Librarything is my favorite way to track my books. It's an online cataloging site that started out just for books, but now can also handle comics, music and movies, as well as stuff I probably don't even know about. The website is really easy to use. A lot of member participation has gone into building the site. It's a fun place for a certain ( Read more... )

The kind folks at Lapidary Journal included the Tucson Show Guide with this month's issue.   Should I?  Is it a sign? I don't really need that house, do I?  Yes, I need that house to set up a permanent workshop area.  but ooh . . . shiny.

Because I know my friends.

An Afternoon with Author Jeri Westerson

Sunday, November 4 at 3:00pm

Jeri Westerson writes medieval mysteries with an enigmatic, flawed, sexy, and very different protagonist. His name is Crispin Guest and he's an ex-knight turned private eye. You might want to think of him as a Medieval Sam Spade and these mysteries as ( Read more... )

This book has come up a couple times for me recently on http://www.librarything.com and here in whatwasthatbook.  I remember this book!  It was my introduction to the whole of Norse Mythology and Wagner.  It put down deep roots. That book lead to more reading that introduced me to ideas of historical scholarship, anthropology and textual criticism. I was maybe ( Read more... )

God Of Mischief Indeed

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We watched the Endeavor flyover at my office this morning. We went running outside and down to the intersection. It was a stampede of about 30 folks. I got a very good look at it. It was really low. The photos don’t do justice to the amount of detail we could see, although if you compare the size of the fighter to the cargo jet and the shuttle, you ( Read more... )

Ripe Avocado, ripe dry-farmed tomato, salt. Nothing more is required for perfection.

About a year and half ago, I made a career change. I've been working as insurance/asbestos defense paralegal for more than 12 years. I was unemployed and really tired of commuting in the SF bay area. So when a local plaintiff's firm advertised for a paralegal, I applied thinking it was a long shot. Much to my surprise, I got an interview, which ( Read more... )

I read a fair amount of fanfiction and I'm always rewarded by number the decent to good stories I find. But every once in a while, I run across a true gem. Today I'm recommending an Avengers story at http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8246693/1/Whipstitch. Go and read.

Well, I finally saw the Avengers. I'd watched some cast interviews and read some fanfic and I decided that I wanted to see the movie on the big screen. I'm thinking I saw a totally different different movie than most folks, including the cast. Help me out here, have I been jossed?

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