( I hate being sick )

Staff has had me watching seasons two and three of 'Homicide: Life on the Streets' with him. It's an interesting show, and I'm enjoying it, but Staff occasionally does not enjoy me enjoying it ( Read more... )

Went to see Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief for Staff's birthday on Sunday, with Dia and our mother. It was good enough that I've actually been thinking about it since, which has combined with rereading 'The Hollywood History of the World' by George MacDonald Fraser, a clever and interesting book about history as portrayed by Hollywood to ( Read more... )

You know you have a good Dungeon Master when he not only schedules games subject to people's work hours, theatre performance times and assorted schedules without complaining about the tortuous complexity of same, but then adds a note to the effect that the game 'will be subject to immediate change, of course, depending upon baby developments'. ( Read more... )

I have a definite favourite pregnancy-book. It is titled 'Up the Duff', full of pithy bits of advice and lots of useful general information, as well as a fictionalized week-by-week pregnancy diary written by the author's alter-ego, Hermoine the Modern Girl (who is in a long-term unmarried relationship with that calm but dashing landscaper and ( Read more... )

Rewatched Laputa: Castle in the Sky today ( Read more... )

I do not wish to have an epidural ( Read more... )

I imagine that most of you - being readers - know about the impressive Amazon Fail-Again that happened this weekend. (If you do not, may I recommend this - http://whatever.scalzi.com/2010/02/01/all-the-many-ways-amazon-so-very- ( Read more... )

I have never hated the summer heat more.

Summer is bad enough.

Summer in Queensland is bad enough.

Summer in Queensland in Brisbane, home of Random 100% Humidity For Days On End, is bad enough for anyone. Even cold-blooded creatures look for somewhere cool.

Summer in Queensland, in Brisbane, home of Random 100% Humidity For Days On End, while ( Read more... )

It seems as if most of the posts I've made referring to the baby, aside from the initial announcement, have been leaning strongly towards the bad news end. So I am trying to post some more cheerful information today ( Read more... )