papers and move money, but I was too late getting out the door, so neither of those things happened. I didn't have coffee before heading out, so for a few minutes I sat ( Read more... )

Just finished Jim Butcher's Turn Coat, and I have to take my hat off to the man - he's accomplished something that's rare in this subgenre, which is to make me sympathize with a character I was hoping to see killed off, or at least put in a position where he can't bother the protagonist, in this case wizard for hire/private investigator Harry ( Read more... )

Well, I haven't done a whole lot these last couple of days; I've washed some dishes, bagged up some garbage, and done the daily bloggage, of course, but not a whole lot else of a productive nature. I did go a little nuts at Jack In The Box the other night and ate half a dozen egg rolls along with my burgers.

I've plowed through Forged In Blood, ( Read more... )

Woke up before noon and couldn't get back to sleep; weight was up but BG was down. Did breakfast, cycled a couple of loads through the laundry, and then headed over to Sahara Square to take my Senior Tax Specialist exam. That was going pretty well until I got to the Blockworks part, at which point I discovered Blockworks wouldn't load for 2015 or ( Read more... )

No weight today, obviously, but my BG readings at breakfast and lunch were both under 140, so I have that going for me ( Read more... )

So I threw all my shit in the big suitcase, after carefully wrapping the nose hose in bubblewrap recycled from the printer and PC boxes, and found that despite putting most of my clothes, the CPAP machine, a power strip, and various sharp objects I didn't feel like surrendering to the TSA in it, the suitcase was only half full. Maybe I'll put a box ( Read more... )

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See comments on fat and blood sugar in yesterday's post ( Read more... )

( An old joke about Jewish guys and camels )

A couple of folks at the Geek Cons group on Facebook are having a hard time swallowing the premises of the show, and while I understand where they're coming from (American exceptionalism rules OK) I think they're missing the boat on this one.

First of all, the source material is a PHILIP K. DICK novel. Secondly, the production team is Frank Spotnitz ( Read more... )